Scaling SaaS for CEOs - New Ebook that Will Help You Understand the SaaS Development Process
Olga Trąd
We’ve pooled together our best resources to create a comprehensive step-by-step guide on how to build your development team, scale your SaaS product and avoid mistakes commonly made by product owners. Inside this free ebook, you will find tips on how to get started, what strategies to use along the way and what skill sets you’re going to need to ensure the success of your product.
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When you’re thinking about the most successful startup hubs in Europe, the first cities that come to your mind are probably London or Berlin. The tech scene in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) isn’t far behind, though. Warsaw, Budapest, Tallinn and Prague – to name a few – are home for many renowned companies that have made it to the international market. Prezi, a popular presentation software that allows users to present their ideas on a zoomable virtual canvas, is a case in point. Very few people know, however, that it was founded in Budapest. Just like all the promising startups we list below. All of them have the capability and resources to expand dynamically, so chances are they will grow successfully on the global market.
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AWS Lightsail Review - Amazon's New Solution for Fast Setup and Effortless Management
Rafał Mossakowski
As Ruby on Rails developers, we have used AWS for a long time at Netguru. Amazon’s services such as S3, EC2 or RDS made our work not only easier and more convenient but also increased the security of many projects. A few months ago, during re:Invent 2016, which took place in Las Vegas, Amazon launched a new service, and we think we are all going to fall in love with it. The new service is AWS Lightsail.
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There are times when certain ideas become relevant so quickly that it’s hard to ignore them. If you are linked to the programming industry in any way, you have probably heard about GraphQL, a technology created by Facebook in response to real problems they faced. Some may still be sceptical about it, but others see it as an improvement on REST APIs. In this article, I am going to show you why GraphQL is a viable solution for both new and existing applications and what its advantages are when compared to REST.
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Just like last year, we asked our designers to share their vision of the upcoming UX trends for 2017, and they have some interesting insights. Every response, besides other things, mentioned two trends: new ways of interacting with users – either through AR, VR or voice UI, and improvements to more standard technologies, such as better UI animations or microinteractions. We are looking forward to seeing these predictions come true.
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After studying how successful people and other designers spend their time and after looking at their schedules hour by hour, I established that it might not be enough to create a bulletproof plan for achieving my deeply desired goals. Things like routines, habits, deep work and self-discipline appeared at least just as important as planning for the process of achieving goals.
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Many startups out there are built on the basis of fantastic ideas that could change the world or bring new value to the market, yet many of them fail. At Netguru, we’re involved in about 160 projects a year. We’ve been through the development journey of many startups and new projects within established businesses and we’ve witnessed stories we think are worth sharing.
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In the previous parts of the Phoenix series, I wrote about Phoenix framework models and migrations, in particular about how they compare to models and migrations in Rails and also about the first steps in Phoenix. In today’s blog post, I would like to tell you a little bit about the whole lifecycle of a request: from the moment it’s sent by a web browser to receiving a response from the same client. The whole lifecycle can be described in nine steps:
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Effective teamwork won’t happen without a common ground established among all members. Rules and goals that everyone agree to respect are key to a successful cooperation in any kind of project.
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Peter John and Steve Dailey are founders of Helpr, a facilitating platform that aims at improving the personal care services market in the UK. Helpr connects care workers directly with people looking for their services. The providers earn up to 66% more than in the traditional British care system, while the clients pay up to 20% less for their services. The project is run as a social enterprise and prioritizes quality of service over profit. Peter and Steve told us how they business has been going.
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