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Insights, tutorials and news from the Nordic Byte engineering team.
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Shipping OTA updates to a device fleet without bricking it
Atomic A/B updates, automatic rollback, staged rollouts and signed firmware — the engineering decisions that keep a remote device fleet recoverable.
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Batch or streaming? Choosing a data pipeline you can afford to run
Streaming pipelines cost more to build and far more to operate. A practical guide to deciding whether your business actually needs one, or a micro-batch…
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Real-time transcription in production: what the demos don’t show
Live transcription demos use one clear speaker in a quiet room. Real meetings bring accents, crosstalk, jargon and privacy obligations. Here is what changes.
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AI features that earn their cost
Most AI features fail on unit economics, not accuracy. How to work out cost per request, pick the right model size, and prove the feature…
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How to scope an MVP that you won’t have to rewrite
Which architectural decisions genuinely matter in a first release, which can safely wait, and how to cut scope without undermining the foundations.
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Custom software vs off-the-shelf: how to decide
A practical framework for build versus buy, including the cases where bespoke development is the wrong answer and the hybrid option most teams overlook.
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How much does custom software cost in the UK?
What actually drives the price of a bespoke software project in the UK, how contracting models shift risk, and the costs most budgets forget.