Katrini Journal
Buyer's guides, pricing explainers and field notes from the software we build in Chennai — travel, education, healthcare, publishing and astrology.
Travel software
What a tour operator CRM actually needs to do — quoting, supplier rates, live margins, vouchers and invoices — and how to tell a travel-specific system from a generic one.
Pricing
A plain-language guide to custom software pricing in India — what drives the number, why ranges vary so widely, and real reference prices for common business systems.
Education software
Why most alumni databases go stale, what keeps alumni logging in, and the features Indian colleges need — directory, chapters, reunions, 80G donations and a job board.
Healthcare software
Why generic clinic software fails acupuncture, acupressure and flower-remedy practices, and what point charting, protocols and outcome tracking should look like instead.
Engineering training
A practical approach to API 570 piping inspector exam preparation — closed-book vs open-book technique, using the body of knowledge, and studying in the order of the work.
Astrology software
Beyond chart calculation — why the output is the product. Divisional charts, dashas, porutham, and a printable horoscope book in Tamil or English under your own name.
Publishing software
A blog can't carry a masthead and an enterprise CMS needs a team to run. What sits between — front-page slotting, bylines, scheduling and an editor-run back office.
AV & security
Installation work sells on evidence. Why a brochure site loses the enquiry, and what a portfolio-led installer website should show — projects, brands, reviews, local search.