May 17Evaluating APIs for Business OwnersThere is a lot of noise in the market lately about APIs and whilst web-based services that pass, extract and push data to applications and other services have been around for a fair while, for many in the business community this is still fairly new. The transformation of most regular…Startupş7 min readStartupş7 min read
Apr 10Hiring internationally for software engineeringA Guide for Startups and their Founders — April 2023 Following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and rescue, the markets have been jittery and investors are now rather cautious. What previously had been a lot of big spending and speculation in the startup world has led founders to consider efficiency…Software Development17 min readSoftware Development17 min read
Jul 21, 2022Optimizing your Pandas, when you run out of scale 🐍This is a list of notes and links to other articles and references for anyone who is trying to tackle scaling issues with Pandas, it's not a comprehensive document and is updated ad-hoc for reference. “ Pandas is a fast, powerful, flexible and easy-to-use open source data analysis and manipulation…Python3 min readPython3 min read
Jun 21, 2022Application performance issues — A checklistYour web /mobile app or other solution is not performing? Here is a checklist to make sure you have optimized everything possible and to help you troubleshoot for errors. Cloudwatch — Check CPU usage is it near the limit set? Have alarms been set up? Check network in and out…Developer4 min readDeveloper4 min read
Jun 21, 2022Member-onlyCan’t find a CTO? Need to bootstrap your build? Can’t find developers?Well here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know to bootstrap your operational delivery and costs as an early-stage startup software business. Bootstrapping your biz is thankfully fairly realistic for anyone with even just a modest budget to spare these days. If you don’t understand technology at all…Startup8 min readStartup8 min read
Mar 1, 2022Member-onlyA reading list for Start-Up FoundersA reading list as suggested by successful startup founders: — The Lean Startup by Erik Reis https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307887898/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_fabc_488T13R077FHKWJ8764Z The hard thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062273205/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_fabc_E3N38DRTH2AH2K2PFJ44 How to solve big problems by Jake Knapp https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-Solve-Problems-Test-Ideas/dp/1442397683Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Feb 16, 2022A quick guide to scaling Blockchain architectures.There is this assumption that when we are talking about Blockchain we are also talking about Crypto. Well, there are a lot of other possible use cases for Blockchain. Smart contracts are one of them. …Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
Nov 17, 2021A quick guide to outsourced procurement for StartupsProcurement is core to many businesses' requirements but it's only in big corporate environments that you find people specialized in what takes a lot of soft skills and practice to be good at. Negotiation is hard, most folks don’t want to risk conflict. So in a technology environment what are…Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
Nov 5, 2021Your first corporate pitch: It’s not US versus THEM…A guide for startups ❤️ So this last year or so I have been working on both my own and other people's startup propositions. I have also worked on the vendor and procurement side from big corporations to small software companies. Being in the B2B sector you can’t avoid going…Startup14 min readStartup14 min read
Oct 28, 2021Forecasting your AWS costs and workloads 🌦So you’ve landed that first seed round and now you need to scale. How do you forecast your costs? AWS Activate — avoid that big bill! If you’re eligible for Activate then you can save yourself a lot of money. If you’ve already gotten seed funding then you will be…Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read