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Parsing BAPLIE 2.2 in under 800ms

What the parser does, what it refuses to do, and why we stopped using a general-purpose EDIFACT library. April 2026.

What seven weeks actually buys you

The implementation timeline, decomposed honestly, including the two weeks that are mostly waiting. March 2026.

Arbitration is a product decision, not a technical one

Who owns the vessel record when two systems disagree, and why that has to be agreed in writing. January 2026.

A failover drill that went wrong

Our May incident, in full, including the twenty-two minutes and what we changed. May 2026.

Why we do not have an SDR tier

A note on how we sell, for people who have been through enterprise software procurement before. November 2025.

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