Notes from building software for other people
Costs, trade-offs, and the decisions that actually matter — written for the person signing the invoice, not for other engineers.
Adding AI to Your Product: What Actually Works in Production
The gap between an impressive AI demo and a feature customers trust is mostly engineering: retrieval, evaluation, guardrails, and cost control. Here is what that involves, what it costs to run, and which use cases genuinely pay off.
What Offshore Software Development Actually Costs in 2026 (US, UK, EU vs India)
A straight comparison of software development rates across the US, UK, Western Europe, Australia and India in 2026 — what drives the gap, what the gap does not buy you, and the hidden costs nobody puts in the proposal.
How to Hire and Actually Manage an Offshore Development Team
Most offshore failures are management failures, not engineering ones. A practical playbook for vetting a vendor, structuring the first month, and running the working relationship so you always know where the project stands.
MVP Development in 2026: What It Costs, How Long It Takes, and What to Cut
A practical guide to scoping a first version — realistic cost bands and timelines, the features founders always over-build, and how to tell a minimum viable product from a minimum plausible one.
Native vs Flutter vs Kotlin Multiplatform: Choosing a Mobile Stack in 2026
An honest comparison of native, Flutter, React Native and Kotlin Multiplatform — what each one genuinely costs to build and maintain, where each one hurts, and a decision framework that does not just say 'it depends'.
The AWS Cost Optimisation Checklist Most Teams Skip
Cloud bills rarely grow because of traffic. They grow because of forgotten resources, over-provisioned instances, and defaults nobody revisited. Here is the audit we run, in the order that finds the most money soonest.
What a Business Website Costs in India in 2026 — and What Drives the Price
Realistic 2026 price ranges for business websites in India, what actually moves a quote up or down, the ongoing costs nobody mentions, and how to tell a cheap website from a bad investment.
Choosing a Tech Stack You Can Still Hire For in Three Years
The stack decision most founders treat as technical is really a hiring decision. How to weigh talent pools, support horizons, and maintenance cost — and why the most interesting choice is usually the wrong one.
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