Modern Software
Software runs your business. This newsletter helps you understand it well enough to make good decisions.
Who it's for
Founders, operators and professionals whose work depends on software they didn't build: people who choose vendors, approve budgets, talk to developers and make product decisions, without an engineering background.
What it covers
Plain-language explainers of how modern technology actually works. What really happens when two systems "integrate via API". What technical debt is, and what it is quietly costing you. How AI features like chatbots and RAG work under the hood, and where they break. What to understand before choosing a database, a payment provider or an AI vendor.
No jargon for its own sake, no hype, and no assumption that you studied computer science. Most of the ideas come from client conversations.
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