Articles

Articles

Software development, integrations and reporting, with examples of our work.

A Little Bit Yummy recipe library at app.alittlebityummy.com, with recipe categories and low FODMAP recipes
Case study
A Little Bit Yummy

A Laravel platform that helps people follow the low FODMAP diet, used by millions of people each year.

OCT 2026
Bringing machine data into business systems

How machine readings, production records and service schedules can come together in an operational dashboard.

OCT 2026
Upgrading an existing Laravel application

The code, dependencies and day-to-day workflows involved in moving an existing application forward.

OCT 2026
Preparing an AI proposal for the board

A practical way to frame the opportunity, risks and decision involved in a proposed use of AI.

OCT 2026
What to look for in a software proposal

Scope, assumptions, ownership and ongoing costs: the details that make software proposals easier to compare.

SEPT 2026
What to include in your first software release

Choose the user tasks and evidence that matter before committing to a larger feature list.

JUL 2024
LuminateOne and Exaba Announce Exciting Merger

Exaba enthusiastically welcomes LuminateOne's talented team as part of its mission to revolutionize data storage and help businesses maximize the value of…

MAY 2024
How GPT-4o is Revolutionizing Web Scraping

GPT-4o is revolutionizing web scraping with advanced vision capabilities, enabling efficient data extraction through screenshots, bypassing captchas, and…

APR 2024
Waikato company seal Laravel deal

A Waikato-based app developer has forged a milestone relationship with an international associate.

MAR 2024
Rapid Mobile & Tablet App Development with FlutterFlow

FlutterFlow allows for rapid mobile application prototyping using a drag-and-drop editor, while providing full code capabilities under the hood.

MAR 2024
Google Cloud Partner

Our Data Utopia solution has been approved by Google as a Solutions Qualification, and we have completed the additional steps to become approved as a…

MAR 2024
Claude3 Generates Better Snake Game Than ChatGPT4

Claude3 generates a better Snake game than ChatGPT. But don’t take my word for it, have a go playing the game yourself…

FEB 2024
Fundamentally what is Artificial Intelligence?

A book I read recently suggested that AI is about prediction: predicting the next word in a sentence (ChatGPT) or predicting the next move in a game like…

MAR 2023
New Website Launched

We launched a new mobile-friendly website, using Squarespace, AI generated images, and old-fashioned elbow grease.

JUL 2022
Introducing Github Copilot

We asked our developers what their favourite tool is for work. Within minutes we had multiple replies with the same answer: GitHub Copilot.

APR 2022
Software company dives into international waters

IT business LuminateOne started as the brainchild of two computer science students and is now diving in international waters.