Longreads from the Rocketship

Outsourcing the development of your web or mobile application is an important business decision. If made hastily, it can cost your company a lot of time and money. Finding a reliable technology partner is never a simple task, especially in today's crowded marketplace, saturated as it is with many web and mobile development firms all claiming to offer excellent quality, low prices and outstanding customer support. In this article, I will discuss the most common mistakes made when outsourcing and how best to avoid them.

I have been managing development projects for over fifteen years, ten of which I have spent managing remote teams. Throughout these years, I have experienced many successes, but I have also had some failures which I have always tried to use as lessons to improve my management style. I would like to share some of these lessons as tips for successful management of remote development teams.

Building a custom software comes with a price tag, but the investment is often worthy. Here are the top ten reasons why.

First of all, if you still don't know what is AnyCable than probably you never tried websockets in Rails.

"WTF???" you probably will say, and you are right. Yes, we have ActionCable since Rails 5.x, but you really believe Ruby is suitable for real time web? I have bad news for you.

What does MVP stand for? What are the benefits of developing an MVP? How do I go about it? - these are just few questions that we get asked often by prospective clients. We have decided to write an article that answers these questions and offers a few tips on how to go about developing a successful MVP.