Development Journeys Integrating Code into Legal Practice: How a Lawyer–Developer Mindset Transforms Service for Tech Clients For most technology businesses, the product is software: APIs, data pipelines, and AI systems. That means core legal questions—IP ownership, data rights, compliance—require a lawyer who understands the code, not just the contract language around it.
Startup Central Vibe Coding vs Offshore Outsourcing: A Risk Comparison for Startups Vibe coding delivers speed through AI-assisted development but risks technical debt and security gaps. Offshore outsourcing offers cost savings but introduces communication and oversight challenges. This comparison helps founders evaluate trade-offs based on their stage and priorities.
Development Journeys Finding the words to explain something basic I've been a developer longer than I've been a lawyer, and I thought that would make me a lawyer who understands technology. It did—but the harder skill turned out to be explaining technical concepts to legal audiences in ways that actually land.
Guides, Reviews & Commentary Bridging Law and Code: My Journey as a Tech-Savvy Lawyer I'm Alex Shahrestani, a lawyer with a background in computer science and managing partner of Promise Legal—a firm dedicated to serving technology companies. Here's how a dual background in law and code shapes a different kind of legal practice.
Legal Tech & Automation Demo for Latest Legal Tech Product For the past few years, I've dedicated myself to developing tools for my firm. This demo video walks through our latest legal tech product—built from years of workflow automation and hands-on development for law firm operations.
Development Journeys Cooperative Legal Tech That's why I'm starting a new collaborative project. I'm temporarily calling it the Shalalaw EXP, short for experiment and experience. I had planned what kind of blockchain project I would pursue, what governance would look like, and who I would bring on the projects.
