Resources
Insights & Guides
Practical resources for building software in regulated industries. Case studies, technical guides, and perspectives from the field.
AI Procurement Checklist for Healthcare CIOs
A practical checklist for evaluating AI vendors and AI projects in healthcare — the questions to ask before money moves and the red flags to watch for in vendor responses.
RAG Cost Models in Production
How to think about — and budget for — the cost of a retrieval-augmented generation system in production. Covers embedding cost, retrieval cost, model invocation cost, and the operational tail.
Multi-Tenant SaaS on AWS Amplify Gen 2
Patterns for building a HIPAA-aligned multi-tenant SaaS on AWS Amplify Gen 2 — covering tenancy, auth, data isolation, and operational concerns.
Audit Logging for AI Agents
A reference architecture for capturing, storing, and querying the audit trail of an AI agent system in regulated environments.
Vector Database Selection for HIPAA Workloads
A practical comparison of vector database options for healthcare AI workloads — covering BAA coverage, tenant isolation, encryption, and operational fit.
Why AI Pilots Stall in Financial Services
Most AI pilots in financial services do not fail technically. They stall in the gap between an interesting demo and a production system that risk and compliance can sign off on.
BAA-Ready AI: What to Ask Vendors
The specific questions that separate AI vendors who can support a HIPAA workload from vendors who say they can. A practical guide for healthcare buyers in early evaluation.
Five Questions Every AI System Should Be Able to Answer
If your AI system cannot answer these five questions in seconds, it is not audit-ready — and that gap will surface at the worst possible moment.
Tampa Bay Technology Landscape 2026: A Practical Guide for Growing Companies
An honest look at Tampa Bay's tech ecosystem in 2026 — talent, infrastructure, industry verticals, coworking, and what makes the market different from coastal tech hubs.
HIPAA Compliant App Development: A Technical Guide for Engineering Teams
A practical, architecture-level guide to HIPAA compliant app development. Covers technical safeguards, PHI data flows, audit logging, encryption, BAA obligations, and common mistakes that cause compliance failures.
AI Document Analysis for Regulated Industries: A Production Architecture Guide
How to design AI document analysis pipelines that hold up under HIPAA, SOC 2, and legal review. Extraction, RAG, accuracy thresholds, hallucination mitigation, and the architectural decisions that determine whether your system passes audit.
Custom Software for Healthcare Providers: When It Makes Sense and How to Do It Right
A practical guide to custom healthcare software development — covering use cases, HIPAA requirements, integration complexity, and what distinguishes successful projects.
Building a Scalable SaaS MVP on AWS: Architecture Decisions That Matter Early
Architecture guidance for SaaS founders building on AWS — covering multi-tenancy, auth, data isolation, and the decisions that are expensive to change later.
FHIR vs HL7: A Practical Comparison for Healthcare Software Teams
A technical comparison of FHIR and HL7 v2 for engineering teams building healthcare integrations. Covers data models, interoperability use cases, EHR compatibility, and implementation considerations.
AI for Small Business: Practical Use Cases That Don't Require a Data Science Team
Practical AI use cases for small businesses — from document processing to customer support automation. No machine learning expertise required.
Fintech Software Development: Compliance, Security, and Scale
A technical guide to fintech software development — covering regulatory frameworks, security architecture, payment processing, and the engineering patterns that matter in financial services.
DynamoDB Access Patterns for High-Performance Applications
A practical guide to DynamoDB data modeling — covering single-table design, access pattern planning, GSIs, sparse indexes, and the patterns that prevent expensive rework.
AWS Amplify Gen 2 in Production: Architecture Decisions That Matter
A practical guide to AWS Amplify Gen 2 for production applications — authentication, data modeling, custom resolvers, and the limitations to know before you build.
SOC 2 Compliance Checklist for SaaS Companies
A technical checklist for SaaS founders preparing for SOC 2 Type II. Covers access controls, logging, encryption, change management, and vendor oversight — written for engineering teams.
Offshore vs. Onshore Software Development: Honest Trade-offs
An honest comparison of offshore and onshore software development — covering cost, quality, communication, IP risk, compliance considerations, and when each model works.
Business Operations Platform for a Specialty Pharmacy
How we designed and shipped an Azure-hosted business operations platform that consolidates administration and marketing workflows through a custom HubSpot integration.
How to Choose a Software Development Partner: A Practical Evaluation Guide
A practical guide to evaluating and selecting a software development partner — covering technical due diligence, contract structure, engagement models, and red flags to watch for.
Next.js 16 Best Practices for Production Apps
Modern patterns and practices for building fast, maintainable Next.js 16 applications with React 19, Server Components, and the App Router.
Deposition Analysis RAG System for a Legal Tech Platform
How we built a retrieval-augmented generation system over a legacy deposition database — with inconsistency detection, natural-language Q&A, report generation, and a full ETL pipeline from a .NET source.
Building Compliant AI Workflows for Regulated Industries
How to integrate AI into healthcare, legal, and compliance-focused systems while maintaining security, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
HIPAA-Compliant Cloud Architecture on AWS
A practical guide to designing and deploying healthcare applications on AWS while meeting HIPAA requirements.