Resources for building better software.
Blog posts, free calculators, and playbooks, written by engineers who ship software for a living. Zero sign-up walls, zero fluff.
Three pillars, one hub.
Research
Methodology papers, original benchmarks, comparative analyses, and field reports. Every study ships with its dataset and the scripts to reproduce.
Tools
12 free calculators for mobile apps, web apps, AI, CRM, ERP, and more. Instant low/median/high estimates with full breakdowns.
Playbooks
Repeatable frameworks for software procurement, architecture, and vendor selection. Pulled from 500+ shipped projects.
Academic papers, written like engineers wrote them.
Long-form research from our team: original benchmarks, field reports, and comparative analyses with full methodology. Cite-able, reproducible, and free to read end-to-end. No download form, no marketing-research disguise.
Browse the research →Original benchmarks
Latency, accuracy, and cost numbers from real production deployments, not vendor demos.
Field reports
What worked, what didn't, and what we'd do differently, pulled from 500+ shipped projects.
Comparative analyses
Side-by-side evaluations of frameworks, models, and infrastructure: same task, same hardware.
Methodology in the open
Every paper ships with its inputs, its assumptions, and the exact prompts or scripts used.
Agenting playbooks for the decisions that hurt.
Repeatable frameworks for the calls that usually get made by gut: which vendor, which architecture, which AI agent runs the workflow. Each playbook is a step-by-step decision tree, scored against real tradeoffs, with the receipts from where we've used it.
Read the playbooks →Software Procurement Playbook
Disqualify vendors faster. Score on the four signals that actually predict fit, ignore the rest.
Architecture Decision Playbook
Pick the stack, defend the call. A scoring rubric for monolith-vs-services and the ten variants in between.
Vendor Selection Playbook
Beyond procurement: the contract, relationship, and exit clauses you need to negotiate before signing.
Agent Orchestration Playbook
When to use one agent, when to use a roster, and how to wire them so they don't step on each other.
Twelve calculators, all calibrated.
Cost calculators for mobile apps, web apps, MVPs, AI integrations, voice agents, CRM, ERP, automation, and more. Each one returns a low / median / high estimate with a full breakdown, built for procurement conversations and budget defenses, not lead capture.
Browse all 12 tools →12
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Each tool ships with the methodology, the input schema, and the assumptions that drive the math; open the breakdown panel on any calculator to see the full chain.
The tools we built for you.
Free, calibrated against 500+ real projects, and updated quarterly. Pick a tool and run a defensible estimate in under two minutes; no sign-up, no email gate.
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Get a realistic estimate for iOS, Android, or cross-platform app development: low, median, and high ranges with a full breakdown.
Real numbers from 500+ shipped projects.
Software estimates are usually either useless (“it depends!”) or dishonest (“starting at $10,000!”). Neither helps you plan. We built this resource hub because after 500+ shipped projects, we have enough real data to give you defensible ranges backed by actual project economics.
Every calculator shows its methodology, cites its data sources, and includes a full cost breakdown so you can stress-test the output. Every blog post is written by engineers who've shipped the thing they're writing about. No AI-generated filler, no buzzword bingo.
Use these for budgeting, procurement conversations, or sanity-checking proposals from other vendors. The goal is better decisions, not a sales funnel.
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