How to build an internal tool without a developer, and how to tell if you should not
6 September 2026 · Three different products are sold under that one
phrase, and picking a vendor before picking the category is where the money goes. Includes the
number from my own logs that predicts whether the tool ends up empty — 3, 7 and 10.
Visual FoxPro replacement options in 2026, compared honestly
28 August 2026 · Unsupported since January 2015 and still running
businesses. The question every other list skips is whether your FoxPro app was ever
really a program — and the answer splits the options in half.
HCL Notes and Domino alternatives for an inherited departmental app
18 August 2026 · Notes is not dead, so the question is not escape.
It is what happens to an app whose author left, and what never migrates.
Microsoft Access alternatives for a team that has outgrown it
18 August 2026 · Access is free with most Microsoft 365 plans, so
every option here is priced against the $0 you pay now, Power Apps included.
FileMaker alternatives in 2026, compared by someone selling one
18 August 2026 · Nine real options, what each actually costs,
and who should pick which — including the cases where ours is the wrong answer.
Turn a Google Sheet into a database, without trusting a robot's guesses
12 August 2026 · Paste a link and get a working database app,
typed from what every row actually holds. No OAuth, no silent date bugs.
An anonymous form shouldn't know who you are
12 August 2026 · Why most anonymous surveys aren't, and how a
form can keep the promise at the server instead of the marketing page.