Augusta insights

Practical articles
from the people who ship.

Field notes, decision frameworks, and post-mortems from our engineering team — written for the technology buyers and engineers we work with every day. No fluff, no listicles.

9 articles

Custom software vs. off-the-shelf — when each is the right call

An honest framework for deciding when to build custom and when to buy. Includes a five-question test we use with customers.

Cloud migration for SMEs in East Africa — what actually works

Beyond the marketing. Real-world cloud migration patterns for African SMEs, including the cost traps and the wins we've seen.

AWS vs Azure for Kenyan businesses — which cloud, when

A vendor-neutral comparison from a team that's deployed both at production scale across East African enterprises.

Vehicle telematics — how GPS tracking actually improves fleet management

Field lessons from operating a 15,000-vehicle telematics platform — the parts that worked and the bits we'd do differently.

NTSA speed-limiter compliance — a practical guide

Everything we wish we'd known when first navigating the NTSA speed-limiter regime, including the certification gotchas.

Cybersecurity best practices for Kenyan businesses

The seven controls that move the needle, ranked by what actually stops the threats we see most in incident response.

Choosing an ERP system for your Kenyan business

The selection framework we use with customers — including the questions that disqualify nine out of ten ERP shortlists.

Offline-first mobile apps for construction sites

Why naive sync breaks on construction sites, and the architecture patterns we've shipped that don't.

AI in African education — lessons from MwalimuPLUS

What 200,000 students taught us about deploying applied AI inside the Kenyan primary curriculum.