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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Business and IndustryOct 17, 2026
Custom Software vs Off-the-Shelf: 5-Year Cost
One 40-user scenario priced over five years: Salesforce Core licences against a custom build, with the points where the answer flips.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
ERPOct 16, 2026
ERP Implementation Phases, Week by Week
Five phases from discovery to the parallel run, with the weeks each takes, what your team does in each, and where the schedule usually slips.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
TechnologyOct 16, 2026
Hiring Node.js Developers in India: A Guide
Five things to test in a Node.js developer, the IST overlap with US, UK and Gulf teams, and how dedicated, fixed-scope and hourly work are billed.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 16, 2026
Custom Software in California: Law, Tax, Cost
California privacy rules as product features, the AB 5 contractor test, the 2027 SaaS tax change, Pacific hours and what a build costs.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Web DevelopmentOct 15, 2026
JSON Minify vs Beautify: When to Use Each
Minify for machines, beautify for people. On a real 406-record file, minifying saved 25% raw but only 3% after gzip -9.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 15, 2026
Custom Software in Saudi Arabia: What to Check
The local rules behind a Saudi software project: PDPL, hosting, tenders, Arabic and Hijri dates, the Sunday to Thursday week and contract terms.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
TechnologyOct 14, 2026
Mobile App Backend Development: What It Takes
What sits behind a mobile app: sign-in, API, data, push and jobs. BaaS, custom or hybrid, how to pick a stack, and what moves the cost.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Web DevelopmentOct 14, 2026
Vet Laravel Developers: Tests and Red Flags
How to vet a dedicated Laravel developer: skills to test, a short exercise, story-based questions, red flags and terms to agree first.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
TechnologyOct 14, 2026
SaaS Development Cost: MVP to Multi-Tenant
What drives the cost of a SaaS product from first release to multi-tenant platform: tenancy, billing, SSO, compliance and running costs.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 13, 2026
Buying Custom Software in New Jersey
How New Jersey sales tax treats custom software, what the NJ Data Privacy Act asks of your build, and the contract points to settle first.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 13, 2026
Software Development Cost Statistics 2026
Rates, project budgets, overruns, maintenance, cloud waste and AI productivity: software cost statistics for 2026, each one linked and dated.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
Business and IndustryOct 12, 2026
How to Hire Remote Software Developers
A vetting checklist for US companies: verify identity first, then the work, the writing, references and overlap hours, and trial before full access.
Abidhusain ChidiFounder and CEO
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