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A hobby project: four LoRA-finetuned Qwen3-0.6B models each play a rival faction in a turn-based world sim, then the whole thing renders as an HTML chronicle. Here's the pipeline, the bugs, and what I learned.
Read →The first week of a software project sets the tone for everything that follows. Here's how we decide what to build first — and why getting that decision right matters more than speed.
Read →Late software projects aren't a mystery. The causes are predictable, and so are the fixes. We've identified the patterns that derail timelines — and the habits that keep them on track.
Read →You don't need to read code to evaluate whether a dev shop can actually deliver. Here are the signals that matter — and the red flags that tell you to walk away.
Read →A deployment pipeline doesn't have to be complex to be effective. Here's what we set up on day one for every new project — and why each piece earns its place.
Read →Most founders default to mobile first. It's almost always the wrong call at the MVP stage. Here's why a responsive web app gets you to validation faster with a fraction of the complexity.
Read →Most projects go wrong in the scoping phase — not the build phase. We've developed a single 30-minute call format that gets both sides aligned on what's being built and what success looks like.
Read →Every dev shop claims to handle everything. Most don't. Here's what we mean when we say fully managed — and the specific things that fall off the table when you work with a shop that isn't.
Read →Should you build it from scratch or buy an existing tool? The answer is rarely obvious. Here's the framework we walk founders through when they're deciding where to invest their first engineering dollars.
Read →We've shipped projects in a lot of different stacks. Next.js keeps winning for early-stage products. Here's why — and what it takes for a project to be an exception.
Read →The first week of a software engagement is the highest-leverage week of the entire project. Here's exactly how we run it — and why most teams waste it.
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