Insights from people who build products

Before you design screens for a neobank app, decide whose licence holds the money. How the three routes differ, the eight parts a first release needs, and what you may promise customers about their money.

Half of developers now work fully or mostly remote. If you hire a development team, the communication rules decide how much of your week goes to chasing answers. Here are nine rules to agree before the team starts, with time zones, channels and a week-one plan.

The nine logistics trends of 2022, checked in 2026, plus the EU rules that now shape logistics software: eFTI, smart tachographs for vans and the Data Act. What to buy, what to build first and what a first version costs.

Six steps to choose a software development company: write a one-page brief, pick the engagement model, shortlist companies with proof you can check, compare their own prices, score the answers and start with a small paid step.

What counts as a security incident for a software product, and a one-page runbook for a small team: what to prepare, what to do in the first hour and day, and what to change afterwards.

Hyperautomation means automating a whole business process, not one task, by combining workflow tools, integrations, bots, AI and people who approve. How to map the process, which tool fits each step, what the tools cost in 2026, and where to start.

What a good password manager does for a product team, the current rules for storing your users’ passwords, and where API keys and other secrets belong in your app.

Project manager or Scrum Master? What each role owns under the PMBOK Guide (Eighth Edition, November 2025) and the 2020 Scrum Guide, a side-by-side table, which one your project needs, when one person can do both, and what each costs in an outsourced team.

Upskilling, AI personalisation, immersive learning, subscriptions and gamification were the 2022 edtech trends. Here is what each means for a new learning product in 2026, the rules to check first, and what a first version costs.

Which front-end stack to pick for a new web app: React, Next.js, Vue or Angular, chosen by what your pages do, who will look after the code and the speed targets to write into the brief.

How to plan a healthy eating app: pick the food decision you make easier, get nutrient data from USDA’s free database, know the FDA and Apple rules on health claims, and split payments between in-app purchase and card.

Which parts of your operations should run on a ready-made ERP and which need your own software. The signs you need one, three routes compared, per-user math with 2026 list prices, SAP’s maintenance dates, and what we learned building around and instead of ERP.