James Hitch • 12 min
A fake job interview led to a $6.3 billion Binance heist. Is your team next?
Technology
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James Hitch • 13 min
One command erased GitLab's production database. What to do the morning after
Offshore Hiring
James Hitch • 15 min
Nine years in court over the Bratz sketches. Who owns your contractor's code?
Startup
James Hitch • 21 min
After the Claude Code extension backdoor: how to vet IDE extensions for a team
Technology
James Hitch • 22 min
How to protect your startup's domain from registrar suspension
Technology
James Hitch • 20 min
Hiring an engineer leaving big tech: what a startup should check first
Startup
James Hitch • 28 min
Vendor acquired: what should a startup do in the next 90 days?
Startup
James Hitch • 32 min
After PHP2Shell: critical vulnerability response for a small team in the first 48 hours
Technology
James Hitch • 31 min
Click-to-cancel requirements: how to build a cancel flow that passes
Software Development
James Hitch • 19 min
Runway is short. What do you cut from engineering first?
Startup
James Hitch • 21 min
How to write a statement of work for a software project
Software Development
James Hitch • 23 min
How many people should review a pull request on a small team?
Offshore Hiring
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The 2025 Vetting Cycle, In Numbers.
11,422
developers assessed
223
developers onboarded
6–8 hrs of vetting per applicant onboarded · 1.95% acceptance rate
Before RocketDevs, this team shipped at
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hours of live production engineering
100,000+
developer interviews since day one
100,000+
11,422
developers assessed in 2025
223
onboarded
2 in 100
pass and get onboarded
6–8 hrs
of vetting per applicant onboarded
14-day
risk-free trial period