Technical Insights

Engineering Perspectives

Lessons from 20 years in the trenches of government and enterprise software development.

Architecture

Why We Choose Dapper Over EF Core for Enterprise Systems

After 20 years of building high-throughput government systems, here's our honest take on when Dapper with stored procedures outperforms Entity Framework Core — and when it doesn't.

April 20268 min read
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Integration

BizTalk Server in 2026 — Still Relevant for UAE Enterprises?

Microsoft's roadmap, the rise of Azure Integration Services, and why several of our government clients are sticking with on-prem BizTalk for now.

March 20266 min read
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Mobile

Building Offline-First Flutter Apps for Field Inspectors

The architecture decisions behind our most battle-tested mobile app — 500+ inspectors, inconsistent connectivity, zero data loss in 3 years.

February 202610 min read
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.NET

Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET 8 Without Disruption

A practical guide to phased migration strategies for large government systems that cannot afford downtime during the process.

January 202612 min read
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Database

Stored Procedure Patterns That Scale to Millions of Records

The patterns we use in production SQL Server systems processing millions of rows — from parameter sniffing fixes to optimal temp table strategies.

December 20259 min read
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Government

What Government Software in the UAE Actually Requires

From TRA compliance to Arabic language support and security classification levels — a practical overview for anyone building for the UAE public sector.

November 20257 min read
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