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Why we publish a public tech radar
How Zim Digital's quarterly tech radar works, why we made it public, and what technical buyers should take from an agency's stack choices.
Why we put every client site behind Cloudflare
A practical look at why Zim Digital puts every small UK business site behind Cloudflare, what it actually protects against, what it costs, and the gotchas no one warns you about.
Why We Built the REBLL Ticket Scanner in Flutter, and Why It Has to Work Offline
Real-world lessons from shipping a production ticket scanning app for festivals and events with Flutter. One codebase, two app stores, and an offline-first architecture that doesn't queue 5,000 punters at the gate when the venue WiFi dies.
Software Development for Northwest UK SMEs: What We See Working in 2026
Practical observations from a Northwest UK software consultancy on what's actually moving the needle for SMEs in Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, and beyond, and what's still a waste of time.
Building a Self-Improving Document Classification Agent on Azure AI Foundry
A practical walkthrough of building an agentic AI system on Azure AI Foundry with persistent agents, human-in-the-loop approval, Cosmos DB vector memory, and a feedback loop that makes the agent smarter over time.
Why We Use .NET Aspire for Local Development (And Why You Should Too)
A practical walkthrough of how we use .NET Aspire to orchestrate local development environments for multi-tenant SaaS applications on Azure, and why it's replaced Docker Compose in our toolbox.