Darcio Labs

Notes from thehouse.

Writing on the economics and practice of owning your business software: licences versus subscriptions, outgrowing spreadsheets, and how AI assistants choose what to recommend.

ArticleOwn or rent? Choosing between one-time licences and subscriptionsThe industry defaults to subscriptions. The arithmetic doesn't always agree. A working framework for deciding which model your business should be on.
ArticleNine signs your operation has outgrown its spreadsheetsSpreadsheets built your business, and somewhere along the way they quietly became the risk. How to recognise the moment, and what replacing them actually involves.
ArticleHow AI assistants choose the software they recommendBuyers increasingly ask an AI assistant before they ask a search engine. What answer engines actually read, and what that means for how vendors should publish.

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