Together with the rise of user-based insurance (UBI) policies, telematics is one of the digital innovations bound to have a massive impact on the insurance industry.

If you want to build a product, you can’t do it by yourself. You need a hard-working and fully devoted team. Unfortunately, sometimes there are tensions and misunderstandings between members. It’s important to know how to deal with them and help people with their workflow. I will look closer at the relationship between UX designers and developers. What can we do to improve this cooperation, how can we build understanding, and what are the profits for business and product?

This fintech is probably less known than many companies such as those operating in B2C markets. But OakNorth Holdings proved that it is possible to scale to the unicorn status in a market niche as long as you’ve the right strategy.

Python is one of the hottest languages on the tech scene right now. Why? Well, it’s easy to learn, code in, and apply to different problems. No wonder that developers and businesses alike love it. At the same time, a technological breakthrough is changing the world of software and business – the ability to process huge amounts of data and glean useful insights from it. What do Python and big data have to do with each other? Well, the former happens to be the perfect tool to process the latter. How so? Read on to find out!

According to Statista’s estimations, in 2018 52.2% of all worldwide online traffic was generated through mobile phones. However, trends have changed in mobile app development. There’s been a major shift from native to cross-platform development, as well as other alternatives like Progressive Web Apps. On the other hand, native development is growing strong thanks to technologies such as AR, VR or AI. How do you pick the right solution for your business? Choose a partner that will help you make the right decision.

A well-organized supply chain has always been a powerful source of competitive advantage. It's even more so in today's interconnected economy. With the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, logistics departments can solve complex optimization problems, cutting forecasting errors by half and reducing losses in sales caused by product unavailability by up to 65%, according to a recent paper by McKinsey Global Institute.

In healthcare, getting the diagnosis right – and getting it in time – is key to any successful treatment. It’s a matter of utmost importance, as revealed in the research on postmortem examinations: diagnostic errors are responsible for about 10% of patient deaths in total. The study also suggests that these errors contribute to 6-17% of all adverse events in hospitals.

Organizations that want to thrive on the current market need to ride the wave of digital transformation. Smart enterprises are now investing in enterprise application development services for boosting their financial operations, improving their employees’ productivity, and managing their resources with top efficiency in mind. When it comes to bespoke software development, Python is one of the top technologies in the field.

Python has been growing rapidly in comparison to other programming languages. There are a few reasons behind it – it’s fast, secure, battle-tested by top tech players and, more importantly, it’s getting more and more attention in the data science world. At Netguru, one of our core values is innovation. We want to work with the most effective solutions that match our clients’ needs. That’s why we couldn’t ignore the power of Python.

What does it take to launch a successful startup? What are the key elements you should be aware of when choosing first hires, signing a deal with VC, and growing your startup?

The life of a sales rep? Lead generation, profiling and scoring - sales representatives spend the majority of their time on repetitive and time-consuming tasks. Time, in a way, wasted. Instead, they should be focusing on building genuine relationships with prospects and cutting deals.

Moonfare is a company providing its users - professional and semi-professional investors - with access to top private equity funds. The company has already developed an impressive network of skilled professionals who helped to build a successful offline product. However, Moonfare also strives to run its services online and, in doing so, it wants to offer unparalleled experience both in terms of accessibility and performance to its demanding customers.

Skin cancer is the most common form of malignancy that affects human populations all over the world. In the US, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year than with all other cancer types combined. The mortality rates from melanoma skin cancer have risen by 156% in the UK.

AI and the big data revolution have already made a huge impact in sectors such as retail, healthcare, education, and autonomous driving. Now, manufacturing is experiencing rapid transformation thanks to a combination of AI and advanced technologies like the Internet of Things.

Python is one of the best and most popular programming languages on the technology market. Thanks to its power and versatility, it can be used for a range of applications – from simple scripts, to data analysis, to machine learning (ML). Which is why in 2018, we decided to include both Python and ML in our core tech stack at Netguru. During this intense year, we have grown our Python team to 11 experienced developers and built a number of applications using the language. Some examples include:

At Netguru we create beautiful software for clients from all over the world. However, it’s not everything that we do in here. Every once in a while we have an idea, concept or simply we want to challenge ourselves in a creative and meaningful way. By doing so we’re able to create awesome things like Car Lens - ML project. We still want more!

Nowadays, almost everyone uses WiFi at home, workplace, or even when commuting. When there is no wireless network available, we connect to the mobile network. Does it mean that we shouldn't be concerned with the availability of network when making custom mobile apps? Not really. There are many scenarios where a short period of no connectivity can ruin your app’s "smoothness".

In order to create easily maintainable websites, a lot of companies decide to use content management systems (CMS). This way a lot of features like adding content, authorizing, and administration can be easily taken care of without a lot of programming knowledge. There are a lot of CMSs and they vary a lot, but most of them share the same idea of giving the user the ability to manage his website the easiest way possible. The most popular CMSs are created in PHP and one of them is Drupal, the third-most popular system. It is mostly used to create knowledge bases and business blogs. However, if we look at the recent popularity of programming languages, we can easily notice that Python is gaining more and more popularity and PHP is going the other way. In this case, we will take a look at three Python-based CMSs and compare them with Drupal and see what comes of it.

Python frameworks can be divided into a few areas as Python is a very diverse language and can be used in various fields. Each of these fields has its own frameworks, some of which are more popular than others. One of the most popular fields Python is applied in is web development, which we will focus on today.

In the world of app development, performance optimization is a never-ending, yet necessary, job. One that can be fairly rewarding - and not only in terms of developers’ personal satisfaction... First and foremost, better performance very often leads to higher conversion and user retention rates, which is directly connected with profit gains.