Journal

Notes from the bench

Written for people who already own a localisation programme and are tired of dashboards that flatter the export.

Hands on a laptop keyboard in daylight

12 March 2026

Time-to-locale as a leading signal

Hours from freeze to accepted locale usually move before remaining word counts admit trouble.

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Planning documents spread across a desk

2 February 2026

The word-count fallacy

Volume is inventory. Readiness is a clock plus a sample plus a named exception.

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Remote workshop on a laptop screen

18 January 2026

Sampling bias on LQA boards

Convenience samples make a language look healthier than the backlog deserves.

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Workshop discussion around a table

9 December 2025

Cost per accepted string

A blunt unit that still beats “the vendor invoice arrived and we were surprised.”

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