Why Ambition Beats Tech Skills When Hiring a Software Manager
t's easy to think that the success of a software project depends mostly on the choice of tech stack, architecture, or delivery model. But if you’ve ever been involved in a real product build—from MVP…
Harnessing Large Language Models for Efficient Software Development
Introduction The recent wave of agentic large language models (LLMs) has persuaded many executives that code can now be generated at the press of a button. Seasoned engineers know better: when used naïvely, an LLM…
How to Optimise Software Development Costs
Custom software development is often associated with substantial costs. However, contrary to widespread assumptions, a significant proportion of these expenses arise not during programming itself, but far earlier—at the stage of architectural design. It is…
Dependency Roulette: How One Tiny Update Took Down Production
Third-party dependencies are a double-edged sword—convenient until they suddenly break everything. Here’s a real-world incident from our collection that perfectly illustrates this risk.The Setup: How We Managed Python DependenciesWe use the pretty standard and simple…
Lost in Translation: When ‘False’ Means ‘True’
Three days of troubleshooting over one conversion... Yes, it happens. Here’s how.We develop a software suite for cognitive testing, helping researchers detect early signs of dementia. The suite includes:A Swift-based iPad appA Node.js web applicationOne…