Think Build Implement Repeat
London, UK · Lahore, PK +44 7367 067226 WhatsApp
FOLLOW f in X

Development capacity: problems we solve

15 problems development capacity bring us, each with the cause, what it costs and what we build to fix it.

Development capacity problems

15 articles

The Job Ad Has Been Up for Months. How Do I Get Development Work Moving Without the Hire?

Development capacity

Can't hire a developer fast enough and the work is piling up? Why hiring stalls and how SpiderHunts adds developers to your team while the search goes on.

My Freelance Developer Stopped Replying Halfway Through the Build. What Do I Do Now?

Development capacity

Freelancer disappeared mid-project with the code half built? How to secure what exists, assess it honestly and get it finished, and how SpiderHunts takes over.

The Agency Says the Project Is Finished, but It Keeps Breaking. How Do I Fix It Without Starting Again?

Development capacity

Previous agency delivered broken code and every fix breaks something else? SpiderHunts audits it, stabilises it and decides with you what to keep or replace.

Our Two Developers Can't Keep Up With the Roadmap. How Do We Stop Every Quarter Slipping?

Development capacity

Product roadmap slipping because your small dev team can't keep up? Why more people is not always the answer, and how SpiderHunts adds capacity where it helps.

Only One Person Understands Our System. How Do We Stop Depending on Them?

Development capacity

One developer knows everything about your system and you are one resignation away from trouble. How SpiderHunts spreads that knowledge before it walks out.

The App Is Built and the Developers Have Moved On. Who Looks After It Now?

Development capacity

No one to maintain your finished app once the build team has gone? What maintenance really involves and how SpiderHunts takes it on in a way you can see.

We Need AI Skills for One Project. Do We Really Have to Hire a Permanent AI Engineer?

Development capacity

Need an AI developer for a few months to get one project built? Why a permanent hire is often the wrong shape, and how SpiderHunts embeds AI engineers.

Our Developers Spend All Week Fixing Old Things. How Do We Get Them Building Again?

Development capacity

In-house team stuck on maintenance with no time for new features? Where the week goes and how SpiderHunts takes on upkeep so your developers can build again.

Our Offshore Developers Build the Wrong Thing and We Lose Days to Back-and-Forth. What Is Going Wrong?

Development capacity

Offshore team communication problems wasting days and producing the wrong features? The real causes, and how SpiderHunts sets up work across time zones.

We've Been Handed a Codebase With No Documentation. How Do We Safely Take It Over?

Development capacity

Inherited code with no documentation, no setup notes and nobody to ask? SpiderHunts maps it, makes it runnable and documents it so you can change it safely.

We Outsourced Development to Save Money and It Has Cost Far More Than Quoted. What Now?

Development capacity

Outsourced project over budget and still not finished? Why cheap quotes grow, and how SpiderHunts regains control of scope and cost on the remaining work.

Our Software Project Has Stalled. Should We Add Developers to Our Team or Hand It to an Outside Team?

Development capacity

Stalled project and unsure whether staff augmentation or outsourcing will restart it? Decide from the cause of the stall; SpiderHunts supports both.

We Pay an Outside Team Every Month and Have No Idea What They Actually Did. How Do We Get Visibility?

Development capacity

No visibility into what your outsourced developers do each month? What to ask for, what good reporting looks like, and how SpiderHunts makes work visible.

Our Nightly Import, Backup and Sync Jobs Sometimes Just Don't Run, and We Only Find Out Days Later. How Do We Catch It?

Development capacity

Overnight jobs failing silently: cron, Task Scheduler and queue workers that stop with no alert. SpiderHunts maps every job and adds run checks and alerts.

Nobody Wants to Work on Our Old System. How Do We Keep It Running and Move It Forward?

Development capacity

Can't find developers for your old tech stack and the system still runs the business? SpiderHunts keeps legacy code working and modernises it piece by piece.