6 February, 2026 Ducks to the Rescue: Rubber Duck Debugging A rubber duck will never judge your mistakes or interrupt you with its own ideas. That ‘non-judgmental listener effect’ lets you explore ideas freely…
30 January, 2026 Writing Software SOWs Right: It’s all About the Details Software’s inherent intangible nature is exactly why a well-written software SOW isn’t just paperwork. It’s risk management, budget protection, and e…
23 January, 2026 First, Do No Harm: What Software Can Learn from Medical Ethics Is your current system causing frequent outages or production incidents? Are maintenance costs growing faster than business value? Is your internal…
16 January, 2026 The Excitement Paradox: Why Boring Software Is (One of) the Most Exciting Things in Tech Excitement at the expense of reliability might feel great in the short term, but for systems that are the fuel for your day-to-day business, boring i…
9 January, 2026 When, Meet Modernization: Timing Your Legacy Software Transformation in 2026 In 2026, legacy modernization won’t be just about what you build, but when and how you integrate it into your business rhythm. If aligned correctly…
2 January, 2026 🎯 2026: New Year, New IT Resolutions for Our first blog of the year offers up a snapshot of what’s on the radar for tech leaders and business leaders alike. Backed by current industry insigh…
23 December, 2025 🎁 Season’s Greetings & Holiday GIF(t)s from STEP 🎁 As with holidays past, our office will close end of day on December 24th, 2025, to give both systems and humans a proper reset. We’ll return on Janua…
19 December, 2025 Reflecting on 2025: What We Learned (and Shared) About Legacy Software We’re deeply grateful to the business and technology leaders who read, shared, and engaged with our content this year. Your questions, feedback, and…
12 December, 2025 2025: Software Trends: “Code, Chaos & Cloud” For 2026, success won’t belong to businesses that chase trendy buzzwords; it’ll belong to those who balance ambition with discipline, innovation with…
5 December, 2025 Justifying Cloud-Hybrid Architecture for Legacy Modernization in 2026 If your organization relies on legacy software: monolithic, brittle, costly, and hard to modernize, you don’t have to choose between a risky full rew…
