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58 articles tagged #Agency.
P.01Most agencies tolerate a bad client relationship for months longer than they should because nobody has a framework for the decision. Here's how to recognize when a client is no longer worth keeping, and how to end the relationship without burning your reputation.
P.02From September 11, 2026, anyone selling a product with digital elements into the EU has 24 hours to report an actively exploited vulnerability to ENISA. Here's who's actually in scope, what the reporting timeline looks like, and what to have ready.
P.03Hiring an engineering manager fails for reasons different from hiring an IC. Here's what to actually test: handling underperformance, technical debt calls, and pushback with the business.
P.04MLOps sits between the model-building work of a data scientist and the general infrastructure work of a DevOps engineer. Here's what the role actually owns, what to screen for, and where the candidates come from.
P.05Agent sandbox escapes, prompt injection, and tool-permission design are a distinct skill set from traditional application security. Here's what to screen for, where to find candidates, and how the role differs from a generalist cybersecurity hire.
P.06Indian AI app-builder Emergent raised $130M at a $1.5B valuation just over a year after launch, with 12M+ apps built and 200,000+ paying customers. Here's what that kind of scale actually signals, and where custom development still wins.
P.07Acquiring a product, taking on a legacy project, or partnering with a technical team? Here's how to assess a codebase systematically — what to look for, what kills deals, and what's fixable.
P.08Most software development RFPs attract either no responses or bad ones. Here is what the document should contain, what to leave out, and how agencies evaluate them before deciding whether to reply.
P.09Most reference checks are theater. The candidate selects three friends who say nice things, and you move on. Here is how to run reference calls that surface real information before you extend the offer.
P.10Choosing the wrong contract structure is one of the most reliable ways to damage a client relationship. Here is a practical guide to SoW, T&M, and the hybrid models that actually work for software projects.
P.11I run one, so I will tell you how to hire one, including the parts most agency owners would rather you did not know. The green flags, the red flags, and how to tell a partner from a vendor.
P.12A practical comparison of offshore, nearshore, and onshore development for teams deciding how to staff a project. What each model costs, where it breaks, and how to choose.
P.13AI tools have cut development time on many projects. That creates an uncomfortable question: do you pass those savings to clients, pocket the difference, or rethink how you charge for software work entirely?
P.14Most agency IP sits unused in client project folders. Here's how to identify what's worth extracting, how to package it, and how to build recurring revenue from work you've already done.
P.15Most agency owners are the bottleneck in their own business. Here's how to identify where you're needed versus where a system or a person could replace you, and how to build those systems.
P.16The standard Scrum playbook was designed for product teams with stable backlogs. Agencies have different constraints: client reviews, scope negotiations, and projects that end. Here's what actually works.
P.17Most agencies figure out support pricing and SLA structure only after a client calls at 11pm. A better approach: define what you're selling before the project launches.
P.18When AI tools write 40-70% of a codebase, the usual rules for estimating support costs break down. Here's how to price maintenance work when your team didn't write most of the code.
P.19Most agency case studies don't convert because they focus on process and outputs instead of client decisions and outcomes. Here's how to write case studies that do the selling for you.
P.20Hiring a full-time developer for a three-month surge then watching them sit idle is one of the most expensive mistakes agencies make. Here's how to build a contractor network that actually works.
P.21Most project estimates fail before a single line of code is written. The problem is almost never the hours. It's the unexamined assumptions buried in them. Here's a more honest estimation process.
P.22Most handoff docs end up ignored six months later when a client can't find their CMS login. Here's what to write, how to structure it, and what most agencies skip that causes the most post-launch support calls.
P.23The invoice you send is only as good as the terms behind it. Here's how to structure deposits, milestones, and late fees so cash flow stays predictable and overdue invoices become rare.
P.24Three headless CMS platforms used by agencies, three different bets on where content management is going. Here's how Sanity, Payload, and Contentful actually compare when you're building for clients.
P.25Manually compiling monthly reports is one of the highest-effort, lowest-value activities in a web agency. Here's how to replace most of that work with automated pipelines.
P.26PLG is not a marketing strategy. It's an architectural decision about where conversion happens. Here's what it looks like in practice and which patterns actually move revenue.
P.27Most agencies finish a project, invoice the client, and move immediately to the next one. The ones that improve fastest do one more thing: they sit down and ask what actually happened.
P.28Clients ask agencies to 'do something with these PDFs' more often than you'd think. Here's how to actually build document extraction pipelines that work in production: OCR, vision models, and structured output.
