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From the Volly team
Practical notes on publishing AI-built apps inside your company.
Retool vs. Bring-Your-Own-Build: Two Models for Internal Tools
Retool bets that your team builds inside its platform. The AI-build era bets your team already built the thing somewhere else. Neither is wrong — they're solving different problems.
A Practical Governance Checklist for AI-Built Internal Tools
A short list you can actually run through before an internally built tool gets used by more than one person.
SSO Isn't Optional: Why Every Internal Tool Needs a Login Screen
A tool without a login isn't private just because nobody's linked to it yet. It's public, and it's only a matter of time before someone finds it.
How Many Unsecured Internal Tools Does Your Company Already Have?
Nobody keeps a list. That's the point of this article — a way to actually find out, and a rough sense of what you'll find once you look.
Shadow AI Apps: The New Shadow IT Problem
Shadow IT used to mean an unsanctioned SaaS subscription on someone's expense report. The AI-build era version is worse, because now anyone can stand up a tool that touches real company data in an afternoon.
Vibe Coding at Work: Why Building Is the Easy Part Now
The bottleneck in internal tools used to be who could write the code. That constraint is mostly gone. What's left is harder to solve with a better prompt.
How to Share an Internal Tool With Your Team Without Bugging IT
A practical walkthrough for getting a self-built tool in front of your team without opening a ticket, waiting on a review, or exposing company data to the open internet.
I Built an App With Claude. Now What?
You've got a working tool and a browser tab open on your laptop. Here's what actually happens between "it works" and "my team uses it."