Applications and platforms.
Build focused software around the users and workflow. Keep interfaces, responsibilities and important decisions documented.
Software engineering
Write the software.Understand what it runs on.
Fifteen years of enterprise software engineering, built on experience of the platforms underneath. Applications and integrations designed to be understood, tested and maintained.
Explore the capabilityEngineering focus
01Understand the workflow
02Build and test
03Release under control
The code is part of a larger system.
Interfaces, data ownership, deployment and recovery deserve the same attention as features. Keep the operating environment in view from the first design decision.
APIs and integration.
Define contracts, validate inputs and handle partial completion. Test timeouts, duplicated messages and dependent-service failures.
Modernisation and delivery.
Investigate before rewriting. Add test coverage, automate delivery and make incremental changes with a recovery route.
A possible workflow
Replace a manual handoff with a versioned API and a workflow that makes failures visible.
The right answer may be an integration or a focused improvement rather than a complete rewrite or an AI feature.
Reference architecture
Dependable integration, layer by layer.
Software that survives contact with real systems: clear contracts, safe retries and changes you can undo.
Interfaces
Web, mobile and API clients, each with a clear contract.
- Web
- Mobile
- Public APIs
Application services
Business logic with a single owner for each rule.
- Services
- Validation
- Authorisation
Integration
Versioned APIs and queues, with every handler safe to retry.
- Versioned APIs
- Queues
- Idempotent handlers
Data
Schema changes under version control and tested before release.
- SQL Server
- Migrations
- Backups
Delivery
Automated tests and staged releases you can roll back.
- CI/CD
- Automated tests
- Staged releases
Operations
Logs and metrics that show what users actually experience.
- Structured logs
- Metrics
- Alerts
A closer look
Good questions.
Straight answers.
Can you improve an existing application?
Yes. Begin with its users, architecture and constraints, then agree the most useful changes.
How does AI fit into delivery?
It can assist investigation, implementation and testing. Engineers remain responsible for architecture, review and release.
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