Every product has early users. The question is whether they’re chosen intentionally or show up by default. Too often, early access is treated like a reward. The loudest voices get in first. Feedback comes quickly. Expectations get set before the product has found its footing. That rarely leads to better software. Early Users Shape the […]
Most software teams aren’t short on tools. They have ticketing systems, CI/CD pipelines, observability dashboards, documentation platforms, chat tools, and now a growing set of AI-powered assistants layered on top of everything else. And yet, many teams still feel slower than they should. The Work Between the Work When teams describe their challenges, they often […]
As teams look toward a new year, a familiar cycle starts. Budgets reset. Roadmaps get drafted. Tools get evaluated. Vendors make their case for why this platform or that solution is the missing piece. Before any of that happens, there’s a more important question worth asking: What problem are we actually trying to solve? Technology […]
This year, I’ve heard a lot of concern from early-career engineers about their place in the industry alongside AI. That concern is understandable. In 2025, we’ve seen large-scale layoffs from some of the biggest names in software. Many of these companies have framed those decisions as preparation for what they expect from AI, not necessarily […]
I recently had a conversation with a peer who was genuinely worried that we’re all going to lose our jobs to AI. I get where the fear comes from. Every major shift in software has triggered the same concern. We heard it during the rise of the web, the move to cloud, and the spread […]
Every year, companies make predictions about what will change in technology. Most are half right and half hype. But heading into 2026 already feels different, and not just because of shiny new tools or bigger clouds. It feels different because the way teams build software is changing at a deeper level. Over the last year, […]
Technical debt (TD) is the cost of additional work that arises because of prioritizing the speed of delivery of a piece of functionality in a system or project over accuracy. In many cases, shipping speedily results in the functionality requiring to be refactored later. Tackling technical debt in an organization’s system architecture is important because problems […]
Test driven development is a fairly recent approach to software development that’s being adopted to reduce the cost of reworking code. TTD involves putting testing at the forefront of any software development project. Software developers determine what code should do and develop tests to ensure the same. Therefore, before any code is written, there are […]
In every organization, there are numerous tasks that are important but tedious and repetitive. Employees do not particularly enjoy doing them and the organization spends more on labour compared to the value of such tasks. Automation of these tasks not only saves the organization money, but it also increases employee satisfaction but assigning people meaningful […]
Custom software development projects provide an opportunity for a company to build an application with features that it would otherwise not be able to enjoy had it gone for an off-the-shelf application. It’s, therefore, crucial to take time to research and discuss functionality needs with all stakeholders. If you are intending to start a custom […]
