Author · Founder and CEO
Abidhusain Chidi.
Founder of QalbIT Infotech and the engineer who still scopes most of its projects. Writes about what custom software really costs, how build-versus-buy decisions play out two years in, and the delivery habits that keep a product shipping, drawn from CRM, ERP, SaaS and MVP work Abid has been building since 2014 and the products QalbIT runs itself today.
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Writes from Ahmedabad, India
QalbIT
Delivery team, not a content desk
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Software DeliveryOct 22, 2026
Technical Due Diligence: What an Audit Covers
What a code and infrastructure audit inspects before a deal or a scale-up, how findings are graded, and how to prepare your company for it.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 21, 2026
Custom Software in London: Law and Contracts
UK GDPR transfers to India, copyright ownership, IR35, VAT, the clocks, FCA oversight and G-Cloud: what to settle before a London project starts.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 21, 2026
Custom Software in Texas: Tax, Privacy, AI
Sales tax that turns on who keeps the rights, a privacy act with a small-business twist, two breach clocks and AI law: settle them in the contract.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 21, 2026
Total Cost of a Software Build Over 12 Months
One SaaS build priced month by month: team, reserve, hosting and support, plus the hours your own people spend and the contract terms that matter.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
CRMOct 20, 2026
CRM Data Migration from Salesforce or HubSpot
A step-by-step plan: inventory, export limits, field mapping, load order, reconciliation checklist, freeze window and rollback.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 20, 2026
Custom Software in New York: Which Rules Apply
Four questions sort the rules that reach a New York software project: DFS Part 500, the SHIELD Act, NYC Local Law 144 and state sales tax.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Design and User ExperienceOct 19, 2026
UX Research for Startups: The Minimum Set
Problem interviews, a task flow, a clickable prototype and two five-user rounds: the least research that protects a startup from a rebuild.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
CRMOct 19, 2026
Custom CRM in Riyadh: ZATCA, Arabic and PDPL
What changes in a CRM built for Riyadh: ZATCA clearance and reporting, Arabic search and mixed text, PDPL consent records and in-Kingdom hosting.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Startup MVPOct 19, 2026
Questions to Ask MVP Developers Before Signing
Twelve questions to put to an MVP team before you sign, from what gets cut and who owns the code to how changes are priced and how the work ends.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Software DeliveryOct 18, 2026
Software Delivery Metrics That Predict Delays
DORA’s five metrics report how a pipeline performs. These eight signals show a project running late weeks before the date slips.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 18, 2026
Custom Software in Florida: Rules and Risks
Hurricane-season continuity, Florida’s 30-day breach clock and how sales tax treats custom software: what to settle before a Florida build.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
TechnologyOct 17, 2026
AI ML Development Company in India: 5 Checks
What to ask an AI/ML partner in India before you sign: evaluation, DPDP Act data handling, lock-in, IP ownership and exit terms, with red flags.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
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