Clear decision guides for you
Straight comparisons of the tools you're choosing between, honest about where each one falls short. Where we quote a benchmark, we show its source.
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Technology Roadmap for Non-Technical Founders, Step by Step
Build a technology roadmap without writing code: tie each engineering item to a business goal, a risk and an owner, then check in monthly and re-plan quarterly.
Fractional CTO or Technical Co-Founder: How to Choose
Compare a fractional CTO and a technical co-founder on equity, commitment, cost and control, with a decision guide based on your stage and product.
Technical Due Diligence Checklist for Buying a Software Company
A buyer-side technical due diligence checklist: code, security, infrastructure, people and licensing, with red flags and how to score what you find.
Questions to Ask a Dev Agency Before You Sign
Twenty-plus questions to ask a software development agency before hiring, grouped by ownership, process, security and exit, with what good answers sound like.
DORA Metrics for a Small Engineering Team, Without the Dashboard Sprawl
How a team of five to fifteen engineers can track the four DORA metrics, pull the data from tools you already use and avoid the common misreadings.
Build vs Buy for Software: A Decision Framework With Examples
Decide whether to build or buy software using five questions on differentiation, total cost, integration, lock-in and security, with worked examples.
How to Calculate IT Spend per Employee and Judge If It's Reasonable
Work out your IT spend per employee, decide what counts, split it into buckets and compare it against your own trend and the few benchmarks that hold up.