Insights

Notes on building software that doesn't break.

Practical writing on what we've learned building production systems for Kentucky offices and growing businesses — cloud, Angular, integrations, and the workflow problems software is supposed to solve.

Workflow

iPad signature capture for public-sector workflows

How to move signature collection out of paper queues and into an easier digital workflow without adding friction.

Migration

Board of Appeals database migration without the chaos

A practical approach to modernizing the data layer behind appeals work while keeping operations stable.

Engineering

AngularJS to Angular migration driven by E2E testing

A low-risk way to modernize a legacy AngularJS interface and consolidate backend APIs while preserving business logic.

Cloud

Choosing the right cloud strategy for county government

When Azure App Service makes sense, when Functions are a better fit, and how to budget for a small-county deployment.

Engineering

Design systems for enterprise Angular

How we structure tokens, theming, and Material overrides so a single design system can power dozens of internal apps.

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