# Icalia Labs Blog — Nearshore Engineering, AI & Agentic Delivery

> The Icalia Labs blog: engineers, founders, and operators on nearshore hiring, engineering costs, AI-augmented and agentic engineering, and forward-deployed teams.

Icalia Labs Blog

# The changelog of  
how we build.

Engineers, founders, and operators at Icalia Labs writing about nearshore teams, AI-augmented and agentic engineering, and what it takes to ship. Every entry is dated, so you can tell what we learned before the AI era from what we know now.

[Nearshore Hiring 1](/blog/topics/nearshore-hiring.html) [Software Development 1](/blog/topics/software-development.html)

Timeline AI era [2026](#y2026)

## 2026

AI era

1 article

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Latest · September 26, 2026

### How to Hire Software Engineers in Mexico: A US Guide

A practical guide for US companies hiring software engineers in Mexico: hiring models, legal setup, vetting, onboarding, and the mistakes to avoid.

Nearshore Hiring Read the article →

](/blog/how-to-hire-software-engineers-in-mexico.html)