Articles, guides and research

Blog · Product updates

What we have not built yet

Multi-entity, replication and external connectors are specified, not implemented. The current state of the product, stated plainly.

2 min read · Aug 9, 2026

Article · Deployment notes

What runs on the appliance, and what happens when the line goes down

Storage, database, search indexing, text recognition, previews, conversion, inference and the rules engine all execute locally. Here is what that buys you.

2 min read · Jul 14, 2026

Blog · Reporting

Reporting before AI

Twenty-eight templates across eight categories, built to the Data Collection Instrument structure. The unglamorous part that funders actually ask for.

2 min read · Jun 9, 2026

Article · Records and governance

Sensitivity tiers, and the one that is not standard

Public, Internal, Confidential, Sacred. Why the fourth tier exists and how it changes the way the system behaves.

2 min read · May 12, 2026

Article · Records and governance

Intake, processing, output: nothing is filed directly

How a record moves through the system, why nothing lands straight in its final home, and what the 90-day sweep is for.

2 min read · Apr 14, 2026

Article · Records and governance

Why the filing structure comes before the software

Eighteen root containers, twelve departmental areas, eighty function folders. Why we build the shelf before we hand over the box.

2 min read · Mar 10, 2026