Posts about Development
How to Decide on a Tech Stack Suitable for HR Software - App Examples
The technology stack remains a key issue in almost every kind of application you build. Projected bandwidth demand, Web app type, business goals, potential extensibility—all these variables have to be taken into account...
Why Choose Elixir?
Some time ago, I was discussing the possibilities of Kotlin and Elixir with a colleague. Our rather academic exchange only lent further credence to the notion that every developer has their own specific point of view...
Why Knowledge Sharing is Key to Your Software Development Project—How It Works at Monterail
Most software development companies boast about the knowledge sharing going on inside their teams and even publish job offers featuring catchy gems like: "Great working place where you can learn from the best and grow."...
Pros And Cons of React Native Development According to Programmers and Business Owners
React Native, next to PWA, was called a revolution in cross-platform app development and delivering great mobile experience. Shareable code repository? Reusable components? That definitely sounds tempting. React Native...
Choosing the Right Software Development Company for Your Project—12 Pieces of Advice
The right technology stack is only half the battle when it comes to securing the success of your future project. Think of it like this—each element in the stack is a good-quality brick that can be used to build your...
Choosing a Technology Stack for Your Web Application Development
If nothing makes a better morning than a coffee, then a technology stack jump-starts the future of a Web application. And just like with coffee, well-selected grains of a tech stack can either breathe life into a Web...
What Does It Mean to Be a Senior Dev at Monterail?
At Monterail, a developer's advancement is mostly concerned with a gradual increase of their responsibility for the team.
Why You Need Prototyping in Your Software Development
Imagine you are developing your next big project. Let’s say it is a web app that will be used by thousands of people and will take months to develop. This means a lot of billable hours for your developers, designers,...
How Event Storming Will Improve Your Business Processes
Ever since I started working with clients (that would be 6 years now!), and their evolving businesses, I’ve experienced these uncomfortable moments from time to time. These moments in the process of developing an...
How We Enhanced Our End-to-End Testing with Cypress.io
Automatic testing of web applications is bread and butter for any Quality Assurance specialist. But among so many testing suites available and various opinions about each of them, one can lose his bearings. We've come...
Is Vue.js Enterprise-Ready?—Large Scale Apps Use Cases
Being a frontend newcomer compared to other big players in the world of JavaScript such as React or Angular, Vue.js is increasingly used in large-scale projects. The growing maturity of the framework and its...
How we Built a Highly Performant App with Ruby on Rails and Phoenix
So there you are: a backend developer with a few years’ experience in developing Ruby on Rails applications. Lucky for you, Ruby on Rails seems to be versatile enough to solve pretty much any problem you encountered...
How To Find Product/Market Fit Once You Released Your MVP
Many technology startups fail because they waste too much time and money building things no one needs. 90% startups end up collapsing, and the majority of them do so because they lack product/market fit.
Vue vs React in 2020: Which Framework to Choose and When
Vue and React are two frontend JavaScript frameworks popular in the developer world, with React taking the top spot on the podium for three consecutive years now. Both tools offer developers a productive approach to...
All The Numbers From The State of Vue.js Report 2019
The popularity of the last edition of State of Vue.js surpassed our expectations. We got over 8k downloads from people all around the world. Many of them used the report to convince their teach leads, CTOs, or even...
How Our Office Design Helps Us Develop Better Software
One of the risks of collaborating with external vendors is working with people from some agency whom you don’t see on a daily basis. This means you don’t really know how they work and how professional they really are....