Engineering Leadership

The Real Cost of Leaving a Senior Backend Role Open for 6 Months

Most CTOs undercount the cost of an unfilled senior backend role by 3x. Here's what the research actually shows — vacancy costs, team attrition risk, and the hire-to-productivity gap.

Why Outsourcing Backend Development Got a Bad Reputation — and What Actually Changed

The reputation was earned. Large-scale IT outsourcing failures in the 2000s were real, documented, and expensive. Here's which objections still hold — and which expired with the era that created them.