We build production software for funded startups and SMEs, and we write down what we learn as we go. Engineering decisions, product calls, and what AI actually changes about both. One post every Tuesday, and nothing sits behind an email wall.
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Charge type, fee ownership, payout policy and ledger strategy are cheap to choose and expensive to undo. What we picked on a coaching platform, and why.
22 September 2026 · 12 min read · engineering · product
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Ninety days before a raise, in the order diligence weighs it: paperwork and sweeps first, documentation and honest tests second, security and a dry run last.
industry
8 September 2026
9 min read
A payout is the net of charges, fees, refunds and currency conversion over a window Stripe picked. Reconcile it against your own row per money movement.
engineering
1 September 2026
10 min read
Diligence asks three IP questions: what your dependencies oblige you to do, where the code came from, and who owns it. What a good answer looks like.
industry · engineering
25 August 2026
11 min read
Stripe debits refunds and chargebacks from the platform balance first. How to get that money back from a seller, and what to build before you need to.
engineering · product
18 August 2026
10 min read
Factur-X wraps an invoice's data inside its PDF. Embedding the file is one API call; surviving EN 16931's two hundred business rules is the job, validators and all.
engineering · regulation
18 August 2026
9 min read
What happens if your CTO leaves is a question about where knowledge lives. What an investor is probing, and the practice that changed our answer to it.
industry
11 August 2026
10 min read
Destination charges fit most marketplaces and the platform pays the Stripe fee. Separate charges and transfers buy flexibility, and a ledger you now own.
engineering
4 August 2026
10 min read
The findings that stall a raise are rarely about ugly code. Seven recurring red flags, when each surfaces in diligence, and what each costs before and after.
industry
28 July 2026
6 min read
UK SME AI adoption is reported anywhere from 6% to 81%, because the surveys measure different things. The unrealised value sits in depth, not the headline rate.
ai · industry
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