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A founder's commitment to their engineering team

A founder's commitment to their engineering team

Founders juggle endless demands, investors, sales, suppliers, and employees, all while building the plane mid-flight. But with engineering often being your biggest expense, there's one responsibility you can't delegate: ensuring your team builds the right thing.

Jump Start Competition: And the winner is…

Jump Start Competition: And the winner is…

The first Jump Start Competition has a winner. Three promising teams, one jury decision, and a strong start to hands-on collaboration with madewithlove. Here are the winners!

Investor Insights #6 - Andreas’ new book: The Economics of Software Engineering

Navigating Outages: lessons from recent cloud failures

Navigating Outages: lessons from recent cloud failures

Outages can strike unexpectedly, impacting businesses and users alike. In this episode of the SaaS Show, hosts Andreas and Sjimi delve into the recent outages experienced by major cloud providers like Amazon and Cloudflare.

The stainless steel lesson: why boring technology outlasts shiny frameworks

The stainless steel lesson: why boring technology outlasts shiny frameworks

Shiny frameworks promise magic, but like cheap non-stick pans, they scratch, peel, and end up in the bin. Boring technology, like stainless steel, isn’t sexy, but it lasts for decades if treated well. The lesson? Build for the long haul, not the quick thrill.

Legacy vs technical debt: how investors can spot hidden risks in software products

Legacy vs technical debt: how investors can spot hidden risks in software products

What can investors do about legacy code to prevent your startup from failure? What is the difference between legacy and technical debt?

What would it cost to rebuild this software from scratch?

What would it cost to rebuild this software from scratch?

Evaluating the cost of rebuilding software from scratch involves more than counting development hours; it requires recognising the invisible value of user feedback, lessons learned, and embedded experience.

Making an impact by combining our services

Making an impact by combining our services

Madewithlove combines interim CTOs and staff engineers to help SaaS scale-ups align strategy with execution and build resilient tech teams.

So you messed up

So you messed up

Everyone breaks production eventually. This guide walks through how to take responsibility, communicate with your team, and make real improvements after something goes wrong. A must-watch for engineering managers and developers.

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