What building escrow taught us about state machines
Money moving between two parties is the clearest case we know for modelling state explicitly rather than inferring it from a handful of boolean columns.
ReadInsights
Notes from the work itself.
Written by the engineers doing the building rather than by a content team, which means fewer posts and more of them worth reading. Architecture decisions, delivery arguments, and the occasional account of something that went wrong.
Scoped permissions are the reason businesses will actually use AI agents
The blocker on agent adoption is not capability. It is that connecting one to your systems usually means granting broad, standing access and hoping.
ReadA prompt is not a product
A general assistant will attempt anything and promises nothing, so there is nothing to hold it to. BotUp sells AI work the other way…
ReadWhy we built a freelance marketplace that takes no commission
Every marketplace deducts a share of what freelancers earn to fund a trust problem that escrow already solves. Open Lance is the version that…
ReadBrilliant Systems Recognized Among Top Enterprise Software Development Companies by Techreviewer.co
Techreviewer.co named us among the top enterprise software development companies for 2025, based on client feedback and delivered work.
ReadBrilliant Systems Recognized Among the Top 100 SaaS Software Development Companies of 2025 by Techreviewer.co
Recognition for our SaaS engineering work: multi-tenancy, billing and the operational systems a subscription product needs to survive its second year.
ReadMVP Development: Fail Fast, Scale Faster
Most first versions fail because nobody wanted them, not because they were built badly. A short guide to validating the assumption before you spend…
ReadCybersecurity Threats Every CEO Should Know
The threats that actually reach the board, what they cost when they land, and the questions worth asking your engineering team this quarter.
ReadSaaS vs. Custom Software: Which Fits Your Business?
Buy what is not your differentiator and build what is. The difficulty is that the boundary moves, and integration costs are routinely underestimated.
ReadNext step
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