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May 8, 2026

Managing React Native Maintenance: Tackling Developer Departures in Small Teams

A large company had only one in-house React Native developer. When he left, the app ground to a halt. No one in the company could handle the code. They called us, we took over the project, and brought it to the store submission stage. Nothing heroic. It's what we do.

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May 8, 2026

You've Built a Functional Management System. You Haven't Built a SaaS. They're Two Different Products.

We met with a client who was convinced they had already 70% of the work done. They had a robust management system, used internally for three years. We spent the first hour explaining why that 70% was the easy part.

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May 6, 2026

The Vibe Coder is the Problem, Not the Solution. And They Will Never Work With Us.

At Worksdem, we hold a very clear stance on vibe coding. We do not adopt this methodology for several reasons primarily concerned with the security and long-term sustainability of our projects.

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May 5, 2026

We Deployed an AI Agent to Production. The Hard Part Wasn't the AI.

Deploying an AI agent for a client taught us more about organisational challenges than about the technology itself. The first agent we deployed functioned flawlessly in staging. Once in production, it began making decisions that were technically correct but operationally disastrous. No one had defined the boundaries of what it could do autonomously. This led us to deeply reconsider our approach to governance and oversight.

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