Alwan TechnologiesNotes
Notes from shipped work
Plain-English write-ups from software we build and run: what AI automation looks like in production, what it costs to operate, and what to check before you buy it.
- How to get an app built when you're not technicalFreelancer, studio, no-code or co-founder — how to choose, what an app really costs in the UK, the ownership questions that protect you, and what to do first if a grant is paying for the build.September 2026 · For non-technical founders with an idea — and sometimes a grant
- You've won a grant to build an app. Now what?Innovate UK, Ufi VocTech, an NHS programme — the award is in and the clock is running. How to turn grant money into a shipped version one: scope first, milestones that match your reporting, ownership that survives the grant, and the spending mistakes that quietly eat awards.September 2026 · For founders with an award, a clock, and a build to commission
- What a production AI product actually contains342 stations, 9,959 mark-scheme items, 33 database tables, 442 migrations. An honest tour of what sits underneath one AI product with paying users — and what any founder buying a build should ask about.August 2026 · For founders sizing up an AI product build
- What it takes to run real-time voice AI in productionWhat we learned shipping real-time voice AI with paying users — and the four questions to ask before you buy an AI receptionist.July 2026 · For clinics, agencies and any business that lives on the phone
- Automating a service business back office: a real exampleA back office that runs itself — payments, scheduling, allocation and records — from an online school we built, and how the pattern transfers.July 2026 · For founders and operators of service businesses
- Adding AI to an existing product without burning moneyThe demo is a weekend; production is billing, cost control and reliability. Lessons from shipping AI features in our own SaaS products.July 2026 · For SaaS founders and product owners
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