Field Notes From Cyfrania
Chronicles of software developers: sweet successes, bitter failures, and everyday routines shared to inspire, spark thoughts, offer hints, or just for a pleasant read.
Is It Easy to Transfer Experience?
Once again, one of my long-time customers started to build an internal team. It always sucks when it happens. I work for hire, but I work very hard to let people feel I am the best engineer out there. Come on, stick to me! You don’t need anyone else! In this case, the customer actually explained himself. He said he realized that he had become too much dependent on me. If I was not around, he felt helpless. His goal was to have reliable people in his local area. A good goal overall. But reliable people do not appear with a wave of a magic wand. Instead of reliable people, you usually get…
Hiring App Developers: Timeless Mistakes to Avoid
Year after year, we consistently encounter projects facing severe issues due to their owners entrusting them to unreliable offshore developers. We've heard countless stories of such projects and have been involved in their revival. We've observed that certain fatal scenarios tend to repeat over and over again. Drawing from the lessons of failed app development hires, we firmly believe that these harmful paths can be largely avoided. That's why we've written this article. You won't encounter here broadly disseminated general recommendations found all over the internet. Instead, we'll…
Personalized Learning: How Technology Is Changing Education
For years, education has used a one-size-fits-all approach, relying on lectures, textbooks, and standardized tests. These methods often focused on delivering uniform content to all students without considering individual learning styles or preferences. However, this traditional model fails to account for the diverse abilities and interests of individual students. Therefore, personalized learning is becoming increasingly popular. It is based on the fact that every student is unique, with their own strengths, weaknesses, learning preferences, and life experiences. Personalized learning…
What Does It Take to Build a Certification-Ready FinTech App? 2024 Startup Guide
As a FinTech startup founder, you're reshaping how we engage with money. Your pioneering app could make splitting bills effortless, accessing credit a click away, or put investment powers in anyone's hands. But disruptive financial innovation carries great responsibility. One data breach or compliance failure could derail your startup before liftoff. Proper FinTech certification isn't a box to check - it's the vital foundation ensuring robust data security, fraud prevention, and financial safeguards from the start. In today's competitive FinTech…
Avoid These Mistakes to Ensure Company or Product Triumph
The success or failure of a company or product can hinge on a multitude of factors. While every entrepreneur or business owner dreams of creating the next groundbreaking solution, the harsh reality is that many ventures fall short of their goals. Recognizing the signs of impending failure is crucial for course-correcting in time or cutting losses before they escalate. As a frequent Reddit user, I've found that this platform is perfect for finding opinions on any topic in the IT world. Project managers and developers often share failure stories, not only to get advice for the future, but also…
Heart of Entrepreneurship
We've published a number of interviews with our customers on the website in the Portfolio section. All stories are amazing, incredible, and worthy of admiration. Customers' experiences, their triumphs, and their setbacks have given us invaluable insights into the dynamics of success and failure in the world of business. Since Cyfrania is a software development company, we are involved in dozens of projects at the same time. We have witnessed the ups and downs of endeavors, some blossoming into greatness, while others encountering the harsh reality of non-fulfillment. Over the…
Winning Users’ Hearts: Respectful App Monetization Tactics
“Adobe has done something small but revolutionary in the area of timed trials. I recently downloaded the latest InDesign for a thirty day trial period. I used it to create a document, then forgot about it for a while. By the time I reopened the doc to finalize and print the thirty day period had elapsed. Here's the ingenious part: Adobe treated me with respect. InDesign let me use the free trial "one last time." This let me finish my project and rush it out the door. You can bet I was favorably inclined to buy the product next time I needed it.” I came across this post on Quora when I…
MySQL vs PostgreSQL: Choose the Right Database for Your Project
The choice of a database management system (DBMS) can have a profound impact on the success of your project. According to a recent survey by Stack Overflow, MySQL and PostgreSQL are among the top five most popular databases used by professional developers worldwide. With the ever-increasing demand for efficient data storage and retrieval, choosing the right database technology is crucial for ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and long-term…
Must-Have Features for Successful Travel App Development
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, travel apps have become an indispensable tool for modern explorers. As the travel and tourism industry continues its upward trajectory, fueled by an insatiable desire for new experiences, technology plays a pivotal role in shaping the way we plan, book, and experience our journeys. According to the “State of Mobile 2024” report, in 2023 travel app downloads numbered more than 3 billion – up 13% from 2.7 billion in 2022. This…
Agile Data Modeling: Guide for Developers
When Is Data Modeling Needed? As a software developer, I have been dealing with relational databases throughout my professional career since 2001. I started with smaller projects. In 2004, I joined a company that was rolling out ERP systems in large manufacturing enterprises, which required that I learn bigger SQL servers such as MicrosoftSQL and Oracle. In 2009, I switched to startup development. Startups were mostly web projects developed in the Agile manner - with various changes during the project life. Startup development brought interesting challenges. Several times, I had…
