The PulseRepo blog

Plain-language guides for founders, clients, and investors who pay for software they can't read - how to tell what's really going on, and which questions to ask.

• 5 red flags in a handed-off codebase (and how to spot them without reading code)The demo looked done - but was it built well? Five things that quietly go wrong in a codebase you inherited, and how to spot each one without reading code.
• Code analysis vs process analysis: why your code tools won't tell you if your team is in troubleYou found ten tools that "understand your codebase" - and none answered your real question. The difference between analyzing code and analyzing how it gets built, and why it matters.
• Beyond GitHub Insights: reading your git history as questions, not vanity chartsGitHub Insights counts commits and lines and calls it a dashboard. But activity isn't health. What to read instead - the questions your git history actually raises.
• What happens to your code if your lead developer quits tomorrowThe resignation message is polite and calm. What happens to your product next depends on choices you make before it ever arrives. Here's how to be ready.
• What is bus factor, and why your startup probably has a bus factor of 1How many people would have to leave before your project is in trouble? For a lot of startups the answer is one. What bus factor means - and how to check yours.
• How to tell if your outsourced dev team is doing good work (without being technical)You can't read the code - but you can read the signals around it. Six things that tell you whether an outsourced team is doing good work, no technical skills required.
• 7 questions to ask your software contractor at every sprint reviewYou don't need to read code to run a sharp sprint review. Seven questions that turn a demo into a real conversation about how the work is going.