--- title: "Journal · 3 — Orvun Labs" description: "Practical thinking on product design, software development and the decisions in between." canonical: "https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/page/3" language: "en" last_modified: "2026-09-14" --- # Journal · 3 Practical thinking on product design, software development and the decisions in between. ## All topics - [Planning a product](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/planning.md) - [MVP & validation](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/mvp.md) - [Building SaaS](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/saas.md) - [Applied AI](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/ai.md) - [Connected systems](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/integrations.md) - [Workflow automation](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/automation.md) - [Web & experience](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/web.md) - [Quality & reliability](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/design.md) - [Software modernisation](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/rescue.md) - [Choosing a partner](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/partnership.md) ## Journal - [Connecting a legacy system through a new API](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/connecting-legacy-systems-apis.md) — Begin by discovering which interfaces the old system actually supports and who is allowed to change it. A modern API can protect new applications from old details, but it cannot make an unre - [When a spreadsheet needs to become a business application](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/when-a-spreadsheet-needs-to-become-a-business-application.md) — A large spreadsheet is not automatically a software project. - [Automating approvals without losing accountability](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/automating-approvals-without-losing-accountability.md) — An approval workflow should make a decision traceable, not merely send reminders faster. - [Turning manual reporting into a dependable reporting process](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/turning-manual-reporting-into-a-dependable-reporting-process.md) — A report is ready for automation when its definitions are stable enough to reproduce, not simply when preparing it is tedious. - [Scoping a booking system around real availability](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/scoping-a-booking-system-around-real-availability.md) — A booking system promises more than a time on a calendar. - [What a customer self-service portal can realistically take off your team](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/what-a-customer-self-service-portal-can-realistically-take-off-your-team.md) — A portal reduces repetitive work when customers can finish a useful task without asking someone to interpret the result. - [Web app, PWA or native app: choose around the hardest task](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/web-app-pwa-or-native-app-choose-around-the-hardest-task.md) — Choose the delivery model around a task that must work, rather than a preference for an app-store icon. - [Server rendering for web applications that need search visibility](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/server-rendering-for-web-applications-that-need-search-visibility.md) — Start by separating public material from private work. - [Multilingual product design beyond translated text](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/multilingual-product-design-beyond-translated-text.md) — A multilingual product needs a stable relationship between content, language and user preference. - [A quote form that helps people explain the work](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/a-quote-form-that-helps-people-explain-the-work.md) — A quote form should collect enough context for a useful reply without requiring the visitor to write a specification. - [Designing B2B dashboards around the next useful action](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/designing-b2b-dashboards-around-the-next-useful-action.md) — A business dashboard is useful when it helps someone notice, understand and act on work. - [Setting a performance budget that supports the product](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/setting-a-performance-budget-that-supports-the-product.md) — A performance budget is a boundary for a defined user experience, not a score chosen because it looks impressive. - [Journal 1](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal.md) - [Journal 2](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/page/2.md) - [Journal 3](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/page/3.md) - [Journal 4](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/page/4.md) - [Journal 5](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/page/5.md) ## Let's make something useful. 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