Scalability and technology consulting advice for SaaS and technology companies — from the AKF Partners team.
In many of our technical due diligence engagements, it is common to find that companies are building tools with considerable development effort (and ongoing…
Explanation of technical debt for CIOs of non-software product companies
There is growing recognition for the need for adaptive product teams.. The process of delivering software may be very similar across almost all companies but…
In the sci-fi cult classic "The Fifth Element" starring Bruce Willis, there is a scene of man vs. unknown power where the military fires all they've got at an…
Do you ever feel like the work you are involved in is too chaotic or that products take too long to deliver? We have an answer. Today we will share Rule 3 of…
Aggregator Pattern Overview
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is forcing people to work from home. Suddenly many organizations have to support an entirely remote workforce. The "social…
One of the questions we are often asked is when do I scale my company? When setting out to build a product, there is a lot to learn and figure out. Scale is…
Software engineers have likely heard of the studies that show how the cost of a defect increases by an order of magnitude for each successive phase. If you…
Relationship to Sidecar and Sidecar Overview The Ambassador pattern is a special case of the sidecar pattern. As such, it maintains most of the description,…
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Have you ever wondered how to achieve a faster time to market (TTM) for your product teams? Do you have a straightforward task, a personal project, or a team…
