BUSINESS
How long does it take to build an app? A realistic timeline
How long it really takes to build an app or MVP in 2026: honest timelines by scope, what stretches them, and why a fixed timeline beats an open-ended one.
7 MIN READ
BLOG · FIELD NOTES
What we learned shipping it.
Practical notes on building, shipping and rescuing software, written by the engineers doing the work, not a content team.
BUSINESS
How much does it cost to build an MVP? A straight answer with real numbers
A straight answer to how much it costs to build an MVP or an app in 2026: real ranges, what actually drives the number, and why a fixed quote beats an hourly estimate.
8 MIN READ
AI / ML
Shipping LLM features that survive contact with real users
The demo always works. Production is where AI features go to die, here's the evaluation, cost and fallback work that keeps ours alive.
8 MIN READ
ENGINEERING
The vibe-coding security checklist we run on every rescue
Exposed keys, open database rules, missing auth, the failure modes we find first, and how to close them.
6 MIN READ
ENGINEERING
Backend rescue: what a failing system actually costs you
Downtime is the visible bill. The hidden one is the roadmap you can't ship while everyone firefights.
7 MIN READ
PRODUCT & DESIGN
From Figma to production without the handoff graveyard
Why we design with the build in mind, and the specific things that die between the mockup and the merge.
5 MIN READ
BUSINESS
Why we quote fixed prices, and how we make it work
Hourly billing rewards slowness. Here's the estimation discipline that lets us put the number in the contract.
6 MIN READ
AI / ML
RAG that cites its sources: building assistants you can trust
Retrieval, grounding and evaluation, the parts of an internal copilot that decide whether anyone keeps using it.
7 MIN READ
ENGINEERING
eSIM at scale: what we learned building SimFuse
147 countries, 600 networks, instant provisioning, the telecom-integration lessons behind our travel eSIM platform.
5 MIN READ
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