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Notes from building and shipping
What we have learned getting AI systems past the demo and into production, and what actually changes when the engineers building them work three time zones away instead of twelve.
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What it costs to hire senior software developers in Argentina in 2026
A buyer's breakdown of what senior engineering capacity in Argentina actually costs: what each engagement route charges for, the costs that never appear on the rate, and who carries the risk when something goes wrong.
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How to budget and cap LLM costs in a SaaS product
An AI feature has a running cost per use, so a flat subscription can lose money on its heaviest users. Here is how to measure that cost, turn it into an allowance, and stop it at the limit, with a worked example.
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Build vs buy AI: when an off-the-shelf tool is enough, and when it is not
Most companies should buy their first AI tool. Some questions cannot be answered by one, though: the ones that cross systems, must cite a source, or fall under audit. Here is how to tell which kind you have before you sign anything.
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Inteligencia artificial para fiduciarias: qué tareas se pueden automatizar hoy (y cuáles no)
La IA ya puede encontrar una cláusula, armar el borrador de una rendición o detectar un legajo incompleto. No puede decidir, firmar ni reportar a la UIF por usted. Un mapa tarea por tarea, con la norma aplicable en cada caso.
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Rendición de cuentas del fiduciario: qué exige la ley y cómo prepararla sin armarla a mano cada vez
El art. 1675 del Código Civil y Comercial obliga al fiduciario a rendir cuentas al menos una vez al año, y el contrato no puede dispensarlo. Qué exige la ley, qué contiene una buena rendición y cómo dejar de armarla a mano en cada período.
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How to choose a nearshore software development company: an evaluation guide
Choosing a nearshore vendor is choosing specific people and specific contract terms, not a country. A buyer's guide to the checks, questions, red flags, pilot structure and clauses that decide whether the engagement works.
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Software outsourcing vs staff augmentation: which fits your team
Outsourcing means someone else owns delivery and you buy an outcome. Augmentation means you keep ownership and buy capacity. A practical guide to which one your situation actually calls for.
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What AI agents can actually automate
An agent is a model that can call your tools in a loop. That makes some workflows dramatically cheaper and others quietly dangerous. Here is how to tell them apart before you build.
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Why AI pilots stall before production
Most AI pilots succeed on curated data, one clean workflow and an audience that wants to be impressed. Production has none of those. Here is what actually breaks between the two, and how to design a pilot that tells you something true.
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RAG, fine-tuning or just a better prompt?
Teams reach for fine-tuning when they need retrieval, and for retrieval when they need a better prompt. The three approaches solve different problems. Here is how to tell which one your problem is.
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Hiring senior engineers in Argentina: what to expect
An orientation for North American buyers hiring in Argentina for the first time: the talent pool, the timezone, and the engagement-model question that decides most of the practical difficulty.
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What US time-zone overlap actually changes day to day
Overlap is not about meetings. It is about how long a question takes to answer, and what that latency does to code review, unblocking, incidents and how much you have to specify up front.
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Nearshore vs offshore software development: an honest comparison
Offshore is often cheaper and often the right call. Nearshore buys timezone overlap and the communication bandwidth that comes with it. Here is how to tell which one your project needs.
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What "senior-only" means in practice
Most agencies with a large bench have a structural reason to put whoever is free on your project. A shop that hand-picks per engagement does not. Here is the mechanism, the cases where it does not matter, and how to check the claim yourself.
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