it's been 48h since i started using @lovable_dev now i'm the proud owner of 4 non-functioning web apps.

@wguidara We spend 51 weeks spread across time zones. Most of our work doesn’t need us in the same room. But understanding the person behind the Slack name does. One week together seems to be enough to carry us through.

@wguidara Suddenly everyone’s trying them, asking questions, swapping stories about where they’re from. Small moment. But those are exactly the kinds of bridges we need when the rest of the year is async.

@wguidara Then, of course, the most “personal” moment of the week had nothing to do with tech. During one of the breaks, people started sharing snacks they’d brought from home. One person, then another.

@wguidara Our challenge at Remotely is figuring out how to use technology to make every customer and prospect interaction feel personal and unique to them. It’s harder than it sounds when you’re trying to scale.

One session stuck with me. We did a workshop inspired by Unreasonable Hospitality - @wguidara's approach from Eleven Madison Park. The core idea: create unique, personal experiences that customers remember forever. That hit close to home for us.

We just wrapped our annual offsite. Once a year, we bring the whole team together for a week. This year’s theme was “challenge everything.” Remotely is doing well, but we wanted to carve out time to look at where we’re doing good work and figure out how to push it to great.

One of our devs got a $1k bonus this week from the client. That’s the kind of thing you’ll never see in traditional staff aug. The money wouldn’t even make it to the engineer. With our model, it does.

Can't wait to see how her investment portfolio performance evolves once she is out.

And as an industry, we might need to shift our thinking from efficiency alone toward continuity. Because if we cut off the starting line, it’s only a matter of time before the finish line gets crowded and empty.

If you're a junior developer, seek out open-source projects, freelance work, or even volunteer contributions that show what you can do in the absence of formal experience. A track record doesn't have to come from a job title.

It’s worth asking what role each of us can play whether as hiring managers, team leads, or founders. If you're hiring, consider whether every role truly requires years of experience. Look for signs of capability, curiosity, and commitment, not just a polished resume.

Over time, this dynamic erodes the early-career pipeline. Without space for people to begin, grow, and learn on the job, we risk ending up with a shallow pool of experienced talent in the years ahead.

Even grads from top CS programs are finding it difficult to secure roles. And when companies do post junior positions, they are often filled by senior ICs who are more immediately productive.

Grads today are facing what’s often called the “experience paradox.” They’re expected to show proof of work before anyone is willing to give them the opportunity to build it.

Companies are moving away from investing in potential and are instead seeking candidates who can deliver immediate results. That may be practical in the short term, especially with leaner teams and tighter budgets but it comes at a long-term cost.

Entry-level hiring has dropped more than 50% since 2019. That’s a wild stat. As mid- and senior-level hiring recovers, opportunities for new graduates continue to decline. This reflects a broader shift in hiring philosophy.

POV you're an offshore dev on the other side of the world from headquarters

People keep saying “AI is killing storytelling.” We’ve seen the opposite. AI is not erasing creativity. It’s exposing how little room there is for new voices in the old system. Hollywood made storytelling expensive. Streaming made it predictable. AI is making it accessible

It’s not a magic “10x engineer in your inbox by Friday” promise. We’re just a system that gives great senior developers the context and support to actually thrive. We’d have killed for that when we were scaling the first time. Now we’re building it for round two.

We’re not trying to make offshoring sound cooler than it is. It’s hard. It takes ops, systems, and continuous commitment. But once you crack it, it changes everything. So we built Remotely to make that the default.