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How to Prepare Your Engineering Team for Hyper-Growth (Without Chaos)

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After scaling engineering teams at companies from 5 to 150+ developers across fintech, edtech, and construction tech: including rapid growth phases at Zepay, TransGlobe Education, and Sun Construction: I've learned that most teams fail during hyper-growth not because they lack talent, but because they lack systems. The difference between engineering chaos and controlled scaling? Preparation […]

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Security Sprints: Rapidly Patch Your Weakest Links Before Hackers Find Them

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After building secure payment systems at Zepay and Zepay Money, managing enterprise-level security at TransGlobe Education, and consulting for hundreds of startups through The Dev Tutor, I've seen the same pattern repeatedly: companies spend months planning perfect security solutions while hackers exploit obvious vulnerabilities in days. The average data breach costs $4.45 million and takes

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The Secret to 99.9% Uptime: Battle-Tested AWS Strategies From a FinTech CTO

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After managing critical infrastructure for Zepay.in and Zepay.money as CTO, processing millions in daily transactions, I've learned that 99.9% uptime isn't just a metric: it's the difference between customer trust and business failure. 8.76 hours of downtime per year is all you get. Here's exactly how I've achieved and maintained this benchmark across multiple fintech

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Scaling From Startup to Scale-Up: The Technical Pivots Nobody Talks About

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After 8+ years building and scaling tech teams across fintech, edtech, and construction platforms, I’ve watched hundreds of startups hit the same invisible wall. The wall between “it works” and “it scales.” Most founders obsess over product-market fit. VCs talk about go-to-market strategy. But nobody discusses the brutal technical pivots that make or break the

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Tech Debt Detox: How to Unclog Your Codebase (Fast) in a 7-Day Sprint

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Having led technical teams at TransGlobe Education as National Technical Head and currently serving as CTO at Zepay.in and Zepay.money, I’ve seen how technical debt can silently strangle even the most promising projects. In my 12+ years building scalable systems, I’ve watched startups burn through runway because their codebase became unmaintainable. Technical debt isn’t just

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10 New AI Apps Revolutionizing Productivity in 2025: Features, Pricing & Real Comparisons

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The AI productivity landscape has exploded in 2025, with game-changing applications transforming how we work, collaborate, and manage our daily tasks. After analyzing dozens of platforms and their real-world performance metrics, we've identified 10 standout AI tools that are genuinely revolutionizing productivity across industries. These aren't just incremental improvements: they're fundamental shifts in how work

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