Recently I've given an internal presentation about so-called over-communication. What's that? It's a methodology (spirit, philosophy, doctrine...) that tries to help you with one of the ancient problems in IT - lack of communication. (Hold on, is it a problem, really? - you may think right now. The answer is...
In this interview, we talk to Tor Ivar Våge, founder of a Norwegian fitness app startup InfoGym about their journey from a touch-screen device you'd find in a gym to Best App of the Year 2016.
London. One of the world’s biggest startup hubs. Homeplace for Shazam, TransferWise, Funding Circle, ASOS and many more. London has become the capital for FinTech companies, and not without reason. But it should be more than that, right? Recently, I met with my friend Jack Thompson, Investor Relations Manager...
Nowadays, almost every Rails project has authentication delivered by a powerful devise gem. But, in some circumstances using this gem may be just like shooting a fly with a cannon. For instance, you want to create a simple API that gives access to resources via the authorization access token sent...
Money… Money has always been a complicated topic that laid the foundation of thousands if not millions of conflicts all over the world (maybe even other worlds, you can’t possibly know, right?). When it comes to doing business - it’s not an exception. There’s no chance that...
Well, like this: # File sandwich from Ruby Koans def file_sandwich(file_name) file = open(file_name) yield(file) ensure file.close if file end file_sandwich('file.txt') do |file| puts file.count end …and like that: // Composition of React components function Layout(props) { return ( <Grid> <...
Startups need to get their products to the market faster than ever in an increasingly competitive world. The minimum viable product a.k.a. MVP is the way to achieve this, but you must be able to provide the right key features that differentiate and give value to customers to...
A solid and maintainable Rails Backend project, that plays an API role, should be based on a good quality code that implements a business logic. Automatic tests and documentation also play an important role. Building an API, covered by tests, makes it easy to expand, detect errors and eliminate future...
Disclaimer: This article is written from a point of view of a software developer. I optimize for an efficiency of development and do not touch other business areas. As an iOS developer working in a software house, I deal almost exclusively with very early stage startups. Most of the clients...
Imagine pitching to investors who are keen on your idea and would LOVE to see an MVP before making up their minds… but you don’t have one! Not having an MVP could be the deal breaker for some investors who pass on your tech startup. They were keen but...