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Startup Engineering

Technical deep dives and scaling insights focused on startup engineering. Practical engineering for real-world production systems.

2 Insights published

2026-03-27

3 min read

Why Scaling Backend Systems is 90% Decision-Making, Not Code

Scaling systems isn’t just about infrastructure. It’s about the decisions, trade-offs, and mental models behind them.

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2026-03-15

4 min read

Technical Debt as Financial Leverage: How to Choose Which Fires to Ignore

Not all technical debt is bad. Learn how to think about debt as leverage and why 'perfect code' can actually be a business failure in early-stage startups.

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