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🎉 WPAmelia plugin update - invoices without external integrations are finally here! 🧾 Today we've released a new update, and, among other features, one so many asked for - invoice generation without any external integrations - is finally available. Other additions include new filters and UX improvements for the dashboard pages, API enhancements, 20+ improvements, and fixes. 👇 Short video overview is below and see the full changelog on the website #wordpress #booking #wpamelia

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I will speak about #nocode at the main stage of Poland's biggest tech conference! 🚀 Code Europe will be held in my hometown (Krakow) on June 10-11, 2024. My presentation about the impact of no-code on software development is scheduled on Day 2 at 11:30 AM. I'm so happy that no-code is finally becoming mainstream in development thanks to events like this. 😍 Who else is coming to Code Europe this year? #CodeEurope24 #software #development

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business accounts in Lithuania, and finally #revolut allows flex deposits for business in Lithuania, money that you have on your account could make u 3-4% USD annual ps. referral link in 1st comment

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International expansion of a Polish-based eCommerce website built on Shopify. Is it possible? Well… 🌍💻 International expansion of an eCommerce website built on Shopify and registered in Poland is hard, or even hardly possible to do. Why? The reason is that here in Poland, we do not have Shopify Payments as a payment provider. So, if you have a store based on Shopify registered in Poland, you are not able to install Shopify Payments. Without it, you cannot sell in different currencies, and multicurrency functionality does not exist. 🚫 So, is there any chance to do it? Yes, as always, there are some other options. First option: Set up new stores for every market. For example, you would have one for the Eurozone, US, Canada, Australia, UK, etc. Each with the local currency. It is simple to do but hard to manage, especially if you have many locations. Additionally, the cost of ownership of these stores will be enormous. 💸🏬 Second option: Register a company in a country where Shopify Payments is available, such as the Czech Republic or Germany. Once you have a company there, you can easily set up Shopify Payments and use it as a payment provider, allowing you to sell in different currencies in different markets. 🏢💶 Last but not least: When will Shopify Payments be available in Poland? Who knows. Maybe we should ask Harley Finkelstein? 🤷‍♂️📅 #shopify #shopifyplus #ecommerce #shopifytips #ecommercetips

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With Vitali Svishchev, we are currently looking for skilled .NET engineers to join our teams in Vention Warsaw. Besides technical requirements, what is important in this role? And what does Vitali's team have to offer? We spoke a bit on this topic.   👉 What are the characteristics of your ideal candidate in terms of soft skills? What fits your group and team best?   "What's important to me is the candidate's open and proactive mindset. I'm proud of developers and engineers who are building their career paths and improving their skills, and it's even better when such a person is thinking about involving at the company level. It's important to engage in the company's technical activities to gain extra knowledge and share experience with others. Like in life, it's crucial not only to receive but also to give something to others. People with a social mindset are highly appreciated."   👉 As a manager, what could you offer this person, and what does your group have to offer?   "In our department, we're improving the expertise of our engineers in different spheres. We provide an atmosphere of collaboration where one developer can help another. We support personal improvement plans with technical and non-technical aspects, including advice, sharing experiences, certifications, and book recommendations. We also offer opportunities to broaden technology stacks and get closer to the business side, such as involvement in pre-sales or client calls. This helps developers who want to grow into architect or solution architect positions."   👉 What's specifically cool about us at the company level?   "If you want to build your career, are interested in growing your skills, and take on more responsibilities, it's always possible here. Also, our employees are really open to helping others and sharing their expertise. We're not bound to any specific structure, so you can reach out to someone from another country and just have a person-to-person conversation. If a person is open to communication, they'll easily find support and others with the same interest in technology."   Sounds encouraging! If you want to work with Vitali, check out these positions: Middle .NET Engineer: https://bit.ly/3S7divz Senior .NET Engineer: https://bit.ly/4f7qNp4

