Hiring

Laravel gets products to market quickly and rewards teams that respect its conventions. This guide covers what to test, why queue and database discipline separate candidates, how upgrade cadence works, and when the framework stops being the right fit.

Modern PHP is not the language its reputation suggests, and hiring well means distinguishing modern practice from legacy habits. This guide covers what to test, how version currency signals quality, and what legacy codebases actually need.

Ruby on Rails still ships products faster than almost anything, and the hiring market has matured into experienced specialists. This guide covers what to test, why database and background job discipline matter, and how upgrade debt accumulates.

Dynamics 365 spans finance, operations, sales and service, and the right hire depends heavily on which. This guide covers the module split, the low-code versus pro-code decision, what to test, and how upgrade cadence shapes customisation.

Power Platform's strength is that anyone can build, and that is also its governance problem. This guide covers what to test, how to prevent sprawl, why Dataverse and licensing decisions come first, and when pro-code is the better answer.

ServiceNow succeeds or fails on process design and the CMDB, not on scripting. This guide covers what to test, why out-of-box beats customisation, how upgrade cycles punish scripted logic, and when the platform is the wrong answer.

Shopify work is constrained by the platform in ways that reward judgement over cleverness. This guide covers theme versus app versus headless decisions, why app sprawl slows stores down, what to test, and how checkout rules shape scope.

Webflow trades engineering control for marketing speed, and the trade is worth understanding before you hire. This guide covers what the platform does well, where it stops, what to test, and when to plan a migration rather than a rebuild.

WordPress is easy to build badly and hard to maintain well. This guide covers plugin discipline, why security and update posture decide total cost, what to test in an interview, and when a different stack serves better.

Immersive development is constrained by comfort and frame budget in ways flat-screen work is not. This guide covers what to test, why the frame budget dictates design, how to scope a pilot, and when immersive is the wrong medium entirely.

Embedded engineering runs where memory is scarce, updates are risky, and a bug can be physical. This guide covers what separates strong candidates, what to test, how field update strategy shapes the hire, and when the role is premature.

Game development mixes engineering with feel, and hiring badly is expensive because so much of the work is subjective. This guide covers what to test, how to scope a build, why vertical slices beat design documents, and when to use augmentation.

Mobile engineering carries constraints web work does not: app review, devices you cannot patch instantly, and users on old OS versions. This guide covers what to look for, what to test, and how to decide between native and cross-platform hiring.

Salesforce work fails on configuration judgement, not code. This guide covers the difference between admin, declarative and pro-code work, what to test, why governor limits matter, and how technical debt accumulates in a platform org.

SAP engagements fail on process decisions, not configuration. This guide covers the difference between functional and technical consultants, why standard versus custom is the defining question, and how to test for judgement rather than module familiarity.

Unity spans games, simulation, training, and visualisation, and the right hire differs by domain. This guide covers what to test, why build-target decisions come first, how licensing affects planning, and when Unity is the wrong tool.

Data platform engineers build the systems other data people work on. This guide covers what separates the role from data engineering, when an organisation is ready, what to test in interviews, and how to tell platform work from pipeline work.

Platform engineering is the discipline of making other engineers faster. This guide covers what the role actually does, when an organisation is ready for it, what separates strong candidates from infrastructure generalists, and how to test for it.

SRE is the discipline of making reliability an engineering problem with numbers attached. This guide covers what the role does, when an organisation is ready, what separates strong candidates from firefighters, and how to test for real judgement.

A practical playbook for hiring an FDE — the 5-step process, the traits that separate a real forward deployed engineer from a relabeled contractor, and a ready-to-use checklist.

ML talent is scarce and uneven. How to hire machine learning engineers who ship production models—not notebooks—whether in-house or through a partner.

React and Next.js power modern web apps. How to hire developers who ship fast, SEO-ready production front ends—whether in-house or through an offshore partner.

Smart contract bugs cost fortunes. How to hire smart contract developers who write secure, audited, gas-efficient code—and the red flags to avoid.

AI staff augmentation adds vetted AI engineers to your team under your management. When it beats project outsourcing, and how to do it without losing control.