Notes on legacy .NET migrations, system integrations, and software projects that need rescuing, written up from the engagements they came out of.
May 12, 2026
Integration projects fail on three patterns: unreconciled data model disagreements, upstream quality problems absorbed downstream, and vague error handling.
Read: Why .NET Integration Projects Fail: A Pattern Across Multiple EngagementsMay 5, 2026
A codebase review produces a decision, not a list of observations. Six areas of coverage, and how to tell a shallow review from a complete one.
Read: What to Expect From a .NET Codebase ReviewApril 28, 2026
Incomplete agency projects fail in a consistent pattern: the foundation is built, the integration and production-readiness layer is not. The assessment comes before the plan.
Read: What to Do When Your Development Agency Ran Over Budget and Didn't FinishApril 21, 2026
WebForms does not run on .NET 8 and will not. The choice between rewrite and logic migration is determined by how coupled the business logic is to the WebForms layer.
Read: Rewriting vs. Migrating a WebForms Application to .NET 8April 14, 2026
Umbraco 7 reached end of life in September 2023. Moving to Umbraco 13 is a rebuild rather than an upgrade, and the cost drivers are the package inventory and custom API code.
Read: What an Umbraco 7 to 13 Migration Actually CostsJanuary 7, 2026
AI tooling compresses implementation work and leaves the judgment layer unchanged. The determining factor is how project context is established before generation begins.
Read: AI Engineering in 2026: How We Build Software with AIDescribe the system and where it's stuck. You'll get a straight answer about what the work involves, including if the answer is that you don't need to hire anyone.
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