Blog.
Field notes from building AI and automation systems for real companies.
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The best free website speed tests, ranked
A vendor-neutral ranking of the best free website speed tests: what each one measures, why lab and field scores disagree, and which fixes matter.
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EU AI Act deadlines after the 2026 omnibus
The EU AI Act deadlines moved in May 2026: high-risk duties shift to December 2027 and August 2028, transparency still lands on 2 August 2026.
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MainWP uptime checks stuck on Last Check
MainWP uptime checks can start but never finish when the multi-cURL path stalls. Here is the debugging path and the one-line fix.
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The best free cookie scanners, ranked
A vendor-neutral ranking of the best free cookie scanners: what each one actually checks, which test the consent gate, and which only list cookies.
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7 cookie consent mistakes that break GDPR
The cookie consent mistakes we find most often on business sites: tracking before consent, fake reject buttons, undisclosed tools, and US transfers.
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Is your cookie banner actually GDPR-compliant?
What the GDPR and the TDDDG require from a cookie banner: consent before tracking, a reject that works, and every tool named in your privacy policy.
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Structured intake is the first automation step
The highest-leverage automation move is not a new platform. It is making one recurring workflow start with structured intake instead of email, chat, phone notes, or spreadsheets.
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AI integration for German SMBs: what's actually different in 2026
The Mittelstand has stopped asking whether AI matters. The real question now is what 'AI integration' means in practice, and where it goes wrong. A working view from the inside of these projects.
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What MDM/PIM actually solves (and what it doesn't)
Master Data Management and Product Information Management get conflated, oversold, and confused with adjacent systems. A practical reading of what they are, what they're not, and when an SMB actually needs one.
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Migrating product data from a legacy database to a modern PIM: a checklist
The data layer is where most PIM rollouts get hard. A practical, opinionated checklist for surviving it, from the inventory phase to post-cutover validation.
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The hidden cost of CRM/ERP integrations that 'just need a button'
Every CRM/ERP integration starts with a sentence that contains the word 'just'. A working tour of what 'just a button' actually contains, and how to estimate these projects honestly.
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Business automation when you have 12 tools and no time
Tool sprawl isn't a software problem. It's a process problem with software receipts. A practical way to triage which tools to keep, which to consolidate, and which workflows to automate first.