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How Much Does Custom Software Cost in 2026? Honest Price Guidelines
5 October 2026
Indicative hourly rates and project prices for custom software in the Netherlands and Europe, running costs, fixed price vs. time and materials, and 10 questions for quotes.
When Does a Rust Rewrite Actually Pay Off? A Decision Checklist
5 October 2026
When rewriting in Rust pays off and when it doesn't, how to rewrite only the hot path, and an 8-point checklist to score your own system.
Connecting MetaTrader 5 to Your Own Backend: 4 Architectures Compared
5 October 2026
WebRequest, native sockets, a DLL bridge or the Python package? How to connect MT5 to your backend, with the trade-offs in latency, robustness and cost.