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Field guides for hiring and leading remote teams

Playbooks, checklists, interview kits and job descriptions from the team that has vetted 3,000+ engineers. Free, practical and ready to use this week.

  • 15 guides and checklists
  • 15 interview kits
  • 10 job descriptions
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Guide/13 chapters/22 min read

The Remote Hiring Playbook

Most companies that fail at remote hiring don't have a bad team. They have a bad process. This playbook gives engineering managers and hiring leads a repeatable system they can run starting this week.

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Guides

Guides and playbooks

Long-form guides on hiring, managing and growing remote teams. Read the first chapters here and take the full PDF with you.

Guide/4 chapters/3 min read

30/60/90 Performance Review Guide

Companion to The Remote Hiring Playbook. Read this before each milestone 1:1. It tells you what to evaluate, what good looks like, what to ask, and how to decide at 90 days.

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Guide/10 chapters/17 min read

Nearshore vs Offshore: The Decision Guide

Offshore sounds cheaper on paper. In practice, the hidden costs erase the savings for most companies. This guide gives you the real math, a weighted decision matrix, and a transition playbook if you are ready to switch.

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Guide/10 chapters/25 min read

How to Manage Remote Developers

Managing remote developers is not the same as managing in-office developers remotely. Different rules. Different tools. Different instincts. This guide covers the frameworks, templates, and rituals that actually work.

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Guide/10 chapters/12 min read

What You Should Notice in Interviews That Are Not Spoken

A visual, two-column guide for interviewers who want to catch the behavioral green and red flags that predict real job performance. Built from thousands of screening conversations.

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Guide/10 chapters/9 min read

What to Expect from a New Team Member: 1 Week, 1 Month, 6 Months, 1 Year

A practical timeline for engineering managers and team leads who want to set realistic expectations for new developers. Covers week 1 through year 1, with clear benchmarks, red flags, and manager responsibilities at each stage.

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Whitepaper/11 chapters/15 min read

How AI Is Transforming Development in 2026

A practical, honest report for CTOs and engineering leaders on what AI can and cannot do for development teams in 2026. Covers AI-assisted workflows, the new developer skill set, vibe coding, team structure shifts, quality tradeoffs, tooling, hiring, and a 90-day adoption roadmap.

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Guide/12 chapters/22 min read

Soft Skills for Remote Teams

A 10-chapter guide covering effective communication, async workflows, trust-building, conflict resolution, time management, boundaries, self-leadership, feedback, cultural sensitivity, and continuous learning for remote engineers and managers.

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Guide/21 chapters/63 min read

AI Coding in 2026: From Prompt to Production

A practical guide for working developers integrating AI agents into daily engineering in 2026. Covers what vibe coding actually is (and isn't) with the spectrum from throwaway prototypes to AI-orchestrated production engineering, why the 2026 model and tooling generation crossed the threshold, the current tool ecosystem (Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro, Antigravity, Windsurf, Copilot, plus full-app generators and autonomous agents), interaction modes (agent, plan, debug, ask), the disciplined Plan-Check-Refine-Build-Test-Commit loop, the shift from prompt engineering to context engineering, named prompt patterns that work, the workflow pitfalls that catch most developers, codebase understanding, performance optimization, AI-powered code review, agent skills, MCP, and a one-page cheat sheet.

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Guide/13 chapters/33 min read

Your First Steps with AI Coding: Build a Real Next.js App with Cursor + Claude

A practical, copy-pasteable walkthrough for working developers new to Cursor + Claude. Builds and ships a real Next.js 16 + TypeScript + Tailwind + Supabase magic-link todo app from scratch. Teaches model switching (Opus 4.7 to plan, Sonnet 4.6 to build), Plan vs Agent modes, the three context layers (CLAUDE.md, .cursor/rules, skills from skills.sh), the disciplined Plan-Check-Refine-Build-Test-Commit loop, and a recovery playbook for when things go sideways. By the end the reader has a deployed app and the muscle memory of a real Cursor workflow.

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Checklists

Checklists and cheat sheets

Short, printable and made for the meeting you have tomorrow.

Checklist/5 parts

The Final 1-on-1 Checklist

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Checklist/6 parts

The Team Scaling Checklist

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Checklist/6 parts

Candidate Red Flags Cheat Sheet

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Checklist/8 parts

Reference Check Question Bank

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Checklist/6 parts

Developer Offboarding Checklist

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Interview Questions

Interview question kits

20 questions per stack, sorted by seniority, with what to listen for and the red flags.

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React20 real questions by seniority level. What to look for and red flags for each.Node.js20 questions covering event loop, streams, error handling, and production patterns.Python20 questions from data structures to async patterns and production debugging.TypeScript20 questions on type system depth, generics, utility types, and real-world patterns.Java20 questions on JVM internals, Spring Boot, concurrency, and system design.System Design20 questions on distributed systems, scaling, trade-offs, and architecture patterns.SQL & Database20 questions on query optimization, indexing, transactions, and data modeling.Go20 questions on goroutines, channels, error handling, and concurrency patterns.DevOps20 questions on CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, monitoring, and incident response.AWS & Cloud20 questions on EC2, Lambda, IAM, VPC, cost optimization, and multi-region architecture.React Native20 questions on navigation, native modules, performance, OTA updates, and cross-platform patterns.Angular20 questions on components, dependency injection, RxJS, change detection, and routing.Vue.js20 questions on reactivity, Composition API, Pinia, Vue Router, and Nuxt SSR.Docker & Kubernetes20 questions on containers, orchestration, Helm, scaling, and debugging production deployments.GraphQL20 questions on schema design, resolvers, N+1 problems, federation, and API security.

Job Descriptions

Job description templates

Complete job descriptions you can copy, adapt and post today.

All job descriptions
Frontend Developer Job DescriptionReady-to-use JD with responsibilities, requirements, and tools section. Copy and customize.Backend Developer Job DescriptionComplete JD for backend engineers covering APIs, databases, and infrastructure.Full-Stack Developer Job DescriptionEnd-to-end JD covering frontend, backend, databases, and deployment.DevOps Engineer Job DescriptionJD covering CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and monitoring.Data Engineer Job DescriptionJD for data pipeline, warehouse, and analytics infrastructure roles.ML/AI Engineer Job DescriptionJD covering model training, MLOps, LLM integrations, and production ML.Mobile Developer Job DescriptionJD for iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter development roles.QA Engineer Job DescriptionJD covering test strategy, automation frameworks, and quality processes.Product Manager Job DescriptionJD for PMs covering discovery, roadmapping, stakeholder management, and metrics.UI/UX Designer Job DescriptionJD for product designers covering research, Figma, design systems, and handoff.

Tools

Free tools

Calculators and generators for the numbers and drafts behind every hire.

Team Cost CalculatorConfigure your team by role and seniority. See US vs LATAM costs side by side.OpenTime Zone Overlap PlannerSee the working hours your US team shares with each Latin American city, daylight saving included.OpenJob Description GraderPaste a job description. Get a score in five areas, the fixes, and a rewritten version.OpenTake-Home Assignment GeneratorA fair, time-boxed assignment with a weighted scorecard and an AI tool policy.OpenJob Description GeneratorFill in the role details and get a complete job description, ready to post.OpenInterview Question GeneratorPick the stack, seniority and topics. Each question comes with what to listen for and red flags.OpenResume BuilderFor engineers: an ATS-friendly resume with strong verbs and real results.Open

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