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Bubble for Enterprise? Yes, it’s possible. Some time ago, Mike Guzowski asked me about the Enterprise features of Bubble.io, and I promised to write a post about it. Finally, I have the time, and here it is - a short summary of features that could be interesting for big companies looking to enter the #nocode space. Bubble's Enterprise plan is specifically designed to meet the demands and compliance requirements of large organizations. The biggest difference between the other plans is that on Enterprise you can migrate your app to an isolated instance of Bubble-managed AWS server, giving you choice of hosting region, a static IP address and greater control of server resources and updates. While you cannot use your own cloud, this gives you separate instance from all the other apps, with your own dedicated resources. You can host one or more apps on this server, adding capacity if needed. 🔒Security and Compliance Bubble's Enterprise Plan includes SOC 2 Type II compliance and GDPR, regular penetration testing and advanced user authentication mechanisms, like single sign-on. 🤝Collaboration For seamless team collaboration, Bubble's Enterprise Plan offers centralized user management. This feature allows administrators to control access levels across various apps. You can also use SSO integration to simplify user authentication. 🆘Support Enterprise users get priority access to Bubble’s dedicated support team, which includes a Technical Success Management team. This team assists with app optimization, troubleshooting, and security queries. Additionally, each enterprise client has a dedicated account manager to ensure personalized support and quicker resolution of any issues that arise. If you have more questions, let me know and I’ll try to answer all of them below 👇

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Are they making software? Yes TH-EY are! I am more than happy to welcome another software agency that decided to switch to Apropo for #estimating their projects - please give a round of applause to TH-EY! 👏 👏 👏 TH-EY is (or shall I say “are”?) a custom software development company with HQ in London and Krakow, specialized in building web & mobile applications for companies from the #UK, #US, #Canada and #Western_Europe 👈 They are also one of the client-#ROI-oriented companies - they first work out the problem on a paper and only then fit the best technology into it, regardless of whether that's a clickable design prototype, #MVP, or a fully-fledged custom software product 💡 👉 I’m very happy to see such approach, especially that I’ve written about it in one of my recent posts (link in the comments). 👉 TH-EY switched to Apropo in search for a tool that would make their estimates faster, more accurate and more transparent for their clients. 👉 Here is how Filip Kubala, Founder at TH-EY, comments the results of implementing Apropo: "𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 - 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙈𝙑𝙋 𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬." Thanks Filip and TH-EY! I really like how responsibly you approach solving business problems with technology 🎖️ We wish you a lot of good projects #estimated & #won with our tool! 👏

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We Are Not Loud Enough! 🔊 I have watched Irina’s presentation from RailsConf 2024 for the second time. It’s brilliant and inspiring! Startup stories and the most needed things in our ecosystem! A lot of case studies and innovative ideas! I highly recommend you watch it, as it covers a really important topic for all of us Ruby developers! Any of us can contribute! I’m glad that we have similar thoughts, Irina Nazarova, and we are taking the same road! Here are the points on what startup CTOs miss or what is not enough in our ecosystem: 5. We Are Not Loud Enough! There are a lot of Ruby conferences and events. It’s great and worth sustaining, so keep going! On top of that, we should advocate more at non-Ruby events and platforms. As a team from the Polish Ruby User Group and Visuality, we are also discussing the topic of sharing great things that are so obvious for us Rails people but not so obvious for people in other technologies. We are planning to visit more non-Ruby-related conferences! 4. More Ruby for AI Agree. We are planning a big meetup for AI in Warsaw, most likely in November. 3. More Integrations What are the most crucial integrations you had in mind, Irina? It’s worth listing all of them to show people a path on how they can contribute! 2. Rails Frontend Ecosystem Hotwire is great, but people still don’t use it widely. When we presented at a meetup, only 4 out of 40 people raised their hands that they were using it in their projects. 1. Integrating with React/Vue.js We have implemented React into components in Rails views. It’s not that difficult, but there is no perfect solution. 0. Let’s Do This Together My mission to contribute to Ruby and Rails is to start local meetups and reunite Ruby people. Warsaw meetup, LRUG (Łódź), Barcelona.rb, Amsterdam.rb reactivated! We are also helping other meetups and established a conference in Warsaw! I’m not shy 😉 I encourage everyone in the Ruby community to get involved in meetups, conferences, open source projects, and to share your experiences. Our collective efforts are key to the growth of our community. Together, we can achieve great things and continue to improve in the Ruby world 💪 https://lnkd.in/dqgQfj-W

