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Practical thinking on business software.

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Web security

5 Jun 2021

What Is an SSL Certificate, and What Does It Actually Protect?

Learn how SSL certificates enable HTTPS, what browsers check, what encryption protects and how businesses can prevent certificate renewal failures.

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Manufacturing AI

11 Apr 2021

Smart Manufacturing: Where AI Earns Its Place on the Factory Floor

See where AI can reduce downtime, improve quality and support factory planning, plus the data and controls needed before a pilot reaches production.

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DanJMills

27 Mar 2021

Why I Built DanJMills Around Practical Business Software

The story and mission behind DanJMills: combining business understanding, clear software decisions and hands-on delivery without the agency theatre.

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Software deployment

15 Feb 2021

What Happens During a Production Deployment? From Approved Code to a Verified Release

Follow a production deployment from approved code through build, database changes, release, monitoring and rollback without treating go-live as a file upload.

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API development

7 Feb 2021

API-First Development: Agree the Contract Before Code

Learn how API-first development uses a shared contract, mocks and tests to reduce integration rework before different teams begin building.

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Business dashboards

5 Feb 2021

Real-Time Dashboards: Live Data Is Only Useful When Somebody Can Act on It

Learn how to design a real-time business dashboard around trusted data, clear decisions, useful alerts, sensible refresh rates and accountable action.

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Application security

21 Jan 2021

What Is PKI? How Digital Trust Works Behind Business Software

Learn how public key infrastructure manages digital certificates, keys, certificate authorities, renewal and revocation across business software.

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API integration

8 Jan 2021

What Can the Companies House API Do for Your Business Software?

See how Companies House data can support onboarding, supplier checks, CRM records and controlled business software workflows.