https://www.canopussoft.com/blog/ Practical engineering writing on software cost, architecture decisions and delivery failure modes, from Canopus IT Solutions. en Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.canopussoft.com/build-vs-buy-software/ https://www.canopussoft.com/build-vs-buy-software/ A development company saying build is not news. Here is the per-process test we run before quoting, including the products we tell clients to buy instead. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.canopussoft.com/cloud-cost-optimisation/ https://www.canopussoft.com/cloud-cost-optimisation/ Six findings recur on almost every cloud cost review, and none of them require re-architecting anything. What each one looks like, why it happens, and the fix. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.canopussoft.com/rag-vs-fine-tuning/ https://www.canopussoft.com/rag-vs-fine-tuning/ Fine-tuning changes how a model behaves. RAG changes what it knows. Most teams reach for the wrong one — here is the decision, and what decides it. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.canopussoft.com/fixed-price-vs-time-materials/ https://www.canopussoft.com/fixed-price-vs-time-materials/ Every engagement model transfers risk somewhere. Anyone presenting one as strictly better is selling the one that suits them. The trade-offs, explained. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.canopussoft.com/saas-mvp-cost/ https://www.canopussoft.com/saas-mvp-cost/ Four decisions set the price of a SaaS MVP before anyone writes code. What each one adds, where the budget goes, and what to cut for a lower number. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.canopussoft.com/why-integrations-fail/ https://www.canopussoft.com/why-integrations-fail/ Integrations rarely crash. They stop writing and nobody notices until stocktake. Five failure modes, each with the engineering pattern that prevents it. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.canopussoft.com/native-vs-cross-platform/ https://www.canopussoft.com/native-vs-cross-platform/ Cross-platform suits roughly 70% of business apps. Here is the specific list of cases where it does not, and why we quote the more expensive option for them. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT