DevSyx Insights

Written answers, not sales calls.

What we know about running a service business with less friction — in writing, so you can read it at your own pace and judge it on its merits.

8 October 2026

Why customers call to ask where their job is — and the page that stops the calls

Customers do not call because they are impatient. They call because your process is invisible to them. What a simple status page changes, and what it honestly costs to build one.

29 September 2026

The spreadsheet that outgrew the business

Spreadsheets are the best first system a business ever has — and the worst last one. An honest owner's guide to knowing when the sheet became unaudited software, and what replacing it actually involves.

4 August 2026

The two-bookings problem: what a scheduling system must never do

Double-booked chairs and lost appointments are not bad luck — they are a system property. Here is what good scheduling software refuses to allow, and why it matters to a salon, studio or workshop.

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