Insights

Readiness 2030: The Acidity Test for the European Way of Doing Things

Can the whole continent act like a massive startup?

Aug 13 • 

Ignacio Chechile

Non-Recurring (and Usually Non-Believable) Cost Estimation in Startups

In a startup, non-recurring cost (NRC) estimation is usually performed on the same laptop that runs payroll, investor slide decks, and Spotify.

Aug 8 • 

Ignacio Chechile

July 2025

The MOSFET: The Microscopic Ruler of the AI Race

A road paved with lots of imperfect competition

Jul 28 • 

Ignacio Chechile

June 2025

From Genes to Teams

The invention of individuals was an evolutionary masterstroke, transforming countless independent cells into coherent entities capable of purposeful…

Jun 3 • 

Ignacio Chechile

May 2025

The Icebreaker

Why No One Wants to Be First

May 27 • 

Ignacio Chechile

From Skunkworks to Production, and Back

Inside the organizational tension between the established and the future

May 14 • 

Ignacio Chechile

Hail to the Breadboard

The problem has been there for ages: how do you develop embedded software when you still don’t have the target hardware?

May 11 • 

Ignacio Chechile

April 2025

Configurability in Times of Complexity

In the design of modern technological systems, a persistent challenge surfaces as complexity increases: the difficulty of managing configurability.

Apr 30 • 

Ignacio Chechile

SaaS Empty Promises

Or Why Excel is Not Going Anywhere

Apr 21 • 

Ignacio Chechile

Who's Thinking the Business?

An Ode To Overthinking

Apr 9 • 

Ignacio Chechile

March 2025

Making Decisions With No Data

Have you ever looked at the sky and thought how the heck did the Ancient Greeks see a monster out of a few, random bright dots?

Mar 22 • 

Ignacio Chechile

February 2025

GPUs in the Sky With Diamonds

The modern narrative around artificial intelligence (AI) often fixates on chips as saviors, but there's more than what meets the eye.

Feb 20 • 

Ignacio Chechile