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February 6, 2024

How to build a sales-accelerating platform for residential and commercial PV installers?

They say that a salesperson without enthusiasm is just another clerk. While making deals is a craft in its own right, there’s more to it than meets the eye. The 'how' of the sales process matters tremendously. And just like enthusiasm powers the efforts, good tools make for a smoother ride. If you’re in a solar photovoltaic (PV) niche, performant software should be as important for you as talented salespeople. So, let’s look at how to build a sales-accelerating platform for residential and commercial PV installers.

May 9, 2025

How to keep a mobile app stable as it grows?

When your users rate your mobile app low on the stability scale, it’s not only the question of technical issues that is brought to the fore. Low app ratings affect your business acutely, making the extent to which your users can rely on the product at hand a crucial issue for tech executives and their developer teams. How to develop technically stable mobile apps that are worthy of user appreciation and support your ROI at the same time? Let’s find out!

March 19, 2025

How to secure Flutter apps? Key insights

Feeling that you and your developer teams could do a better job of securing your platforms from attacks? You’ve come to the right place! Explore our security tips for Flutter apps as well as native Android and iOS apps.

2020-12-08

How to write useful unit tests and why do they matter?

Software projects could grow really fast over time. They become more complex and after a few months, it could be really hard to maintain a library of hundreds of small components, functions, and other small pieces of code. In such a big ecosystem it could be challenging for new developers to get familiar with the whole codebase. Those are the two main reasons why engineers started writing unit tests in almost every project. What are they exactly and how to create them properly?

2020-12-01

The business challenges of legacy system modernization

A significant technological change - that's the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the legacy system modernization. While you cannot underestimate the importance of software modification and updates, it’s not the only crucial component of the process. In fact, the modernization is strictly connected with business needs, which become a driving force of all activities and a foundation for the roadmap planning. Changes scheduled for the whole endeavor are far from small, the company is thus exposed to numerous risks and business challenges. Let’s dive deep into them.

2020-11-24

The real costs of maintaining a legacy system

The problem with legacy systems is not a fairy tale from a kingdom far, far away, but the reality of over 50% of businesses. Old technologies, unsupported infrastructure, monolithic architecture, outdated frameworks versions can happen to all of us, right? Maybe that’s why half of businesses still run on at least one instance of Windows XP despite the lack of support since 2014. Why is it so? In this article, we’ll go through three common misconceptions that keep companies from investing in proper maintenance and modernization of legacy systems. We’ll show you why those myths hurt your business and what you can gain by moving some budget into the legacy.