FDE vs. Full-Time Hire: The Real Math
A $165k salary and a $160k contract engagement look like an easy comparison until you price loaded cost, ramp time, and the one-in-four wrong hire.
Read article → FDE FundamentalsOutcome-Based Engineering: The FDE Way of Working
Story points measure effort. Outcomes measure change. How the FDE way of working kills scope, speeds delivery, and occasionally kills the project itself.
Read article → Case Studies & StoriesThe ERP Integration Saga: Six Weeks, One Field
Six weeks to read one field out of a 2003 ERP. An illustrative composite of every legacy integration you've ever survived, and the lessons it left behind.
Read article → Tools & StackNext.js for Internal Tools: When It Earns It
Next.js for internal tools is the right call about a third of the time. Here's the decision matrix that tells you which third you're in.
Read article → Prototyping & DeliveryDesign for One User First (Seriously, One)
Organizations don't have workflows; people do. Pick one named user, delete their worst hour, and let delight recruit user two.
Read article → AI & DataBuilding an AI Copilot for Your Ops Team
The demo reads a sample dataset; your orders live in a 14-year-old ERP. How to build an ops copilot that closes that gap.
Read article → Industry PlaybooksThe FDE Playbook for Agriculture and AgTech
Offline-first, shipped in the off-season, priced against one saved decision. Why farms are perfect territory for embedded builds.
Read article → Hiring & CareersShould FDE Candidates Get a Take-Home Test?
LeetCode won't tell you who survives week three with a client. The take-home that does: a paid, four-hour simulation of the actual job.
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