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12 questions in three groups: who builds (meet the developers, seniority, subcontracting), how they work (what ships in week 2, scope changes, a past handoff), what happens after (code and account ownership, exit terms). Any agency annoyed by them just answered.

For a single-host app with moderate traffic, Docker Compose is a legitimate production platform. The grown-up setup: reverse proxy with automatic TLS, health checks, restart policies, off-host backups, and a small deploy script. Here's what it covers — and the signals you've outgrown it.

Under 50,000 users, a single team, and no compliance-driven isolation requirements? You don't need Kubernetes. A VM with Docker Compose runs the same workload at a tenth of the operational cost. Here's the honest decision test.

Not every MVP should become a product. We've helped founders kill projects — and that's often the most valuable outcome. Here are the signals we've learned to watch for.

The typical startup journey: solo founder → agency → first hire → in-house team. Here's how to know when to make each transition — and how to not lose 3 months in the handoff.

'AI-powered platform' = OpenAI API wrapper. 'Scalable microservices' = single Django app. 'Proprietary algorithm' = SQL query. Here's why that's completely fine.

Most startups adopt Salesforce too early or too late. Here's when it actually makes sense, what to automate first, and whether you should use Flows, Apex, or third-party tools.

The German Startup Monitor 2025 says 29% would leave. Funding dropped 24%. Zero unicorn IPOs since 2022. But here's why we're still building in Germany — and how we engineer around the friction.

Standard advice says pay down all technical debt. We disagree. After dozens of MVPs, here's our taxonomy: debt you keep, debt you must fix, and debt that doesn't matter.

We've built 30+ MVPs. Simple ones start at €25,000. AI-powered SaaS products go up to €120,000. Here's exactly where the money goes — with real numbers from our projects.

Building an MVP isn't about cutting corners — it's about cutting scope. Here's our exact process from first call to production deploy, week by week.