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From Stable to Modern: A Practitioner's Guide to Upgrading Legacy Moodle Applications

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From Stable to Modern: A Practitioner's Guide to Upgrading Legacy Moodle Applications

A New Dawn Executive Summary Upgrading a production Moodle instance from a legacy version 4.0.4 to 5.2 is not a single-click event. It is a coordinated, multi-layer infrastructure operation that touch...

Jun 15, 2026

You never step into the same river twice —even when that river is an AI.

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You never step into the same river twice —even when that river is an AI.

The Philosophy and Technical Reality of Fleeting Digital Dialogue I recently had a sharp, combative debate with Claude AI running Opus 4.7. I wasn't looking for a passive assistant; I wanted a sparrin...

May 17, 2026

When the Pilot Walks Away: The Six Failure Modes of Autonomous AI Coding

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When the Pilot Walks Away: The Six Failure Modes of Autonomous AI Coding

The cockpit is intact. The pilot is gone. The plane is still flying. In our last piece, The Illusion of Competence: Why AI Coding Needs a Senior Pilot , we argued that AI is a jet engine — and without...

May 11, 2026

The Illusion of Competence: Why AI Coding Needs a Senior Pilot

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The Illusion of Competence: Why AI Coding Needs a Senior Pilot

The Infrastructure Maestro W e are currently witnessing the greatest "Dunning-Kruger" event in the history of technology. With a few well-placed prompts, a beginner can generate a working Django view,...

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Apr 24, 2026

From Vendor Lock-In to LMS Autonomy: Who Owns Your Moodle Data?

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From Vendor Lock-In to LMS Autonomy: Who Owns Your Moodle Data?

Executive Summary Many higher education institutions rely on third-party hosted Learning Management Systems (LMS) that deliver short-term convenience but introduce long-term risks around data ownershi...

Feb 9, 2026