Notes from the engineering desk
Field notes on digital transformation, cybersecurity and on-premise AI — drawn from the work we do every day.
Buyer's guideDocument management software: must-have features and how to choose
How document management software differs from a shared drive and from an official-correspondence system, the five kinds of solutions on the market, a must-have feature list and the questions to ask vendors before signing.
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Deep diveElectronic case file management: rules and required features
Electronic case files under Decree 30/2020, the 2024 Archives Law and Circular 05/2025: who must keep them, the 60-day transfer deadline for digital files, required software features and the July 2027 milestone.
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Buyer's guideFree warranty and repair management software: does it exist?
Three different kinds of free, a common mix-up between maintenance and repair software, the options with no licence fee, and the costs the word free does not cover.
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Deep diveWhat Dokploy is: a self-hosted deployment platform for small teams
Dokploy gives you a Heroku-style deployment workflow on your own server. What it does, what sits inside it, who it suits, and the three things newcomers trip over in production.
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NewsWebMCP: letting AI assistants call tools directly on tetra.vn
WebMCP is a new web standard that lets a site declare its functions for AI assistants to call directly. tetra.vn now supports it, among the first in Vietnam.
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Buyer's guideSix conditions for correspondence software to interconnect with government document systems
Interconnecting with the National Document Interchange Axis or an LGSP is not a flip of an integration switch. A checklist of six technical, legal and security conditions — to audit your system or set tender criteria.
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Buyer's guideInternal training and employee-assessment software: how to choose
Vietnam’s internal-training software market lumps together very different kinds of tools. This guide separates full-suite LMS, quiz tools, free forms and open-source self-hosted platforms, with seven criteria to choose by size, budget and data needs.
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Buyer's guideCorrespondence Management Software in Vietnam: A Practical Comparison
Not a popularity ranking but a comparison on four criteria that actually matter: Decree 30, valid Vietnamese digital signatures, on-premise vs SaaS, and customization. A walkthrough of the common solution categories and who each fits.
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Deep diveSecuring Dokploy: adding a WAF and IPS on the server itself
A default Dokploy install runs fine but is not safe: Traefik is not a WAF, Docker bypasses UFW, DNS-only domains leak the origin IP. Three gaps and how to close them on your own host.
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