Build versus buy for internal admin panels
A decision lens we use in tooling strategy assessments when teams argue about custom admin screens.
Field notes
Practical writing on internal tooling strategy, ownership, and workflow automation planning from the Site Brook Hub practice.
Short essays and checklists from consulting work in Taiwan. Written for managers and staff engineers who maintain internal helpers — not for generic productivity advice.
Facilitating a tooling roadmap under a hiring freeze
How workshop ranking changes when headcount is locked and audit dates are not.
Inventory questions before you automate a hand-off
Nine questions we ask in workflow automation planning before anyone sketches a new job or bot.
When to retire an internal script
Signals that a beloved helper has become a liability — and how to retire it without a heroic rewrite.