News, insights and more from VCola.

Essays, whitepapers and perspectives from the people building the next generation of enterprise software.

FEATURED
Upgrading our VCola Payroll application in production

A look at how we built out the machinery to automate the upgrade of a meaningful set of changes to VCola's live Irish payroll system. We also touch on why the VCola platform makes this kind of upgrade to generated software more manageable than it sounds

Product
June 10, 2026
·
3
min read
By
Annrai O'Toole
Read article
ALL ARTICLES

Latest thinking.

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Product
All Posts
June 10, 2026
·
3
min read

Upgrading our VCola Payroll application in production

A look at how we built out the machinery to automate the upgrade of a meaningful set of changes to VCola's live Irish payroll system. We also touch on why the VCola platform makes this kind of upgrade to generated software more manageable than it sounds

By
Annrai O'Toole
Product
All Posts
May 26, 2026
·
4
min read

How We Built Irish Payroll with VCola Studio in One Month

We set ourselves a forcing function in April 2026: build an Irish payroll system on VCola and pay the team by 25 May, or no one got paid. A month later we processed our first payroll - filed electronically with Revenue, built by a non-payroll expert

By
Annrai O'Toole
Vision
All Posts
April 29, 2026
·
3
min read

Custom By Design

Custom Implementation has been incredibily costly, until now. No two businesses are the same. Embrace customisation!

By
Annrai O'Toole
Vision
All Posts
April 20, 2026
·
6
min read

The Case Against Vibe Coding in Enterprise Software

Vibe coding tools are genuinely impressive. They are also genuinely dangerous in enterprise contexts. Here is exactly why — and what the alternative looks like.

By
Kashif Qayyum
Whitepapers
All Posts
April 20, 2026
·
18
min read

Agentic ERP Whitepaper

Autonomous agents are not a feature you add to an ERP system. They are an architectural property of how the system is designed. This whitepaper explains why — and what agentic ERP looks like in practice.

By
Annrai O'Toole
Vision
All Posts
April 20, 2026
·
2
min read

What Should an ERP System Look Like in the AI Era?

We started with a blank sheet of paper and one question: what should an ERP system look like in the AI era? The answer is the opposite of everything SaaS taught us.

By
David Clarke
Vision
All Posts
April 18, 2026
·
2
min read

Inverting SaaS!

SaaS promised to simplify enterprise software. What it actually delivered was a configuration bill worth millions. AI is now inverting that model entirely — and the implications for ERP are profound.

By
David Clarke
Early Adopter Program – $200 credit, on us

Build your first enterprise app in days, not years.

Join the early adopter program and see VCola generate your application.

Start Building
Why VCola