Technology: insights from people who build products

When selecting a digital solution, many businesses have to decide: rely on retail software or pick a custom software development company. At first glance, there is nothing complicated. In the first case, you get quick automation that requires no extra cost, while in the second, you get a full-fledged product that entir...

Have you ever thought about creating a web or mobile app? Do you want it to promote an internal solution or present a new business product? In this case, you should hire a developer or an entire team to create an application for your needs. However, a small number of companies have in-house developers to assign the pro...

Any startup takes hundreds of hours and a lot of effort to put the idea into practice. And, of course, it requires having sufficient funds to develop a project of any scale.  But there is good news for startup founders: the global venture capital investment level continues to skyrocket. For instance, in 2021, this figu...

Delegating software development has become common practice in the era of global digital transformation. However, IT outsourcing pricing models may appear confusing for many small and mid-size businesses. Such companies usually don’t have the necessary resources to build in-house IT departments yet they need custom digi...

Crypto breaks borders, and that is why experts talk about its influence on the concept of economic freedom. It is the fundamental right of every human to control their labour and assets. Different levels of economic freedom distinguish various jurisdictions, and there is an opportunity for everyone to access digital co...

Agile is the general approach to developing quality software used by many teams worldwide. Over 80% of the companies implemented agile, but not all of them have a complete understanding of this process. And it is not surprising because agile has established itself as a group of the most advanced software development me...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed people’s perspectives on many things. And above all — their attitude to overall well-being. Long lockdowns and social distancing restrictions have given the health, fitness, and wellness industry an unprecedented boost. However, while the world is gradually returning to the pre-...

APIs have become an essential part of digital products we use every day without even noticing. Meanwhile, there are over 2.3 million API-related repositories on GitHub. What is an API? And why does everybody know the acronym, but only a few can explain it? In fact, APIs are everywhere. They work when you check the weat...

The education field has been known for its cumbersome nature over the past decades. But now, it implements all current solutions at a rapid pace. Therefore, the education technology industry evolved, and there are no signs of slowing down. During the last ten years, Edtech was turning into a huge multi-billion market f...

Both front-end and back-end technologies are rapidly growing. Moreover, the number of smartphone users rises every year, and developers should improve technologies that maintain these systems. Cloud services such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS have revolutionised the mobile development landscape. And now, microservices are ris...

Quality assurance and quality control approaches are well-known across industries. Moreover, they are often combined into a single term. Hence, people in software development use the QA/QC notion to describe the entire quality evaluation strategy with no clear differentiation. But this can be hard for newcomers because...

Neobanks (also challenger banks or online banks) have become new players in the industry that operate only in the digital ecosystem. Their target audience is retail customers and SMEs. As of February 2022, there are over 250 challenger banking systems worldwide, and the global neobanking market volume is expected to be...