Insight

Engineering velocity without a rewrite

2026-01-247 min read

Ways to speed up a product team without burning months on a full rebuild.

Measure before you change

Track cycle time, deploy frequency, and failure rate for two weeks. These point to the real bottlenecks.

Fix the slow loops

Build times, flaky tests, and unclear review standards are common causes of slow delivery.

Target those before you touch architecture.

Refactor the edges

Pick one messy flow and clean it up fully. This raises the quality bar and creates a working pattern.

Make changes visible

Weekly demos and small releases keep stakeholders aligned and reduce last-minute rewrites.

More insights

View all

Need hands-on support with software consulting, design systems, or AI workflows?