Long-form writing from the trenches.
Field notes on fractional CTO work, AI engineering, fintech, and shipping production systems. Real numbers, real architecture, no marketing prose.
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Care plans that actually pay off: what to expect from managed WordPress hosting
What a real WordPress care plan should include, versus what €5/month hosting actually gets you. Real numbers, named CVEs, honest SLAs, and the cost of finding out the hard way.
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The era of personalized SaaS: building your own is now the cheaper option
For fifteen years build-vs-buy was settled in favor of buy. In 2026 the math flipped: for the 2–3 SaaS an SMB pays most for and uses least of, custom now wins. Why, and how to approach it.
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GDPR checkout for Slovenian e-commerce: what actually needs to happen
Beyond the cookie banner — what IP-RS auditors and Stripe compliance actually flag on a Slovenian WooCommerce checkout. Seven systems, seven small technical decisions.
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EU-hosted vs US-hosted for Slovenian SMBs: 4 real trade-offs
Hetzner Frankfurt or Vercel in Ohio? What actually breaks around GDPR, latency, DDV invoicing, and 22:00 support — with real numbers from Gorenjska projects.
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AI for small businesses in 2026: where to actually start
A practical guide on where AI saves a small business one hour a day in 2026 — without the hype, without vendor lock-in, and with a sober look at the EU AI Act and data residency.
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WooCommerce in Slovenia: what it actually costs to sell online in 2026
A real anatomy of a Slovenian WooCommerce store — why it beats Shopify, what you pay monthly, how to handle VAT, payments, Pošta Slovenije and multilingual, and where most projects quietly fail.
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Websites for Slovenian SMBs in 2026: WordPress, Astro, or custom — and what it actually costs
Websites for Slovenian SMBs in 2026: WordPress ~70%, Astro ~20%, custom ~10% — the decision matrix, real build prices from €600 to €15k+, and the hidden yearly costs nobody quotes upfront.
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How to ship a real LLM feature in production (not a demo)
Every founder has 3-5 'AI features' on their roadmap. About 80% of those would never survive production. Here's the operational checklist I run through before saying 'yes, we can ship this.'
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Fractional CTO vs technical advisor vs CTO-as-a-service: the actual differences
Three terms founders use interchangeably when shopping the senior-engineering market. They're not the same — pricing, accountability, hours, and presence all differ. Here's the disambiguation.
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The first 90 days of a Fractional CTO engagement
What a fractional CTO actually does in the first 90 days, week by week. Audit, vendor review, architecture decisions, hiring readiness. The concrete process, not the sales pitch.
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Fractional CTO vs full-time hire: when each actually makes sense
A fractional CTO and a full-time CTO are different tools for different problems. Here's the actual decision framework I use with founders — based on stage, cash, and what's currently broken.
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Ready to fix, build,
or scale?
30 minutes, with me personally. I'll read your system like a log file and tell you what I'd do first. No pitch deck, no sales funnel.
— Davor Majc, founder, Numen