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Your spreadsheet has outgrown itself: when to build a web app on Google Workspace

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Almost every small business runs at least one important process on a spreadsheet. Orders, bookings, job tracking, inventory, leads: a Google Sheet is free, everyone knows how to use it, and it is up and running in minutes.

That is a good place to start. But many spreadsheets quietly take on more than they were designed for, and the cost shows up as lost time, mistakes and missed opportunities.

PostgreSQL or MongoDB? A practical guide for small businesses

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The database is the one part of an application you will almost never replace. Screens get redesigned and code gets rewritten, but the data and its structure tend to outlive everything else. So it is worth choosing well.

I recommend one of two databases: PostgreSQL or MongoDB. Both are mature, widely used, available as fully managed services on Google Cloud, and they keep your data in a form you can export and move. The question is which one fits your data.

Why I build small-business backends in Go

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ask ten developers which language to use for a web application’s backend and you will get ten answers. For the small businesses I work with, my answer is Go. That is not because it is fashionable. It is because it directly lowers the cost of owning software.