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Candidates asking salaries and negotiation strategy tips. Whether you are negotiating with a new employee or freelancer, or one of your existing developers are looking for a raise or are due for a review, it is essential to be prepared. This will help you make an informed offer; ensuring you are being competitive in order to attract or retain talented developers by paying a fair market rate, whilst not being taken advantage of. Negotiation strategy might differ depending on number of factors: - When was the last salary raise? Has anything special happened since then? - Current geopolitical situation in the employee’s country - What is your local employment market like for this role? Do you have lots of suitable candidates available? - How long have they already worked in your company? - How long have they stayed in previous roles? - How much experience do they have? - How critical is this person to your project/company? - Do you need the skills they have and are using within your project / company, or are you over employing? - How easy will it be to replace them with a new hire? - What kind of employee are they? - Do they deliver? - Are they a good resource? - Are they reliable? - Do they have a proven track record yet? Before you begin any salary negotiations, familiarize yourself with the current market’s situation so that you can assess how much other companies pay developers of a similar level in your local area. If you want to have a rough overview of these ranges you can start by checking levels. Websites such as fyi (which can be seen in the link below) gather data points from engineers all over the world to present aggregated information regarding salaries in the software engineering field. https://buff.ly/4cTbpdp Then the next step is to research positions offered by your competition either on one of job boards or directly on their website. That will give you a good grasp of where the market is heading and what expectations are reasonable. If you are already a bigger and established company (>35-50 people) you might already have some specified levels of seniority in your company so salary ranges are predetermined. In this case the objective of the interview process is to determine the candidate's level, which will enable you to know what room you have for negotiation. It is important to also take into consideration the location of the given person. For example, a salary might differ for a Software Engineer with the same skill set in Poland and in Ukraine. #EasternEuropeDevelopers #TechInCEE #DigitalTransformation #DevelopersContracting

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AI | Recent Funding News: 🚀 Proofs, an AI startup co-founded by Polish angel investor Bartek Pucek, successfully raises $2.6M in their pre-seed round. Proofs have created AI agents for proof-of-concept (POC) apps for companies like Salesforce, SAP, and Stripe. They're reducing the time and cost of developing POCs from months and hundreds of thousands of dollars to just minutes and a few hundred dollars. In wider news, generative AI startups have been securing significant funding. According to Dealroom, these startups have raised a record $620M so far this year. Noteworthy funding rounds include: Mistral AI: €105M raised by this French startup just four weeks post-launch. Synthesia: UK-based company raises $90M. DeepL: Secured €100M, achieving unicorn status. AI technology continues to show new ways to save time, reduce costs and expand what's possible. Surely, more exciting news to come over the rest of the year! 🚀

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"By the end of 2025, B2B Software Engineers in Poland will be history." That’s what a client confidently told me last week. And they’re not the only one who thinks this way. The Polish government is pushing businesses toward permanent employment contracts (UoP). The goal? To close tax loopholes & reduce the number of contractors operating like full-time employees. But does this mean the end of flexibility for engineers and tech businesses in Poland? Not necessarily. We've seen similar challenges before. For example the UK’s IR35 reforms. When rules around hiring contractors tightened, it created hurdles for businesses to hire B2B. But they found ways to adapt, introducing frameworks like Statements of Work (SOWs). These allowed them to stay compliant while hiring B2B/freelancers for specific projects. A similar evolution is likely in Poland. B2B engineers choose B2B usually for taxation benefits. Changes that cut into this will impact their income. Businesses also hire B2B for lower employment costs. Combine this with growing global demand for Polish tech talent. If B2B becomes unworkable, many engineers will simply take their skills abroad. This would shrink Poland’s talent pool and drive up salaries for businesses that remain. In my opinion, for these reasons. The PL government won't implement large changes like that. However, it happened in the UK so it could happen here. So what can businesses do to stay ahead? They should focus us: Retention: Build packages that not only attract top talent but also make them want to stay. Adaptation: Implement compliant hiring models like SOWs without sacrificing flexibility. Market Awareness: Keep an eye on competitors and stay up to date on government policies. The bottom line? B2B in Poland isn’t dead (and won't be by 2025) however it may evolve. Adapting now will position you to thrive, should things move quickly. Are you noticing more engineers exploring global opportunities?  Have you already adjusted your hiring models to prepare for this shift?

