https://exbisoft.com/insights/ Software, technology and industry perspectives from the exbisoft team. en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:47:58 GMT https://exbisoft.com/insights/build-vs-buy-software-ai-coding-tools/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/build-vs-buy-software-ai-coding-tools/ AI-assisted design and coding tools have changed the economics of custom software. Here's when building beats buying — and two lightweight examples of what that looks like in practice. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Custom Software Development App Modernisation Mid-Sized Business Enterprise https://exbisoft.com/insights/sql-server-container-integration-tests-cicd/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/sql-server-container-integration-tests-cicd/ A shared test database is a flaky-test generator. Here's the pattern we use instead — a Linux SQL Server container, spun up fresh per pipeline run, on both Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Azure Microsoft .NET DevOps & Infrastructure QA & Testing https://exbisoft.com/insights/erp-wms-plm-integration-manufacturers/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/erp-wms-plm-integration-manufacturers/ EDI networks assume your ERP, WMS, and PLM already talk to each other. For most manufacturers, they don't. Here's the integration work that has to happen first. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Industrial Machinery Luxury, Fashion & Apparel Chemicals & Materials Automotive API Integration Custom Software Development Industry 4.0 https://exbisoft.com/insights/football-reunites-the-world/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/football-reunites-the-world/ A short film for the World Cup season, and what "we unite ideas" really means: bringing a business idea and the technology — including AI — to realize it together, for startups and mid-sized businesses worldwide. Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Company News https://exbisoft.com/insights/world-cup-ball-engineering/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/world-cup-ball-engineering/ Four panels, a Munich-built sensor chip, and a Sialkot factory floor. What the 2026 World Cup ball's engineering says about precision — and why we recognise it. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Innovation Industry 4.0 Technology https://exbisoft.com/insights/vibe-coding-fails-in-production/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/vibe-coding-fails-in-production/ A new report explains why 'vibe coding' is a real risk for critical, regulated Java systems. We largely agree — and explain where AI genuinely earns its place in production code: in the hands of experienced developers, not instead of them. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Innovation Technology App Modernisation https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-boomerang-corporate-rehiring/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-boomerang-corporate-rehiring/ Ford, IBM, Klarna, and Commonwealth Bank are all reversing AI-driven staffing decisions. The data — from Gartner to Forrester to Robert Half — shows this is now a pattern, not an anomaly. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Innovation Technology https://exbisoft.com/insights/white-label-outsourcing-digital-agencies/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/white-label-outsourcing-digital-agencies/ Capacity gaps, skill gaps, and cost pressure are pushing more agencies toward white-label delivery partners. Here's why the best agencies treat it as leverage, not a compromise. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Digital Agencies White-label Delivery https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-mvp-startups-build-fast-scale-smart/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-mvp-startups-build-fast-scale-smart/ AI-assisted development has opened a new world for startups. PrintPigeon went live in three days. But moving from prototype to product that survives funding rounds, real users, and growth takes more than a prompt. That's where an experienced team changes everything. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Innovation Web Startups Custom Software Development Web Development https://exbisoft.com/insights/continuous-modernization-not-one-time-project/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/continuous-modernization-not-one-time-project/ AWS's 'Transform' push frames modernisation as continuous, not one-off. Strip away the cloud sales pitch and the core message holds: applications that stop evolving start dying. We have lived this across four generations of a single product. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Cloud Innovation Technology Construction App Modernisation Full Application Lifecycle Management https://exbisoft.com/insights/problem-well-stated-ai-development/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/problem-well-stated-ai-development/ Charles Kettering's famous line applies more than ever in AI-enabled software development. Mid-sized businesses don't fail at technology — they fail at problem formulation. That's where experienced teams make the difference. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Innovation Mid-Sized Business Custom Software Development https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-coding-costs-gartner-2028/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-coding-costs-gartner-2028/ Gartner predicts AI coding costs will exceed average developer salaries by 2028. Uber's token budget is already blown. A third of German companies are surprised by AI costs. At exbisoft, we took a different path: invest in your people, give them better tools. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Innovation Technology https://exbisoft.com/insights/europe-ai-adoption-gap-2026/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/europe-ai-adoption-gap-2026/ AWS's 2026 Unlocking Europe's AI Potential report shows adoption is rising fast — but 62% of large enterprises remain at the most basic stage. For German Mittelstand companies, the gap between experimenting and actually transforming is where the real opportunity sits. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Cloud Innovation Technology Mid-Sized Business https://exbisoft.com/insights/apple-design-templates-ai-design-shift/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/apple-design-templates-ai-design-shift/ Apple's 2025 design resources page quietly confirms what the industry already knows: Figma and Sketch won, Adobe XD is gone, and AI design tools like Claude Design and Google Stitch are rewriting the rules for teams that ship native apps. Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Apple iOS AI Innovation Technology Mobile Development https://exbisoft.com/insights/full-service-partners-germany-cloud-ai/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/full-service-partners-germany-cloud-ai/ A CIO article on New Zealand's cloud and AI transformation reads like a blueprint for Germany's Mittelstand. Data residency, legacy modernization, skills shortages, and the case for partners who stay through the whole lifecycle. Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cloud AI Azure Innovation Technology Full Application Lifecycle Management Cloud Migration & Deployment App Modernisation Mid-Sized Business https://exbisoft.com/insights/end-of-headcount-economics/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/end-of-headcount-economics/ The tech industry is shifting from measuring capacity by team size to measuring it by output. For a lean studio like exbisoft, this is not a disruption — it is a validation. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Innovation Technology Company News Industrial Machinery Construction Medical Technology Mid-Sized Business https://exbisoft.com/insights/agentic-resource-discovery-ard/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/agentic-resource-discovery-ard/ Microsoft, Google, and Hugging Face have published the Agentic Resource Discovery specification — an open standard for how AI agents advertise, index, and discover capabilities. Here is why it matters for teams building agent-powered software. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Microsoft Google Innovation Technology Open Source https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-code-review-bottleneck/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-code-review-bottleneck/ AI-generated code is accelerating delivery but straining review workflows. Tools like CodeRabbit and SonarQube are stepping in, but the harder question is whether AI can meaningfully review AI. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Technology Innovation QA & Testing https://exbisoft.com/insights/software-ecology-google-io-2026/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/software-ecology-google-io-2026/ Adam Bender's Google I/O 2026 session on software ecology reframes the AI conversation: generating code 10x faster is not engineering 10x faster. Here is what that means for teams building real systems. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Google AI Events Innovation Technology QA & Testing https://exbisoft.com/insights/majorana-2-quantum-chip/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/majorana-2-quantum-chip/ Microsoft's new topological quantum chip shows real progress and real open questions — here's why industrial software builders should watch, not chase. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Microsoft Quantum AI Innovation Industrial Machinery Construction https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-in-industrial-software/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/ai-in-industrial-software/ AI in industrial software is moving from hype to production. Here is what that transition looks like for mid-sized manufacturers working with legacy infrastructure. Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Industry 4.0 Industrial Machinery https://exbisoft.com/insights/net-maui-enterprise-mobile/ https://exbisoft.com/insights/net-maui-enterprise-mobile/ We have been building enterprise mobile apps with .NET MAUI since its release. Here is what works, what does not, and what we would do differently. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT .NET Mobile Android iOS Mobile Development Enterprise