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Practitioner notes on technical and operational due diligence, engineering risk, and Day-2 operations. Written for founders, CTOs and investors.
Your AI Coding Policy Is Not a Provenance Record
Four open source projects wrote down their rules for AI-generated code and disagreed. The disagreement is about who can promise they own the code, and …
From Coding to Orchestration: How AI Is Redefining Software Engineering
The narrative around AI in software engineering is often framed as a productivity story: faster coding, fewer bugs, accelerated delivery. That framing …
Documentation Debt: The Most Undervalued Form of Technical Debt
When investors ask about technical debt, the conversation usually points to code. How many lines are legacy? How brittle are the tests? How old is the …
Why Your Software Supply Chain Matters More Than You Think
The Overlooked Risks Hidden in Today’s Software Supply Chain When people talk about supply chains, they picture factories, trucks, and containers. But …
Why MLOps Deserves Its Own Line in Your Tech Due Diligence
Everyone’s chasing AI. Few are ready to run it at scale. I’ve seen it too many times: a startup proudly touts its LLM-powered magic. The demo looks …
DORA Metrics in VC Diligence: Speed Isn’t Enough
Why deal teams need more than deployment counts? As engineering metrics seep into VC conversations, one acronym keeps showing up: DORA. Originally …
The Engineering Benchmarks VCs Should Actually Care About
Cutting through noise with SRE & DORA metrics Investors often ask about velocity. Founders often talk about shipping fast. But neither side is …
How to Price Tech Debt into a Term-Sheet
De-risking Series A without diluting trust (or valuation) Most investors price financial risk with ruthless clarity but when it comes to engineering …
How to Assess Technical Debt Without Touching the Code
Spotting scale blockers before they explode your timeline. Technical debt is often treated like a mysterious force: intangible, invisible, and only …
How to Spot the Tech Skeletons That Sink SaaS Deals
Lessons from software audits that looked fine until they weren’t Most software deals are closed on a deck. Most delivery failures start with silence. …
