Boring technology, on purpose
Why we reach for proven, unglamorous tools first — and the kind of project where that quiet choice keeps paying off years after launch.
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Field notes from the workbench.
Notes on building for the long haul — boring technology, the thankless parts of fundraising software, and what twenty years of maintenance teaches you.
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What a donation platform actually needs
Recurring gifts, receipts, reconciliation. Notes on the unglamorous parts of fundraising software that decide whether an NGO can trust it.
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Earlier notesWhy we still write the content first
Designing around real words, not lorem ipsum — and why the page almost always comes out better for it.
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