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Notes for people who inherited software
Practical, calm articles on what to do when the developer or vendor is gone.
Upgrades | October 24, 2026
End-of-Life PHP: What It Means for Your Business
Your application runs on a PHP version that is no longer supported. What that actually means in practice and how upgrades are planned.
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Support | October 24, 2026
Keep-Alive Retainer or Hire a Developer?
Should you hire a developer, use a freelancer or pay for a monthly retainer? An honest comparison for software that mostly needs to keep running.
Getting started | October 24, 2026
Your Vendor Will Not Take Your Calls
A software vendor that goes quiet leaves you with an application you cannot change and nobody to ask. Here is what that usually means and what to do.
How it works | October 24, 2026
What a Software Takeover Actually Covers
A step-by-step look at the two weeks of a takeover assessment: what we read, what we move, what we write and what you receive.
Getting started | October 24, 2026
Your Developer Left: What to Do First
The person who built your software is gone and it still runs your business. A calm, ordered list of what to do in the first two weeks.
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In two weeks we know it, document it, and keep it running. Send a few lines about your software and we will reply by email.