Software development

Sprint Zero

Sprint Zero: The Critical Phase You Are Skipping and Will Cost You Dearly

Sprint Zero: The Critical Phase You Are Skipping and Will Cost You Dearly Sprint Zero There is a natural anxiety in every client who hires software development: the urgency to see finished screens. “We want to start coding now,” founders and managers tell us, pressured by Time-to-Market. However, at Koud, we have seen time and […]

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Micro-frontend architecture

Micro-Frontends: The Strategy to Scale Development Teams Without Chaos

Micro-Frontends: The Strategy to Scale Development Teams Without Chaos Micro-frontend architecture In the Enterprise development ecosystem, there is a dangerous tipping point. It happens when your frontend team grows beyond 10 or 15 developers working on the same repository. What used to be agility turns into technical bureaucracy. Imagine the classic Friday scenario: The “Checkout”

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CTO as a Service Mexico

CTO as a Service Consulting: Tech Strategy Without Hiring an Executive (Your On-Demand Technical Brain)

CTO as a Service Consulting: Tech Strategy Without Hiring an Executive (Your On-Demand Technical Brain) CTO as a Service Mexico In the lifecycle of every Startup or growing SMB, there comes a critical moment we call “The Tech Gap.” You have a team of talented developers who write good code. You have a CEO with

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Web accessibility WCAG

Web Accessibility (WCAG): Make Your Software Usable for Everyone (And Comply with the Law)

Web Accessibility (WCAG): Make Your Software Usable for Everyone (And Comply with the Law) Web accessibility WCAG For years, software accessibility was viewed as a “nice-to-have” feature, something left for Phase 2 or 3 of the project if budget allowed. Today, that mindset is an unacceptable legal and commercial risk. According to the World Health

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What is technical debt

Technical Debt: How to Identify It and When to Pay It Off (Before Your Project Goes Bankrupt)

Technical Debt: How to Identify It and When to Pay It Off (Before Your Project Goes Bankrupt) ¿What is technical debt? Every Product Owner (PO) has experienced this scenario: At the beginning of the project, the development team was flying. They launched new features every week. The client was happy. But six months later, something

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Automated QA

Automated QA: Reduce Testing Time from Days to Minutes (And Free Your Humans from Robotic Tasks)

Automated QA: Reduce Testing Time from Days to Minutes (And Free Your Humans from Robotic Tasks) Automated QA In modern software development, there is a painful paradox: Engineering teams have adopted Agile and DevOps methodologies to code faster, but the Quality Assurance (QA) department remains stuck in the past. For an Engineering Manager, nothing is

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APM application monitoring

Application Monitoring (APM): Detect Failures Before Your Customers Scream (The End of Reactive Support)

Application Monitoring (APM): Detect Failures Before Your Customers Scream (The End of Reactive Support) APM application monitoring There is a recurring nightmare for every Support Manager or QA Lead: It’s Monday morning, everything seems quiet, and suddenly, the phone starts ringing. Then comes a furious tweet. Then an email from the CEO. “The shopping cart

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Docker for enterprise

Containers for Enterprises: Why Docker Is the Industry Standard (And the End of “It Worked on My Machine”)

Containers for Enterprises: Why Docker Is the Industry Standard (And the End of “It Worked on My Machine”) Docker for enterprise It’s Friday afternoon. The development team has just finished a critical update for your billing application. The lead developer gives the green light: “It’s ready, it runs perfectly on my laptop.” Operations takes the

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IT disaster recovery plan

Disaster Recovery (DRP): Would Your Company Survive a Hack Today? (The Difference Between Panic and Protocol)

Disaster Recovery (DRP): Would Your Company Survive a Hack Today? (The Difference Between Panic and Protocol) IT disaster recovery plan Imagine arriving at the office on any given Tuesday. You try to open your email, and it doesn’t load. The ERP shows a connection error. Suddenly, the support phones start ringing non-stop. On the main

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