Independent-minded guidance for choosing, deploying and operating the applications your team depends on.
There is no universal choice between local inference and a hosted API. Use these questions and a short worksheet to clarify your data boundaries, workload, operating responsibilities and open requirements.
Read guide
A file-type list cannot tell you whether a RAG application extracts your real documents correctly. Build a representative test set, inspect the ingested content, and verify how updates, deletions and failures are handled.
Read guide
A public link can be an access-control boundary, not just a convenient URL. Use this checklist to test what a link exposes, who can open it, how access ends, and what evidence administrators can review.
Read guide
Before connecting an external service to a self-hosted app, verify how its webhook endpoint authenticates requests, validates events, limits their effects and handles secrets and logs.
Read guide
Compare self-hosted CMS options by running your real publishing work through them—from first draft and approval to correction, export and ongoing maintenance.
Read guide
A container that restarts successfully may still have interrupted requests or unfinished work. Use this checklist to learn how your application handles shutdown, then test the work that matters before routine maintenance.
Read guide
Evaluate accounting-period controls with realistic close tests: ordinary entries, late transactions, corrections, permissions, reports and evidence. Use the results to separate application capabilities from policies and review responsibilities your business must define.
Read guide
Autosave, record history and a shared database do not by themselves tell you what happens when two people edit a record at once. Use this checklist to verify the behavior in your own workflows.
Read guide
Evaluate inventory software with realistic stock scenarios—and decide whether to manage the deployment yourself or use a managed service. This practical test plan covers workflows, traceability, accounting boundaries, reporting, permissions and deployment responsibilities.
Read guide