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31/03/2026

Outsourcing often turns into a headache because it’s treated as a simple transaction. You send specs, they send code – and the actual context of your product gets lost in the middle 😵‍💫

Real scale happens when you move past the vendor-client divide. A great development team doesn't feel external. They join your stand-ups, use your tools, and care about the outcomes as much as your internal team does 💪

Our latest article breaks down how to find the right fit for your organization. We cover the red flags to watch for and how to build a partnership that stays predictable:

Learn how to choose the right outsourced development team and what to look for in a true product-driven partnership. Read our article!

27/03/2026

Our office was packed for yesterday's AI MeetUp! We spent the evening digging into what it actually looks like to build software with these tools right now.

What have we learned? 👇

🟣 Olga Pycia showed us that while Figma Make is great for spinning up a fast MVP, the technical structure is usually a mess. It gives you a head start, but you’re still going to spend plenty of time cleaning up layers afterward.

🟣 Kamil Jeziorny walked us through why "vibe coding" doesn't really work without a solid plan.

🟣 Mateusz Jasiński convinced us that orchestration is the new essential skill. Whether you’re generating 1,600 unit tests or a 20,000-line game, the job is shifting - some of us are basically becoming managers of AI agents.

Huge thanks to our speakers for being so direct about their process. We’re definitely going to need a follow-up session 😏

Would you be interested in a more detailed breakdown of the insights we talked about? If so, stay tuned!

19/03/2026

If you’re still hiring engineers based on how fast they can whiteboard a binary tree, you’re building a very fast, very brittle team. We’ve all worked with that one genius who writes brilliant code but makes the rest of the team want to quiet-quit during every PR review 😵‍💫

The highest-paid, highest-impact engineers are as good with the tech stack as they are with the "human stack."

They know how to:
🍀 Negotiate a deadline without starting a war.
🍀 Take user feedback without making it personal.
🍀 Write for humans, not just for the compiler.

You can debug messy code, but you can’t debug a toxic culture. In a world of automated dev tools, soft skills are the only thing you can't outsource.

18/02/2026

POV: An AI agent just "read" your website and told a potential client you do something you definitely don’t 🤦‍♂️

In our reality, the first person to visit your website isn't a person at all - it's a bot. Think about it. When was the last time you manually trawled through 10 websites to compare software? Exactly. You either asked old, rusty Google or went straight to ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity to "find the best option for X" instead.

These AI agents are now building answers by interpreting your site at a structural level. If your Machine Experience (MX) is messy, you’re basically invisible to the new AI-mediated web.

How not to be invisible in 2026?👇

17/02/2026

The AI "Honeymoon" just hit the 2026 reality check. The data is pretty blunt: 71% of CIOs have until mid-year to prove their AI projects are actually making money, or the budget gets a haircut. The problem is, most teams are trying to automate messy, broken processes instead of actually redesigning them. It’s why nearly 40% of these projects are currently face-planting, at least according to the new Deloitte Tech Trends Report.

Seems like it's time to stop treating AI like a science fair project and start treating it like core infrastructure (whether we like it or not, which is a whole other topic).

Check the slides below for the 2026 survival guide👇

10/02/2026

Is the entry-level dev role disappearing, or just evolving? 📈

If you’re a junior developer (or a hiring manager), the "AI is taking over" headlines can be exhausting. But the reality is much more nuanced. The bar is getting higher, but the opportunity for those who know how to partner with AI is massive.

We’re discussing: 👉 Why AI still struggles with complex business logic. 👉 How juniors can use AI to bridge the experience gap faster. 👉 Why human intuition remains the ultimate quality control.

Check out our latest blog for a reality check on the state of development:

AI code assistants are everywhere, but can they replace junior developers? Explore the limits of AI and the role of human judgment in software teams!

30/01/2026

It’s one thing to launch a startup. It’s another to build tech so solid it survives an acquisition 💰

Our work for Common Assets was robust enough to become the backbone of SolarCity’s financial strategy. See how we build for the long game: https://www.eu.kellton.com/case-studies/solar-city

28/01/2026

By 2026, the gap between "we think we’re fine" and "we are actually compliant" has become a massive financial risk. Let's take a look at four pillars that actually matter:

⚠️ Security
If you can’t prove exactly how your data is being handled right now, you’re one audit away from a disaster.

⚠️ Resiliency
Backups are useless if you haven't tested the recovery. If your team doesn't have a verified RTO, your recovery plan is just a piece of paper.

⚠️ FinOps
Cloud costs shouldn't be a surprise at the end of the month. If you aren't mapping your spend directly to business value, you’re just leaking budget on idle resources.

⚠️ Process
If your deployment depends on a specific person being available, you don't have a process, but a rather severe bottleneck. Automation is the way to scale without burning out the team.

We turned the audit framework into a simple Google Sheets tool. Plug in your data to see if your foundation is mature or if you're sitting on critical exposure.

Grab the Scorecard here: https://bit.ly/4techrisks

22/01/2026

Your web app probably doesn’t need more features, but rather fewer facepalms. Bear with us: if users need a walkthrough, then a demo call, aaand then a follow-up email just to figure out what to do… something’s off 🫠

Here’s a quick checklist you could use to sanity-check whether a web app actually serves real people and not just internal roadmaps or stakeholder decks. No theory. Just things that show up the second a user opens your product.

Save it. And argue with it. After all, tools should be tailored to your own product👇

What’s the one thing that annoys you most in web apps right now?

08/01/2026

As an engineer, ever tried explaining backend development to your parents? We're guessing it usually ends with "I work with computers" and a lot of blank stares 👁️👄👁️

Our engineer Kamil decided to pull back the curtain and show what's actually happening behind the scenes.

If you want to know how we build stuff that doesn't break (and finally have an answer for your folks and other family members concerned about your work), Kamil's article breaks it down.

Read it here: https://www.eu.kellton.com/blog/backend-development-what-is-it-all-about

15/12/2025

We spent the year building great things and dealing with the usual ups and downs of the tech industry. That's why the Christmas party is so important - it's our time to finally take it easy. Some could say we're really good at our jobs, but we're even better at holiday parties 😆

Big love and thanks to Alicja, who organized the entire event, from food delivery to every tiny logistical piece. We owe her big time!

And cheers to all the other software teams out there heading into 2026 - we're all in this together! 🍻