August 20, 2026

When to Rewrite vs. Maintain: The 2026 Decision Framework

Rewrite or maintain? Both poles have documented failure records, which means the question itself is malformed. This decision framework routes each component — not the whole system — through six gates with dated thresholds, bounded commitments, and explicit breach rules.

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August 13, 2026

iOS App Store vs Google Play 2026: Fee, Approval, and Implementation Framework

iOS App Store and Google Play changed materially in 2026: Google Play EEA External Offers Program went live in June, Apple Xcode 26 requirement lands in April, and review timelines have doubled. A decision framework for CTOs choosing platform strategy in 2026.

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August 6, 2026

How Long Does Software Actually Last? Lifespan Benchmarks by Software Type in 2026

How long does software actually last in 2026? The honest answer is not what your engineering team estimates — it's what your weakest dependency dictates. A verified EOL calendar for PHP, Node, and Laravel, plus the regulatory shifts already forcing early rewrites.

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July 30, 2026

AI-Assisted Code Review 2026: 6-Month Benchmark of Claude Code, Copilot, and CodeRabbit on Real PRs

Six months into daily AI-assisted code review at Pegotec, we benchmarked Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit on real PRs — bugs caught, false-positive rate, cost per merged PR, and hours saved per developer.

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July 23, 2026

The True Cost of Deferred Software Maintenance: 2026 Failure Benchmarks

A follow-up to our 2026 maintenance-cost benchmarks. This piece answers the flip-side question — what happens when you don't spend the 15-25%? Concrete failure benchmarks by industry and software type, plus a rubric for calculating your own deferred-maintenance backlog cost.

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July 16, 2026

AI in Software Maintenance: From Reactive Firefighting to Predictive Care

Software maintenance consumes 50 to 80 percent of total ownership cost. This guide shows how AI is shifting teams from reactive firefighting to predictive care in 2026 — and where it genuinely cuts maintenance spend without cutting software quality.

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July 9, 2026

AI in Deployment and DevOps: Predicting Failures Before They Happen

AI is reshaping deployment and DevOps in 2026. This guide shows where AI genuinely prevents outages — anomaly detection, predictive scaling, smart alerting, and AI-assisted incident response — and where it adds noise instead of signal.

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June 29, 2026

AI in Software Testing: Smarter QA Without the Bloat

AI is reshaping how teams test software in 2026. This guide shows where AI genuinely improves QA — test generation, flaky-test detection, visual regression, test prioritization — and where it adds noise instead of signal.

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June 25, 2026

AI in Software Development: Where Code Assistants Actually Earn Their Keep

AI code assistants have moved past the hype cycle. This guide shows where Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, and similar tools actually earn their keep in 2026 — and where they still cause more work than they save.

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June 24, 2026

Smart Maintenance Task Manager Goes Live: Pegotec’s New CMMS for the Factory Floor

Pegotec announces the launch of Smart Maintenance Task Manager, a cloud-based CMMS for industrial maintenance teams. The platform pairs a web dashboard for managers with an offline-capable mobile app for technicians. Live now at sm-tm.app.

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