Can a single mistake of a software developer ruin an entire company? The answer is yes, but only if the software development company doesn’t know how to learn from its past mistakes and grow as an organisation.
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Hi folks! I’m Darek, a leader and senior RoR developer at Netguru. I joined Netguru when it had 30 members, now we’ve grown to more than 210! Recently, I’ve had a very interesting problem to solve. We wanted to have better knowledge about what skills our people have, what they want to get better at and, last but not least, improve how we assign people to projects. That’s why we introduced “Skills”, a feature in “People”, one of our open-source projects. You can try it out yourself if you want. Let me walk you through the new features!
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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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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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Prague still has a long way to go before they can compete with top European startup hubs like London, Berlin or Amsterdam. That said, the city offers enormous untapped growth potential for emerging companies.
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During my days in Netguru, I had the pleasure to meet fantastic clients and teams. I spent many hours understanding their ideas, agreeing on application architectures, talking through the long-term development processes.
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Hitting a goal on time and within the budget requires a clever strategy and a battle-tested process. Without them, attaining your goals may be not only stressful but also ineffective, and may result in the product’s failure. Following a structured development process suggested by a software development company with all key roles filled will help you avoid it. A client may see progress faster at first with a full-time employee or a freelance contractor. But over time, the investment in an established process will show its benefits – usually as early as a few weeks into the partnership. How do you reach your goal fast and smart? Read our tips.
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Everything starts with an idea: coming up with an idea of a new product or developing an existing one. And the scenario is always the same. If you want to create something outstanding, you need to hire professionals. Even if you have an in-house dev team, you probably need at least a few more talents to manage the whole project and finally make it work.
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