Thoughts on software, products, and the path from an idea to version 1.0.

About decisions behind projects, technical ideas, and things that stand out while building software.

  • Why SandsteinLabs?

    A name somewhere between software and Saxon Switzerland — and the idea of exploring things under one shared brand without deciding in advance what each idea has to become.

    3 min

  • Version 1.0 Is a Design Decision

    Software is almost never truly finished. Still, a product needs a moment when an experiment becomes something that can be handed to other people. What actually belongs in version 1.0?

    2 min

  • Modularity Is Not an End in Itself

    Clean architecture can quickly turn into a conversation about rules and patterns. Its real value becomes visible through a simpler question: how hard is the next change?

    2 min

  • When Less UI Means More Product

    Another setting, another button, another view. Any feature can be added. The more interesting question is often what an interface does not need.

    2 min

  • Privacy Is Part of Product Quality

    Privacy does not begin with a privacy policy. The important questions appear much earlier: which data does a feature actually need — and which data is better left alone?

    2 min

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