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Build journal
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2026-06-08
/2 min read
When a Spreadsheet Becomes a Bottleneck: How to Tell It's Time for Custom Business Software
Most Maltese businesses run on spreadsheets for longer than they should. They start as a quick fix, become the system, then quietly hold the business back. The signs are easy to miss because they creep in slowly, a copy-paste here, a duplicated tab there, until half the team's day is admin instead of work. Here's how to tell when a spreadsheet has stopped serving you and started costing you.
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AI-studio playbook
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2026-05-23
/5 min read
From a USB stick to a launched product in 30 days
A solo founder walked in with a USB stick, a working install, and a name. Thirty days later there was a brand, a website, and a licence platform that has done 1,000+ purchases. Here's what AI handled, what it could not be trusted with, and how a one-person studio actually ships a launch in a month.
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Malta tactics
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2026-05-23
/5 min read
What a Maltese restaurant actually needs online (and what to skip)
Five things a restaurant in Malta actually needs on its website, three things that get built but never used, and how to spend less getting more of the right ones.
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Build journal
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2026-05-22
/7 min read
Why I built my own CRM instead of paying for one
The CRM I needed for a one-person Malta studio was a contact list, a status pill, a balance owed, a mobile number I could search by, and a calendar that already knew about my calls. Every small business CRM I tried wanted to sell me a sales pipeline for an eight-person team I do not have. So I built mine.
