Strategy
SMB Consulting Models: Day Rate, Retainer, Fractional or Outcome-Based?
Day rate, discovery sprint, retainer, fractional CTO, project-based or outcome-based: 2026 market rate bands for SMB and AI consulting, how each model fails, and…
Levievs Blog: Web, AI and Cybersecurity Engineering
Notes from the build floor
Long-form posts on AI-driven product work, web platforms, and the boring-but-critical modernisation most teams skip. Written by the people doing the work.
Strategy
Cybersecurity
Biometric Authentication for Small Businesses: Passkeys, Face Login and the Legal Risks
Passkeys, faceprint or MFA for a small company: where face login fails on cheap sensors, the GDPR Article 9 and BIPA traps, and a…
AI & ML
AI Coding Assistants in Production: A Playbook for Engineering Teams
How GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code perform on production pull requests, the four-step review gate we enforce on AI-touched code, where assistants stay…
Web Engineering
The Power of Non-AI Programming: Embrace Vanilla Coding and Manual Solutions
AI coding tools are fast, but they come with real trade-offs. Here is when manual coding gives you better control, security and long-term reliability,…
Strategy
Tech Vendor Due Diligence: A 12-Point Checklist (2026)
Twelve checks before you hire a tech vendor: what each review platform signals, where it falls short, and seven reference-call questions that catch what…
Web Engineering
Build or Buy a WordPress Plugin? A Decision Framework With TCO and Security Checks
Five signals that say build, five that say buy, the total cost of ownership both sides tend to skip, and what we audit before…
About this blog
Long-form posts, written by the people doing the work.
Not an SEO playground or a stream of short notes. Every article is a long-form, edited piece. We publish on a deliberate cadence and rewrite our drafts before they go out.
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