The True Cost of SaaS Sprawl
Fifteen subscriptions, none integrated. The real SaaS sprawl cost is swivel-chair labor and a data graveyard — and one thin custom layer often beats the pile.
Read article → FDE FundamentalsFDE vs. Staff Augmentation: Hands vs. Outcomes
Staff augmentation buys hands; an FDE sells an outcome. The scorecard, the honest math, and the checklist for picking the right tool.
Read article → Case Studies & StoriesBuilding Software on a Warehouse Floor
The official app was open on zero of fourteen workstations. What building offline-first, glove-friendly warehouse software actually taught us.
Read article → Tools & StackEscaping Airtable: The Migration Playbook
Airtable got you here, but the ceiling hits at 50k rows and three power users. Here's the phased migration to Postgres that keeps the business running.
Read article → Prototyping & DeliveryThe Stakeholder Demo Script That Wins Budget
Most demos die in the first two minutes. The seven-minute fix: one story, real data, one money slide, and a script that turns a prototype into approved budget.
Read article → AI & DataChoosing a Vector Database Without Losing Your Mind
pgvector covers most business RAG. The four questions that actually decide your vector database, and when Qdrant, Weaviate, or Pinecone earn their keep.
Read article → Industry PlaybooksThe FDE Playbook for Construction Companies
Daily reports on carbon paper, schedules in the GC's head. How an embedded engineer digitizes a jobsite without stopping the work or losing the crew.
Read article → Hiring & CareersBuilding an FDE Portfolio That Wins Clients
Your best FDE work is NDA'd. Win clients anyway with anonymized case studies, sanitized demos, and public rebuilds that show how you think.
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