Journal

Field notes from the defect register.

How we think about site software, compliance, and building things that don’t break at 4pm on a Friday.

2026.06.08
Announcement
EOFY deal: cut costs before the financial year ticks over
Boost productivity and cut costs this EOFY — $29 per project and $5 per dwelling per month, locked in before 30 June.
3 min
2026.05.25
Field notes
Why offline-first is the only honest promise in site software
Cellular signal dies in basements. A tool that needs connectivity loses defects. Here’s how we rebuilt sync from the ground up.
6 min
2026.05.07
Playbook
The anatomy of a compliance-ready defect report
What goes into a handover report that stands up to certifier scrutiny? Five sections, one audit trail, zero spreadsheets.
9 min
2026.04.18
Product
Trade assignment: the two-tap standard
We rebuilt assignment around one question: what would a site supervisor do if they had 90 seconds between tasks?
4 min
2026.03.30
Engineering
Photo metadata as evidence
GPS, heading, timestamp, device ID — how we make on-site photos defensible in dispute resolution.
7 min
2026.03.12
Case study
Field report: Hartley Build’s 240-dwelling rollout
How one of NSW’s largest multi-residential builders moved from paper registers to IssuesId in 14 days.
5 min