# Writing

Essays on cross-border engineering, founder operations, and team design. By Federico Ramallo.

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    <h1>Essays on engineering, <em>operations</em>, and team design.</h1>
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      Long-form pieces on cross-border engineering, the operations that hold companies together,
      and the unglamorous decisions that compound. Updated occasionally.
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