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Field notes from the practice.

Essays, technical deep-dives, executive briefs, and case studies on AI, cybersecurity, integrations, and the operational realities of modern firms.

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One landing page per manufacturer: programmatic pages for lemon law
EssayMay 8, 2026

One landing page per manufacturer: programmatic pages for lemon law

Building a landing page per manufacturer and location — instead of one big website — to convert paid search better and double as a demand sensor.

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From thirty-seven numbers to two
EssayMay 1, 2026

From thirty-seven numbers to two

A 5-month consolidation project that took a 37-line phone estate down to 2 numbers, recovered $48k in annual spend, and improved answer rates.

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Identity is the new perimeter
EssayApr 23, 2026

Identity is the new perimeter

SSO, MFA, and password management are the foundation everything else rests on. Why identity is now the front line of security for growing firms.

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Incident response and cyber hardening: build the team before you need it
EssayApr 15, 2026

Incident response and cyber hardening: build the team before you need it

Proactive training plus disciplined response — why a cross-functional cyber response team that can swarm and neutralize risk is a best practice for growing firms.

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Automating document generation at scale: from merge fields to AI timelines
EssayApr 15, 2026

Automating document generation at scale: from merge fields to AI timelines

From merge templates to AI-built chronologies — how automating bulk document processing unlocks revenue in document-heavy work.

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Shipping Microsoft Graph on the edge
EssayApr 14, 2026

Shipping Microsoft Graph on the edge

Notes from getting Microsoft Graph running cleanly from a Cloudflare-style Worker runtime — including the parts the docs leave out.

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Choosing AI for a law firm: build vs. buy
EssayMar 27, 2026

Choosing AI for a law firm: build vs. buy

A practical framework for when to build custom AI and when to buy a prebuilt legal tool — so a modern firm gets AI that earns its keep without runaway investment.

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How to pilot AI without losing the firm
EssayMar 19, 2026

How to pilot AI without losing the firm

A practical framework for choosing your first AI use case, keeping a human in the loop, and measuring whether it actually pays off.

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DNS management done right: email, records, and domain verification
EssayFeb 20, 2026

DNS management done right: email, records, and domain verification

SPF, DKIM, DMARC, record types, nameservers, and subdomains — a plain-spoken tour of the DNS work that keeps a domain healthy.

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From a Notion ticketing system to a 10-person technology team
EssayDec 24, 2025

From a Notion ticketing system to a 10-person technology team

How a firm's technology function grew from one person and a Notion ticketing system into a ten-person team covering helpdesk, data, security, identity, infrastructure, and AI.

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Bringing systems and platform management in-house
EssayNov 25, 2025

Bringing systems and platform management in-house

Bringing technology management in-house puts technical resources next to the work — platform-agnostic, layered onto any vertical, without runaway investment.

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Migrating 60 phone numbers to Aircall — and lifting answer rates past 90%
EssayNov 7, 2025

Migrating 60 phone numbers to Aircall — and lifting answer rates past 90%

Consolidating roughly sixty numbers onto Aircall gave a firm visibility into missed calls, a unified call/SMS log in HubSpot, AI summaries, and the runway for AI voice agents.

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The hidden costs of a sprawling phone system
EssayOct 6, 2025

The hidden costs of a sprawling phone system

Dozens of numbers across providers don't just cost on the bill — they hide missed calls, charge you to see your own data, and bury settings where mistakes survive.

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Remote network management with UniFi: redundancy that protects uptime
EssayOct 2, 2025

Remote network management with UniFi: redundancy that protects uptime

Centralized multi-site management, multi-WAN with fast failover, traffic shaping, and IoT segmentation — networks built to stay out of the way.

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Migrating from CASEpeer to Filevine in under 3 months
EssaySep 22, 2025

Migrating from CASEpeer to Filevine in under 3 months

A high-volume law firm moved from CASEpeer to Filevine in under three months — data intact, team trained, system wired into everything around it.

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Three questions before you buy the AI
EssaySep 19, 2025

Three questions before you buy the AI

Most AI pilots fail for the same three reasons. A 4-minute read for executives who would like to skip them.

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The quiet cost of good-enough systems
EssayAug 14, 2025

The quiet cost of good-enough systems

Every firm carries the weight of decisions made on a Tuesday afternoon. Here is how to tell which ones are worth revisiting — and which ones to leave alone.

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