
Building with AI: from Shiny Prototype to Painful Maintenance
AI made the software demo fast and cheap – but the last 20%, the security, and the maintenance still aren't. Why building it yourself usually backfires.
Meinungen und Perspektiven zu HR-Trends, Employee Experience und Plattformstrategie.

AI made the software demo fast and cheap – but the last 20%, the security, and the maintenance still aren't. Why building it yourself usually backfires.

A post about software sales got me thinking about our own pitch – and about why great Cornerstone customization so often stalls one level below the people who sign off the budget. Here is how to tell the third story: the one a CFO actually funds.

Field notes from Cornerstone Connect Munich 2026 – our attempt to help make sense of the rebrand, the architecture, and the roadmap. And what it means if you run Cornerstone.

On March 1, 2016, Octily started as a simple idea: make HR tech look and feel better. Ten years, 100+ clients, and 11 team members later, here is what we have learned along the way.

Partnering with Octily means more than just getting a service. It’s about collaboration, creativity, and delivering results that matter. From the first hello

A one-day offsite in Berlin brought our remote team together on the 8th of September, a date that felt meant to be.
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