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9 pagesOnly Need One Developer? What a Small Team Should Know Before Adding One
Many small companies start with one developer, and that works. One developer is a vulnerable position wherever they sit: when your only back-end developer is ill or leaves, the work stops and the search starts again, and
Can Developers Outside the EU Work on Your Systems? GDPR, Security and the Limits
In most cases, yes, and the work to get there is smaller than it looks from the outside. Neither GDPR nor NIS2 forbids working with people outside the EU; they ask for the right contractual arrangements and for security
Does a Remote Developer Need to Speak Dutch? Working in English or French
In most development teams, yes. Bringing in someone who works in English feels like extra work: meetings, tickets and documentation that suddenly have to be in another language. In practice the code, the tools and much o
Tunga's Terms and Pricing: Rate, Notice, Absence and Replacement
Before talking to a staffing partner, most companies want to know two things: what it costs, and how easy it is to stop. Tunga charges an hourly rate of €26-37, invoiced monthly on the hours actually worked, so holidays
When a Developer Leaves: How Continuity and Replacement Work at Tunga
When a developer leaves or the fit isn't right, the real cost is starting over: a new search, a new onboarding, and the knowledge of your product that leaves with them. At Tunga, a professional who leaves or isn't workin
After a Bad Experience With Offshore Development: What Usually Went Wrong
When an offshore or nearshore team disappoints, the cause is usually one of a few well-documented failure modes: people rotating off your account, more coordination work than the rate suggested, a team that builds what i
8 Questions to Ask a Nearshore or Offshore Development Partner Before You Sign
Before you sign with a nearshore or offshore partner, the useful questions are the ones that test how these partnerships usually fail: turnover, hidden coordination work, proactivity, who actually does the work, how bad
Hiring a Developer Locally or Through Tunga: Which Is Actually Easier?
Hiring locally feels easier, mostly because working with someone nearby feels easier. The bigger difference is in what comes after finding someone: the contract, what happens when someone is ill or the fit isn't right, a
What Tunga Is: Not Recruitment, Not Outsourcing, Not a Platform
Tunga is closest to a staffing agency, with two differences: the professionals work remotely from their own country, and Tunga keeps the role filled for as long as it runs. Software engineers, AI operators, product manag
How AI is changing the way you work
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3 pagesDevelopers Stretched Too Thin? Adding Capacity Without Adding to Their Load
When good developers are stretched too thin, adding people is the obvious fix, but every new person also brings work: finding and vetting, contracts, onboarding, a new search when someone leaves, and someone to direct wh
Alternatives to Hiring Developers Locally: Nearshore, Asia, Your Own Hub or Africa
When local hiring is too slow or too expensive, European companies usually look at four alternatives: a nearshore partner in Eastern or Southern Europe, an offshore partner in Asia, their own hub abroad, or professionals
Can't Get Your Development Team Staffed? Your Options When the Roadmap Slips
When a developer vacancy has been open for months and the roadmap is slipping, there are four realistic routes: keep searching locally with more help, bring in a freelancer, hand a defined piece of work to a development
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