Communication

Be boring

In discussions with non-tech managers, buzzwords often mask understanding. My view: use tech pragmatically, focusing on proven tools. Innovation matters, but clarity and long-term stability are key. Managers should demystify tech jargon and ensure meaningful application.

The Compassionate Shift in Tech Language

Evolving language in tech is not just about changing terms; it's about empathy, inclusiveness, and understanding the impact of our words.

The Fediverse & the new era of social networks

Discover the Fediverse, a decentralized social network challenging Facebook and Twitter. Built on ActivityPub, it offers independent content and diverse interaction. Choose an app and server to join, explore facets, customize, and contribute to its open-source future.

Why defining a product vision is crucial in ensuring you are building the right things.

A company should have a vision, but a product should also have one. A product vision may sound like something large corporates work on. It may sound like a waste of time. However, a good product vision helps your team make the right choices while building your product.

Why you should code your infrastructure

Have trouble documenting your infrastructure? Infrastructure as code might be the solution you are looking for.

Why you should invest in consolidating your documentation

Where is your documentation kept? Is it one tool that everyone has access to? Here's why you should consolidate your documentation.

Why is operational documentation more important than you think

Do you have an employee handbook? Are senior people required to spend hours answering questions of colleagues? Here's how documentation can help.

Why it’s worth spending time on writing out tickets

Have a small team that likes to move fast and break things? You are writing tickets. Right?

How to do a software rewrite

Should you start from scratch or invest time to refactor your application? * The concepts explained: software rewrite, starting from scratch, and refactoring * When should you

It’s here: Free Range Management, the book

Create space so your team can thrive. You must create space for knowledge workers to do their best work. But how do you do that?

​​Most common challenges faced by startups in 2024

It’s pretty evident that a startup in 2024 faces unique challenges that just haven’t existed in other years. Every entrepreneur knows that they

The Ultimate Startup Due Diligence Checklist for Investments

What is due diligence or a technical audit The goal of due diligence is simple: figure out the hidden secrets of the target company that

The first days as a firefighting CTO — what to focus on when you are hired to lead a team in times of change

At madewithlove, we join teams when things aren’t so stable. Maybe a key non-replaceable employee has left or a new investment is fueling

Why tech startups fail - based on auditing 50+ SaaS startups

I’m sure you’ve heard the statistic that 9 out of 10 startups fail. How can you win against such odds? Is there a

Our tool shed: the tools we use when working remotely

These days working remotely is — sadly enough — a hot topic. A lot of people are confronted with working from home for the first time and

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