<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Guri Technologies · Insights</title><description>Writing on platform engineering, partner-firm shaped delivery, and the engagement variants behind it.</description><link>https://guritechnologies.com</link><language>en</language><item><title>Digital transformation consulting: what it is, and what it costs</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/digital-transformation-consulting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/digital-transformation-consulting</guid><description>What is digital transformation consulting, and what does it cost? A straight guide to what the work involves, the engagement shapes you can buy, the price ranges behind them, and how to avoid the expensive way most transformations go wrong.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to choose a software development company</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/how-to-choose-a-software-development-company</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/how-to-choose-a-software-development-company</guid><description>How do you choose a software development company? Look past the logo wall for evidence, a written scope, and code you will own. A buyer guide to the criteria that matter, the questions to ask, the red flags to walk away from, and who should own the IP.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What an AI consultant does, and when you need one</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-is-an-ai-consultant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-is-an-ai-consultant</guid><description>What is an AI consultant? Someone who helps a business decide where AI genuinely fits, then builds it or guides the build so it runs in production and stays yours. A plain guide to what they do, when a smaller company needs one, and what it costs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Build vs buy software: the decision before the build</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/build-vs-buy-software</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/build-vs-buy-software</guid><description>Build when the software is your edge and nothing off the shelf fits; buy when it is a solved commodity. How to make the build-vs-buy call without regret.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Freelancer, agency, or firm: who should build your software?</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/freelancer-agency-or-firm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/freelancer-agency-or-firm</guid><description>A freelancer, an agency, and a firm fit different jobs. What each does well, where each breaks, and the one question that decides it: who owns the outcome.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An external CTO for a non-technical owner: what good looks like</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/external-cto-non-technical-owner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/external-cto-non-technical-owner</guid><description>When you cannot judge the technical work yourself, what should an external CTO give you? The artefacts to expect, how decisions get made in business terms, and the honest signs it is or is not working.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What daily short-form video actually costs: rate card vs engineered pipeline</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-short-form-video-costs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-short-form-video-costs</guid><description>Steady short-form video has two cost shapes: an agency rate card that rises with every asset, and an owned pipeline whose cost barely moves. What each costs at real cadence, and where they cross over.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fractional CTO or agency? The real question is who owns the outcome</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/fractional-cto-or-agency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/fractional-cto-or-agency</guid><description>Choosing between a fractional CTO and an agency is usually framed as direction versus building. The decision that actually matters is who is accountable for the result, not who is cheaper.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What a website should cost, and why quotes vary by 10x</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-a-website-should-cost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-a-website-should-cost</guid><description>How much does a website cost? A straight answer: what drives the price, what you get at each level, and how to read a fair quote.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The content engine: agency-level output without the agency rate card</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/the-content-engine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/the-content-engine</guid><description>Publish at agency volume without the agency rate card by owning the production system instead of buying output by the asset. What a content engine is, what it costs, and when an agency still wins.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What a website operations retainer should actually include</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/website-operations-retainer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/website-operations-retainer</guid><description>Most &quot;maintenance&quot; plans are a bucket of hours spent only when something breaks. A real operations retainer is a defined agreement: monitoring, incident response, tested backups, and a standing review.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five signs your current platform is quietly costing you money</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/five-signs-your-platform-is-costing-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/five-signs-your-platform-is-costing-you</guid><description>An aging platform rarely fails loudly. It charges you slowly, in slower changes, rising bills, and risk you cannot see. Five signs to read before a rewrite becomes an emergency.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Replacing a legacy system without downtime: how the migration actually runs</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/replacing-a-legacy-system-without-downtime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/replacing-a-legacy-system-without-downtime</guid><description>You replace a legacy system in slices, not in one cutover: old and new run side by side until each piece is proven. How a no-downtime migration actually runs, what it costs, and when to start.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CTO as a service: what it is, what it costs, and when a firm beats a freelancer</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/cto-as-a-service</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/cto-as-a-service</guid><description>Senior technical leadership bought as a service rather than a salaried hire. What CTO as a service includes, what it costs against a freelancer or a full-time hire, and when each one fits.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 90-day rule: how to evaluate automation before you build it</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/the-90-day-rule-for-automation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/the-90-day-rule-for-automation</guid><description>Automation that does not pay for itself within ninety days is overhead dressed up as progress. Here is how to evaluate an automation project before committing the budget.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What digital transformation actually means for a mid-size company</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-digital-transformation-actually-means</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-digital-transformation-actually-means</guid><description>Digital transformation has been used by everyone from global consultancies to local app developers. Here is what the work actually involves when the phrase is stripped of its marketing layer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What a platform-shaped engagement is</title><link>https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-a-platform-shaped-engagement-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://guritechnologies.com/insights/what-a-platform-shaped-engagement-is</guid><description>An engagement is platform-shaped when the deliverable is the system that produces the product, not the product itself. A note on what this distinguishes, and what it costs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>