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#No-Standup in Global Remote Teams: What Works When Daily Standup Doesn’t
February 26, 2026
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by Shrikant Vashishtha
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February 11, 2026
AI-Powered Development: Beyond the Hype
With AI coding assistants reality is nuanced. Specs drift, context windows fail, and micromanagement becomes constant. Without strong architecture, testing, and senior oversight, AI creates chaos. It excels at boilerplate and review—but it doesn’t re...
by Emmanuelle Delescolle, Tiziano Perrucci
February 5, 2026
Why Paying for a Team Can Cost Less Than Hiring One Person?
Hiring a cross-functional squad can cost the same as hiring one individual—but deliver far more value. Squads work on outcomes, not hours, reduce meeting overhead, avoid unused capacity, and start delivering from week one. That’s why more founders ar...
by Shrikant Vashishtha
January 19, 2026
What 12 Days of AI Pair-Programming Taught Me
In December I let three AI coding assistants, Claude Sonnet 4.5, GPT-OSS and Kimi-K2, solve Advent of Code independently. All 12 days passed. GPT-OSS showed fully local AI works; Kimi-K2 hardcoded outputs; AIs know algorithms but reinvent wheels. Wha...
by Emmanuelle Delescolle
January 9, 2026
You’re Losing Hours to Unrealistic Mocks - Instead Record Real Responses Once, Replay Forever with Mocktail
Stop flaky Java integration tests. Mocktail records real REST/service method responses once and replays them from disk for fast, deterministic runs—no hand-crafted mocks, more realistic scenarios, and happier CI pipelines.
by Shrikant Vashishtha
December 16, 2025
Stop "Copy-Pasting" Enterprise Goals: Why Startups Must OKR Differently
Startups fail with OKRs when they copy enterprises. Use shorter cycles, ruthless focus, and pivot fast. OKRs should help you learn and survive, not add process overhead.
by Shrikant Vashishtha
November 23, 2025
Team-as-a-Service (TaaS): The Next Big Shift in Tech Hiring
Hiring individuals slows startups down. TaaS brings ready-performing teams from day one – faster delivery, zero ramp-up, and no hiring pain. Discover why this model is reshaping tech.
by Shrikant Vashishtha