Merixstudio blog posts

Company insights, digital product design and development expert knowledge sharing

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.

2020-02-12

Challenges faced during mobile development

Mobile devices. We can see them wherever we are: in an office, in a tram, in a doctor’s waiting room, even in our own houses. We use them throughout the day to stay up to date, keep ourselves entertained, and learn. Due to their ever-growing popularity, thousands of companies are deciding to invest more and more resources in building mobile apps every year. While it seems like a reasonable decision from a business point of view, not all ventures realize that mobile development isn’t exactly a walk in the park.

2020-02-10

Time and Materials contract - why software development companies are so fixated on it?

When you outsource software development you might get the impression that all the vendors are surprisingly conscientious when it comes to the pricing model. Time and materials, T&M, hourly rate - no matter how exactly they name it, the point is to avoid fixed contracts and a rigid budget. Why is that? How is it advantageous for both sides of the deal? What to do to keep project in check within the Time and Materials contract?

2020-02-06

Starting the year right - summary of January

The longest month is behind is! Or at least it felt like the longest month - coming back from the Christmas break is never the easiest task, even if you like your job as much as we do! But before we start the shortest month (even with the additional day due to leap year), let’s reminisce what happened in January. Here’s how we started 2020!