Hunter Software Consulting

Bigger is better, right?

I periodically return to several ideas, as I talk to founders.

Recently I had the pleasure of taking a workshop by Jeff Patton.

It’s overly pithy to reduce things to a binary, but I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again.

So, there’s a story I frequently tell about my first “real” job.

I keep returning to loops lately, with my work with engineering organizations (and with how popular AI loops have been across LinkedIn).

“What got you here won’t get you there” applies not only to founders, but to the organizations they build.

I’m often asked “what does a fCPTO, really”?

“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place.

One thing that strikes me recently is how disparate AI adoption has become.

I’ve said it a few times, and I’ll say it again - AgentEx is DevEx.

I’m frequently asked why some people see more success with AI than others.

One concept I keep returning to is that of local maxima.

What models are capable of and what they aren’t capable of continues to astound me.

Hunter has been instrumental as I am working on building my product and scaling my business.

Over the past year, Hunter has continued to be an invaluable advisor to me and to PathSynch.

Hunter is very experienced and insightful.

What is a weirdness budget?

I really see this moment as an inflection point (as so many recent moments have been).

I’d like to preface with a disclaimer: I do think you should be using agentic tools and engaging with them.

One interesting failure I see in many startups is a lack of a career ladder.

Core values are a concept I return to time and time again, across the companies I advise.

I’ve joined many engineering organizations, and there’s one metric I return to that differentiated successful organizations from unsuccessful ones - time to onboard, as measured by time to first release.

Process orientation vs outcome orientation has been debated endlessly over the years.

The Iron Triangle is a classic model of constraints.

Many companies come to me with questions about early technical hiring.

I’ve had full rewrites come up several times recently, and so I wanted to write about them.

At the current moment, “Shadow AI” and “SaaS is dead” are two popular topics.

I have frequent conversations (and frequently see conversations on LinkedIn) focused on whether Codex, Cursor, or Gemini is the best too.

Do you have an idea for an app?

Our corporate culture today has a recurring message that I think is extremely problematic: that Engineering should be special and different from other organizations.

In talking with founders about their AI strategy, I’ve noticed consolidation into two major camps of AI assisted acceleration: Planners and Experimenters.

I had a few recurring conversations recently in one of my communities: Engineers were preparing high volumes of code in pull requests, that were then getting jammed up in review.

Services Link to heading Most of the companies I talk to are spending a fortune on engineering and can’t say what they’re getting for it.

About Me Link to heading I’m Hunter, and this is Hunter Software Consulting.

Hunter Software Consulting is that energetic advisor that blends engineering rigor with practical founder empathy.

Hunter is in the elite category of advisors I’ve worked with, and for good reason.

Hunter Software Consulting is the advisor you call when you need clarity and momentum.

Hunter Software Consulting has been a reliable, high-leverage resource for PathSynch and for other founders in my community.