Posts about Development
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.
Why Ruby on Rails Is Still a Good Choice in 2019
On the cusp of each new year, we’re usually pelted by articles proclaiming the death of this gem of a framework. And while Ruby on Rails is almost 15 years old, it’s nowhere close to passing on from the world of...
Vue vs. React in 2019: 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....
Why Node.js Developers Are in Higher Demand than PHP Programmers
With the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence driving the rise of virtual AI-powered developers, you might think that the job of a software developer would soon be fading away. But in fact, demand for Web...
How We Learned Elixir—Our Story and Tutorial for Beginners
At Monterail we have fancied the Elixir language for quite a long time. However, for some reasons, we failed to get it into production usage except for a few minor implementations. And I felt like this should change. So...
Working With Legacy Code — How Refactoring Let Us Escape The Black Hole
I’m pretty much sure that sooner or later every developer finds themselves working on a project that makes them face the issue of legacy code. For those lucky dogs who still haven’t experienced it firsthand—legacy code...
Crafting Visual Stories Using Data and Information
In October 2018 I was invited to give a talk at the fifth Future of Design meetup, called The Beauty of Data. My talk was called “Crafting a story in data visualization”.
Migrating from AngularJS to Angular Using a “Hybrid” Approach—a Case Study
Getting into a project based on AngularJS in its 1.4 version is not the most exciting thing that can happen to a programmer in 2019. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re a junior front-end developer or a senior...
People to Watch If You’re a Vue.js Developer [Infographic]
You probably already know this: the first step to learning something in any subject is acknowledging that you don’t necessarily know it all inside out. The second step is a bit easier, though, as it does not include any...
Reasons Why Vue.js Is Getting More Traction Every Month
With over 140k stars on GitHub, Vue.js is currently the trendiest JavaScript front-end framework, beating Angular and React in GitHub star count by a fair margin. When it comes to overall popularity, React is still the...
Twenty Most Popular Vue.js Newsletter Articles in 2018
If you’ve been following Monterail for a while, you probably aware that the Vue.js Newsletter, now a part of the official Vue.js News channel, has its roots inside our organizations. Launched somewhere in mid-2016, the...
Admyt on Outsourcing Software Development and Working with Legacy Code
Tired with coins, lines, and faulty pay machines, Jordan Wainer, an entrepreneur and innovator decided to improve car parking systems around the world. That’s the story behind Admyt, a solution providing a seamless...
Updated State of Vue.js 2019 Report is Here!
We’re back! And I hope you’re just as excited as I am writing this. You might have noticed some suggestions about the next edition of State of Vue.js on Evan You’s Twitter… But it’s time to make it official. UPDATE...
“Scalability Is Key”—Tips for Israeli IT Companies Doing Business in Poland by Katarzyna Dzidt
4,000 kilometers away from each other and vastly different in size, language, and business etiquette. Israel and Poland may have their differences, but are equals in more ways than one. The “Start-Up Nation” brings...