Hiring Your First Developer as a Non-Technical Founder
You don't need to code to hire great developers. But you do need to spot these red and green flags.
Project management, client relations, and business strategy.
You don't need to code to hire great developers. But you do need to spot these red and green flags.
Sometimes the answer is no. Here's when custom software makes sense — and when it doesn't.
What breaks when you scale: database queries that were fine become 30-second page loads, and everything you didn't optimize becomes a bottleneck.
You're spending six figures on software and you have no idea if it's fair. Here's how to know — and how to protect yourself.
When building a house, you hire a general contractor who manages the specialists. You don't coordinate them individually. Same should apply to software.
The build cost is just the beginning. Here's what a $100K software project actually costs you over 3 years.
No tests. No documentation. SQL injection vulnerabilities in production. One developer who quit mid-handoff. We ran a 19-category technical audit and found 147 critical issues. Here's how we stabilized it.
Real users will find bugs you never imagined and ignore features you thought were critical. The first 90 days separate good software from great software.
Calling a feature request a bug doesn't make it free. Here's how to tell the difference and why it matters.
The most expensive features are the ones nobody uses. Here's how to validate before building and avoid wasting months on features your users don't want.
An agency that never pushes back is either incompetent or prioritizing revenue over your success. Here's why saying no is actually a service.
If your vendor disappears tomorrow, can you access your code, infrastructure, or documentation? Most businesses can't. Here's how to eliminate vendor lock-in before it's too late.
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