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What is worth knowing before you build
What we learn from building systems for demanding professionals — privacy and data security, the real cost of software, and when an off-the-shelf template stops paying off. No promises and no slogans.
Data security for small businesses — what you actually need
Most small businesses sit at the basic security level of Israel's data security regulations. What is actually required there, what well-built software already solves — and why a binder of policies is not security.
25 August 2026 Privacy & data securityDatabase registration in Israel — when a business must, and what happens if not
Amendment 13 narrowed database registration to data traders and public bodies — and bred a dangerous mistake: exemption from registration is not exemption from the law. Who must register, how, and the sanctions for those who don't.
18 August 2026 Build & infrastructureTemplate website vs custom development — speed, bugs and hosting
A template goes live in days but loads code for features you never use — which is where the slowness, the bugs and the never-ending subscription come from. An honest comparison: when Wix or WordPress is the right call, and when custom wins.
11 August 2026 Cost & upkeepWhat does it cost to run a website or app
You pay for the build once — running it continues for as long as the system is alive. Domain, hosting and maintenance: what the cost is made of, what raises it, and why it's decided at the build stage.
28 July 2026 AI & softwareI built an app in base44 — why pay anyone?
Tools like base44 and Lovable genuinely work — for a prototype, an internal tool or a landing page. The fair take: when vibe coding is enough, and when it breaks on security, data, ownership and maintenance.
21 July 2026 Privacy and data securityAmendment 13 to the Protection of Privacy Law — what a small business has to do
The registration duty was actually narrowed, but the data security duty stayed — and it is now enforced with financial sanctions. What that means in practice for a small business, and why most of it is settled by the software and not by a written procedure.
15 July 2026Got a need? We will tailor software to it.
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