Practical guides to business software, websites and SEO
Plain-English notes from building payroll systems, dashboards and websites. Each post links to the service and projects it comes from.
- Hosting and upkeep
Deploying Without Logging Users Out: A Release Checklist for Small Business Apps
Why app updates log staff out, how a persistent session store fixes it, and the before, during and after checklist I use for every release.
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SEO Basics for Small Business Websites: Titles, Structured Data, Sitemaps and llms.txt
The search basics every small business website should get right, from page titles and internal links to structured data, sitemaps and llms.txt.
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Hand-Coded Website or Page Builder? What Small Businesses Should Know
What page builders do well, where they cost you later, and the features that matter more than the tool when a small business website has to win customers.
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How Attendance-Based Payroll Works: A Plain-English Guide for Philippine Businesses
How clock-ins become payslips, where payroll errors creep in, and why SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and tax tables belong in data, not formulas.
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From Spreadsheets to a System: When Your Business Needs Custom Software
Five signs your spreadsheets have become a business risk, what a custom system replaces, and how to scope one without overspending.
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