Notes from the workshop
What we're thinking about, what we're building, and what we're reading — notes on AI-native engineering, product work, and shipping software that lasts.
Medical Device Software Development: SaMD, IEC 62304, FDA
Medical device software is defined by intended use, not tech stack. A dose-calculation app is a device. An appointment scheduler is not. Here is how SaMD classification, IEC 62304, and FDA pathways shape what your engineering team actually builds.
How to Build HIPAA-Compliant Software
HIPAA compliance is an engineering problem before it is a legal one. The Security Rule reads like a requirements document once you stop treating it as legal text. Here is how to implement it.
Healthcare Data Analytics: Architecture and How to Build It
Healthcare data analytics turns clinical, claims, and device data into decisions. Here's the four types, the reference architecture, HL7/FHIR integration, HIPAA de-identification, and the ML pipeline behind it.
EHR vs EMR: The Difference and Why It Matters
EMR is a single practice's digital chart. EHR is a longitudinal record designed to move between organizations. Here is how the terms differ, where PHRs fit, and why the distinction shapes every patient-facing integration.
Forward Deployed Engineering vs Staff Augmentation: The 2026 Data
Around 70% of AI and software companies now run some form of forward deployed engineering. This is what the model actually is, how it differs from IT staff augmentation on accountability and pricing, what an FDE costs by country, and when augmentation is still the better buy.
EHR Integration Services: What They Cost and How to Choose a Partner
Seven in ten US hospitals now expose FHIR APIs, yet most EHR integration projects still stall for months. This is what the standards do, how Epic access actually works, what drives the bill, and how to tell a real EHR integration company from a reseller.
Best UI/UX Design Companies in 2026: A SaaS and B2B Buyer's Guide
Fifteen UI/UX design companies in 2026, grouped by the kind of business each one actually is rather than an invented rank, including the SaaS and B2B specialists, plus engagement models, cost drivers, deliverables, and the questions that decide whether the work lands.
Aviation Software Development Company: How to Choose One
Airlines, airports and maintenance organisations buy very different software from very different suppliers. Here is what an aviation software development company actually does, the certification and data standards that constrain the build, and how to evaluate one.
Top 10 Custom Software Development Companies in 2026
Ten custom software development companies worth a shortlist in 2026, ordered by scale rather than by who paid for the placement. Plus the five firm archetypes, the evaluation checks that matter, and what each engagement model really costs.
Top 10 Blockchain Software Development Companies in 2026
Ten blockchain development companies whose work you can check yourself, plus the verification tests that separate an engineering firm from a reseller, what engagements cost, and what blockchain IoT projects have to solve that ordinary dApps never face.
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