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Why Tech Leaders Need Impact Filters Now More Than EverWhy Tech Leaders Need Impact Filters Now More Than Ever
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December 1, 2025

Why Tech Leaders Need Impact Filters Now More Than Ever

The Impact Filter™, a Strategic Coach® tool, helps tech leaders clarify vision, focus priorities, and drive projects to completion.

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A CTO’s Guide to AI Coding AssistantsA CTO’s Guide to AI Coding Assistants
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November 24, 2025

A CTO’s Guide to AI Coding Assistants

Practical guidance for adopting AI assistants that ship faster, cut risk, and refocus developers.

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Stop Asking for Time to Fix Technical DebtStop Asking for Time to Fix Technical Debt
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November 14, 2025

Stop Asking for Time to Fix Technical Debt

Use business outcomes, not technical debt, to get security and reliability funded before a crisis.

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The Hidden Cost of Manual DeploymentThe Hidden Cost of Manual Deployment
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November 7, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Manual Deployment

Scaf™ standardizes GitOps and Kubernetes so you can replace manual, fragile deployments with a fast, low-risk, repeatable capability.

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Mob Coding with AI: Lessons from a 9-Hour SprintMob Coding with AI: Lessons from a 9-Hour Sprint
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September 8, 2025

Mob Coding with AI: Lessons from a 9-Hour Sprint

Three developer teams had nine hours to build a web app with AI, revealing both its strengths and its limits.

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How to Scale High-Traffic AI AppsHow to Scale High-Traffic AI Apps
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August 27, 2025

How to Scale High-Traffic AI Apps

Scaling AI-driven apps is about strategic choices in architecture, elasticity, and observability, not more hardware.

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2,000+ Builds Later, and We Still Can't Guess Right2,000+ Builds Later, and We Still Can't Guess Right
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March 4, 2025

2,000+ Builds Later, and We Still Can't Guess Right

Estimating the time, effort, and cost of custom software development is inherently uncertain—just like planning a cross-country road trip without knowing every twist, turn, or unexpected detour along the way.

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Navigating the Impossible: The Hybrid Path to Successful Software ProjectsNavigating the Impossible: The Hybrid Path to Successful Software Projects
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June 5, 2024

Navigating the Impossible: The Hybrid Path to Successful Software Projects

Six Feet Up's hybrid project management approach blends Waterfall's structured planning with Agile's flexibility, ensuring successful software projects by managing risks and adapting to client needs.

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Optimizing Your Engineering Team: Insights from BEST™Optimizing Your Engineering Team: Insights from BEST™
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April 10, 2024

Optimizing Your Engineering Team: Insights from BEST™

The BEST™ Framework helped Six Feet Up identify its strengths and areas for improvement, helping us enhance our development environment, documentation, and security processes.

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