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Build It Yourself? Part 1: A Proportionate Architecture
How can a smaller nonprofit organisation centralise data for people who haven't been hired yet, working in departments that don't exist yet, doing work that no one has thought of yet? Here’s the arc...
I like the idea of keeping the architecture proportionate to the organisation’s actual needs rather than building for complexity that may never arrive. For smaller nonprofits, the biggest challenge is often creating something flexible enough to grow without requiring a dedicated IT team. The real test will be whether self-taught IT champions can maintain it securely and consistently as the organisation evolves.