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Cheap Developers Are Expensive Without Review

Cheap Developers Are Expensive Without Review

Cheap developers turn into expensive mistakes when nobody senior reads their code. A 20-minute pull request check plus ways to add review without a CTO salary.
What SLAs to Require From Your Dev Shop

What SLAs to Require From Your Dev Shop

Five SLA requirements for your dev shop contract: response times, fix windows, uptime, a definition of done, and a penalty clause that actually bites.
Switch Dev Shops Without Losing Progress

Switch Dev Shops Without Losing Progress

How to switch development agencies without losing your code: the 30-day overlap, the cold-start deploy drill, and what the next team needs on day one.
Retros Are Your Transparency Tool

Retros Are Your Transparency Tool

Retros for non-technical founders: what a retrospective is, what the one-page summary should say, and why a repeated action item is your best warning sign.
Dev Shop Contract: Who Owns the Code?

Dev Shop Contract: Who Owns the Code?

Under US copyright law the code your dev shop writes is not yours by default - a signed clause makes it yours. Five clauses to check, plus one command to run first.
Asked for an Admin Panel, Got a Spaceship

Asked for an Admin Panel, Got a Spaceship

You asked for a simple admin panel and got an over-engineered MVP. The feature-noun check to run on your own spec, and the 90-minute rewrite that stops it.
Vibe Coding Is Disposable. Stop Shipping It.

Vibe Coding Is Disposable. Stop Shipping It.

Vibe-coded code is unmaintainable by design - patches don't stick, bugs return, the rebuild verdict lands. The generate-validate-kill workflow that prevents it.
AI Code Has an Owner Problem

AI Code Has an Owner Problem

The Linux kernel just made humans legally responsible for every AI-generated line. Your dev shop contract should too. Five clauses, one weekend audit, answer by Monday.
The Quality Tax: AI MVPs Cost More to Fix

The Quality Tax: AI MVPs Cost More to Fix

Agencies pitch AI-built MVPs as faster and cheaper. The 2026 data says fixing them costs 2-3x what you saved. Here is the real founder math, with sources.
9 Seconds: An AI Agent Wiped a Live SaaS

9 Seconds: An AI Agent Wiped a Live SaaS

On April 25, 2026, an AI coding agent at PocketOS deleted the production database and its on-volume backups in 9 seconds. Here's what your dev shop should learn.

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