Practical IT for SMBs
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All 11 articlesThe Autonomous Feedback Loop: From Bug Report to Merged PR
How I wired in-app user feedback to a coding agent that opens its own PRs, with a redactor at the trust boundary and humans at exactly two intervention points.
Vibe Coding12 min readHow I Vibe-Coded Two Enterprise Apps in 8 Months for $13,945
Two production Next.js apps on Azure, ~350,000 lines of TypeScript, built solo with Cursor and Anthropic's frontier models. The stack, the spend, and the recipe.
Vibe Coding14 min readThe Microsoft 365 Security Floor Every SMB Should Hit in 2026
Three layers separate a hardened SMB Microsoft 365 tenant from a soft one: Microsoft-managed Conditional Access, phishing-resistant MFA, and Intune device compliance. Here is why that floor matters and what each layer actually does.
Guides11 min readHow We Lock Down SMB Microsoft 365 Tenants for $50 of Hardware Per User
A six-phase runbook for hardening a Business Premium tenant: break-glass accounts, Microsoft-managed Conditional Access, FIDO2 YubiKeys, and Intune device compliance. The order matters.
Guides12 min readErgonomics Best Practices: Set Up Your Workspace, Protect Your Body
A practical desk ergonomics guide. The fundamentals, the gear, and the habits that prevent wrist pain, back pain, and burnout over a long career.
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