Notes on the decisions that tend to sit in front of a software project rather than inside it: who to hire, how to contract, what to build first, and what to do when it has gone wrong.
These are written from delivery experience rather than theory. Where the honest answer is that it depends, we say what it depends on.
- What an MVP costs, and what drives the numberWhy the same idea gets five different prices, and the eight factors that move the number.
- Where AI agents work, and where they failThe tasks agents genuinely handle, the ones they should not touch, and what it costs to run them.
- How to choose a software development partnerWhat to ask, how to read a proposal, and the warning signs that are easy to miss.
- Fixed price or time and materialsBoth models can fail you. Which one fits depends on how settled the work really is.
- How to scope an MVPMinimum and viable pull in opposite directions. Cutting the wrong half wastes the build.
- Rescuing a software project that has stalledWhy the instinct to rewrite is usually wrong, and what to do before deciding.
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