I recently had the opportunity to spend some time in Cali, Colombia, attending an event organized by ProColombia and a series of meetings set up for our by Invest Pacific. These meetings were all focused on the benefits of establishing...
I was honored to recently be featured on the LATAM FDI podcast in a conversation with host Steven Colantuoni. The episode focused on strategies for accessing nearshore technical talent in Latin America and the evolving landscape for U.S....
Scaling a software team quickly is one of the biggest challenges for growing tech companies. With high developer salaries and fierce competition for talent in the US, many companies struggle to find the right engineers at the right time....
We’re proud to share that Rafael Amberths, AgilityFeat’s Panama Operations Manager, has launched an AI Tinkerers Panama chapter. AI Tinkerers is a global, curated network of AI professionals, researchers, and innovators hosting events in...
As the Colombia Operations Manager for AgilityFeat's nearshore staffing and software development services, I’ve had the opportunity to closely observe how technology is taking a leading role in the development of various regions of the...
I recently attended UXDX USA 2025 in New York. As I talked to various Product Owners, I thought to myself: If I were a manager in a large enterprise right now, I’d probably be pretty frustrated. Not because large enterprises lack smart...
Small and mid-sized businesses with 100, 50, or even just 20 employees are now doing something that used to require Fortune 500 budgets and infrastructure: they’re launching remote subsidiaries. What was once the exclusive territory of...
The tech industry is facing a hiring paradox. While engineering teams increasingly rely on AI tools like GitHub Copilot’s AI Pair Programmer and ChatGPT’s AI Coding Assistant to code smarter and faster, many companies are desperately...
In December 2012, AgilityFeat received a call from a logistics software company looking for a team that could build a proof of concept for an innovative real-time data dashboard. This was the beginning of a business relationship that has...
Scaling a FinTech technical team quickly, without compromising the critical priorities of operational control, security, compliance, or capacity for innovation, is essential. Latin America offers compelling cost advantages and excellent...
AI is advancing at an astonishing pace—especially with the rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs). It seems like every few weeks there's a new breakthrough, new tools, or new best practices. For software leaders, this pace can...
On May 14, 2025, as part of our ongoing collaboration efforts with local institutions in Panama, I had the opportunity to represent AgilityFeat at the first 2025 Job Fair organized by the Faculty of Computer Systems Engineering at the...
As AI-driven tools become embedded in everything from chat interfaces to search engines, a new UX temptation has emerged: designing primarily for the machine. We see interfaces stripped down for AI consumption, user flows restructured to...
At AgilityFeat and WebRTC.ventures, delivering advanced Large Language Model (LLM) solutions has quickly become a key growth area for our business. To maintain our edge in this rapidly evolving field, our expert team is dedicated to...
The tech hiring market is facing a growing disconnect. While remote teams have opened the doors to global talent, it has also brought a new challenge: an influx of candidates using AI to inflate their resumes, complete coding challenges,...
If you've ever had a critical backend role sit open for months, you're not alone. It's a common challenge we hear from tech leaders: “We’ve had a position open for a while but we just can’t seem to find the right person. We do have...
Recently, we’ve all been thrown into a crash course in prompting AI, learning how to ask chatbots the right questions to get the output we want. But there's a gap between casual prompting and integrating an LLM into a production-grade...
Recently, members of our AgilityFeat and WebRTC.ventures teams gathered in Panamá for an AI training session. Although we’ve already helped multiple clients build successful AI-powered products, we wanted to establish best practices that...
You’ve probably heard before that if you multitask too much, you are not really accomplishing anything. This is especially true for software development teams, which often face multiple stakeholders pushing conflicting priorities—each...
Recently, one of our engineering leaders was interviewing a candidate for a job posting. We specifically required that the candidate be located in Latin America, and the candidate claimed to be a Brazilian in Brazil. While we are...
One-on-one meetings, also often referred to as "1-1s" or “O3s,” are a powerful tool for leaders to connect with their team members on an individual level. This is especially important when managing remote or nearshore teams, where regular...
Are you waiting to hire technical talent because you think the next LLM release will make your engineering team obsolete? That’s understandable given that AI undeniably helps software developers with parts of their job, but these...
For engineering managers and CFOs, the success of nearshoring software development teams isn’t just about hiring skilled developers or optimizing costs—it’s about building a cohesive team that feels united, regardless of location. When...
Generative AI (GenAI) has taken the world by storm, with undeniable potential to transform industries. In a special episode of the Scaling Tech Podcast, I spoke with Sanjiv Augustine, CEO of Lithespeed and a leading voice in agile...
Nearshoring has become a popular strategy for engineering managers and CFOs looking to expand their development teams efficiently. The ability to collaborate with skilled developers in nearby time zones, often at a lower cost, makes it an...