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With our $61.500 USD (430.000 DKK) investment We will not hire anyone. Here is how we will use it: Monthly costs Salaries Marius - 2200 USD (15.000 DKK) Villads - 2200 USD (15.000 DKK) Software licenses Total - 1100 USD (7.500 DKK) Food (dinner for the long evenings) Total - 1000 USD (7.500 DKK) Office 2 desks - 600 USD (4.000 DKK) Other - 1000 USD (7.000 DKK) Monthly income: Recurring revenue - 3250 USD (23.000 DKK) In short, we’ve been able to build a product from 0 to 1 and get to 3250 MRR without funding I think every founder would agree that it was way harder to get from 0 to 3250 MRR than to go from 3250 MRR to 10.000 MRR When we hit that we will be profitable Which means that we can grow faster The key insight that Sebastian Seilund and Esben Friis-Jensen taught us In our situation, money does not guarantee that we grow faster, it can easily be a distraction So we will continue to do everything ourselves Keep executing 🦄 #investment #unicorn #StartUp #founder 

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First speaking Gig! Hi guys, I will be speaking at #semKRK22 in Cracow, about how Performance Max is changing. Make sure to buy tickets and see you there! Link: https://semkrk.pl/ ----------- ♻ Share and Like this post if you found this insightful ----------- For more tips and information check my Google Ads settings template: https://lnkd.in/e65mXXai #PPC #SEA #Ads #GoogleAds

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5 Reasons Why You Should Hire Developers From Eastern Europe For Your Start-Up: 1. It’s a hidden market 2. The hiring costs are lower 3. There is a large talent pool 4. They speak English really well 5. They are motivated and excited to work with you So if you are a startup founder or CTO and you need developers, DM me “DEVELOPER” and let’s talk

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Fewer fintech startups - have you noticed? Recently, I attended several large European startup conferences. I was surprised to see very few fintech startups there. This trend isn't just at conferences but also in accelerators and similar places. There are much fewer new fintech startups now compared to recent years. I think the main reason is the economy (we're in a period of high-interest rates), but there could be other reasons too (such as regulation). Here are my thoughts on why this is happening: - Tighter Regulations: The financial sector has a lot of regulations, and every year, those regulations get tougher for fintech companies. This makes it more expensive to comply with all the regulations. - High-Interest Rates: We are in an era where borrowing money is expensive. As interest rates rise, it becomes more costly for startups to get funding. Fintech startups tend to need more money than other types of startups, so high-interest rates hit them harder. - Dependence on Interest Rates: Many fintech startups, especially those in lending and wealth management, rely heavily on stable interest rates. The current economic situation makes their future projections uncertain, increasing their risks. - Less Venture Capital: The above also means that there is less venture capital available and investors are more cautious in unstable economic times. High-interest rates offer good returns with little risk in more conservative investments, so fewer investors are willing to take a chance on risky fintech startups that need more money than the average startup. - Market Saturation: Over the past decade, the fintech market has grown significantly and become very crowded. This makes it harder for new fintech startups to enter the market because there is more competition for customers and investors. What do you think? Do you see changes? #fintech #startups #TNW

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In Poland, 28% of unemployed game people have 0-2 years of experience, compared to 20% among all respondents. 🌱 This figure highlights the challenges that newcomers face in securing stable positions within such a competitive field. Early-career developers are often more vulnerable to job instability, facing higher barriers when looking for opportunities. 🚀 What can studios and developers do to better support junior talent and reduce the industry's unemployment rates? Could mentorship or entry-level programs make a difference? 💡 Polish Gamedev Salary Report 2024 May 2024 #NumberOfTheDay

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