Engineering

13 articles on Engineering.

Why we would not build your site on WordPress

The economics flipped: a custom-coded site now costs less over three years than a professional WordPress build — and it is faster, safer and able to become an app.

August 9, 2026

5 min read

A custom QMS costs less than your QMS subscription

The arithmetic on QMS software changed: a system built to your process costs about one to two years of a mid-market subscription — then the paying stops.

August 9, 2026

3 min read

Weekly demos: the cheapest quality control in software

Why every Devinity engagement includes a weekly demo of working software, what a good one looks like, and the failure pattern it exists to prevent.

August 7, 2026

6 min read

Next.js vs WordPress for a business website

Why we build on Next.js rather than WordPress: speed without a caching stack, a security surface that is mostly absent, and a site that can grow into an application.

August 5, 2026

4 min read

How we scope a custom software project

What happens on a Devinity discovery call, what we write down before quoting, and why we sometimes tell you not to build the thing you asked for.

August 4, 2026

3 min read

What custom software actually costs

Where the money goes in a custom software project, which variables move the number most, and how to get an estimate you can rely on.

July 28, 2026

3 min read

How long does it take to build custom software?

Realistic timelines for a first production release, what actually causes overruns, and why the answer depends on decisions made before any code.

July 21, 2026

3 min read

Staff augmentation vs dedicated teams

The practical difference between placing individuals into your team and buying a team that owns a workstream, and how to tell which your situation calls for.

July 15, 2026

3 min read

Red flags when hiring an offshore development team

The warning signs that reliably predict a bad engagement, written by a firm that gets hired to clean up after them.

July 7, 2026

3 min read

Custom software vs off-the-shelf: how to decide

A decision framework for choosing between building custom software and buying a product, including the cost most comparisons leave out.

June 2, 2026

3 min read

Choosing an offshore development company

How to evaluate an offshore engineering partner on what predicts outcomes: technical accountability, code ownership, and how they handle disagreement.

May 26, 2026

3 min read

From MVP to scale: what breaks and when

The decisions that hold at a hundred users and fail at ten thousand, and which of them are worth making early.

May 12, 2026

3 min read

Writing a software RFP that gets useful answers

Most RFPs produce proposals that cannot be compared. Here is what to include so the responses tell you something.

April 21, 2026

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