P.29Every agency project with a marketing team needs a CMS. The options have changed a lot. Here's how Sanity, Contentful, Strapi, and Payload stack up on the criteria that actually matter.
P.30AI video tools have moved from toy to production-grade in 18 months. Here's what's real, what still fails, and how to have an honest conversation with a client about it.
P.31A spec that doesn't get signed is a spec that doesn't protect anyone. Here's how agencies structure technical specifications that move projects forward instead of stalling them.
P.32Scope creep feels like a client problem until you realize the same clients cause it on every project while other clients never do. The difference is process, not personality.
P.33AI projects introduce IP, liability, and data training questions that standard software contracts don't address. Here's the language clients send and what it actually means for an agency taking the work.
P.34Every agency hits the same wall: more work than the team can handle, but not enough volume to justify a full-time hire. White-label partnerships are how the ones that survive it manage growth.
P.35Most agency developers don't think about the license of npm packages they install until a client's legal team asks. Here is what the major licenses actually require and where the real risks sit.
P.36Retainer contracts promise stable revenue. In practice, they often create scope creep, pricing resentment, and capacity problems. Here is how to structure them so they actually work for both sides.
P.37Project kickoffs are where agency relationships are won or lost. The wrong start leads to scope creep, missed expectations, and a client who stops responding. Here's the exact onboarding process we use.
P.38Most technical proposals lose because they describe what will be built, not why the client should trust you to build it. Here's how to write one that actually wins.
P.39Most AI project failures start at the scoping stage. The client wants 'AI integration.' The agency quotes a price. Nobody defines what that actually means. Here's how to scope these projects properly.
P.40Every AI integration budget starts with API costs and ends with surprises. Here's what production AI features actually cost once you account for everything the initial estimate missed.
P.41The choice between fixed-price and time-and-materials contracts is one of the most consequential decisions in an agency-client relationship. Each model transfers risk differently. Here's how to decide which one fits your project.
P.42Real revenue, profit margins, and owner take-home for solo, boutique, mid-size, and enterprise web agencies, including the messy parts most income reports skip.
P.43When proximity actually matters, when it doesn't, and how to evaluate local agencies without falling for the 'we have an office in your city' theatre.
P.44How to choose a B2B website agency that can support long buying cycles, multiple stakeholders, and demand generation outcomes.
P.45A practical Denver website design agency guide covering local fit, process maturity, pricing expectations, and performance-first delivery.
P.46A practical framework for selecting an ecommerce website development agency, with checkout UX, speed, mobile conversion, and platform trade-offs.
P.47How to choose a website development agency in the USA with clear evaluation criteria, pricing models, red flags, and ROI-focused decision checkpoints.
P.48A practical guide to selecting a website optimization agency and building a 30/60/90-day roadmap across Core Web Vitals, UX, analytics, and conversion.
P.49The timezone juggling, the cultural code-switching, the payment friction, and the surprising advantages. An honest founder's perspective on building an India-based agency serving US, UK, and Australian clients.
P.50EditorPickEvery agency claims to 'use AI' now. But there's a fundamental difference between bolting AI onto existing workflows and building an agency around AI from the ground up. Here's why we made that choice and what it actually means.
P.51EditorPickThe real story of going from solo freelancer to running a tech agency. Revenue, hiring mistakes, client nightmares, and the systems that finally made it work.
P.52The developer employment landscape offers more options than ever. Here's an honest comparison of freelancing, agency work, and full-time employment to help you decide.
P.53Most agencies disappear after deployment. Here is our exact 90-day post-launch process — from day-one monitoring to month-three handoff — with the checklists, tools, and escalation paths we use for every project.
P.54EditorPickThe line between web development and AI development has dissolved. The best agencies now ship web apps with built-in intelligence — chatbots, predictive features, automated workflows. Here's what this shift means.
P.55Hiring a web development agency? Here's the framework we wish every client used before contacting us. Covers evaluation criteria, red flags, questions to ask, and how to get the best results from your agency partnership.
P.56Before we write a single line of code, we run a structured discovery call. Here are the exact 7 questions we ask, why each one matters, and how the answers shape every project decision that follows.
P.57India has 50,000+ IT service providers. Most are mediocre. Here's an honest insider's guide to identifying the great ones — from portfolio evaluation to contract negotiation, with specific warning signs.
P.58EditorPickPatterns, anti-patterns, and hard-won lessons from delivering AI-integrated products across healthcare, e-commerce, Web3, career tech, and data analytics. The stuff nobody blogs about.