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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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Geeknauts switches to Apropo for their project estimates! 👏 👏 👏 ➡ Geeknauts, a custom software development company based in Krakow, Poland, can be definitely counted among t͟o͟p͟ 5͟ ͟#S͟a͟a͟S͟ ͟s͟p͟e͟c͟i͟a͟l͟i͟z͟e͟d͟ ͟d͟e͟v͟e͟l͟o͟p͟m͟e͟n͟t͟ ͟c͟o͟m͟p͟a͟n͟i͟e͟s͟ ͟i͟n͟ ͟P͟o͟l͟a͟n͟d͟. They know very well all the different aspects of #SaaS business - both technical and business. ➡ What I however like the most about them, is their strive for perfection. They are not satisfied with solutions that are “𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥-𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩”. 🔶 That’s one of the few things that I always find common for all the A-Performers - they N͟E͟V͟E͟R͟ tolerate mediocrity. And that’s the main reason why Geeknauts switched from Google Spreadsheets to Apropo - they didn’t agree for mediocrity in their estimates and proposals. 📣 Here’s what Borys Z., Frontend Developer & Sales Representative at Geeknatus, says about the impact from implementing Apropo: “Apropo 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 thanks to creating estimates that look 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 than Google Spreadsheets. The way how estimates done in Apropo look also massively helped with communication with our clients and 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁. Our 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 which further helped us increase the profitability of our projects” 🤝 Thank you Borys and Geeknauts Crew - it’s a pleasure to have such A-Players like yourselves as our users. We wish you tons of time saved, accuracy increase and deals won with Apropo!

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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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How to become a super pm? Extremely interesting chat with Lars Trunin from Wise that we had for Tallinn Product Group! We talked much about how to learn new skills, why is math important, how can you decrypt NPS scoring for your product and much more... I really hope you will have a great time listening to this episode! Link to episode is in the comments. #productmanagement #wise #math #stem #drawing #inktober #nps

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🎙️ New Podcast Episode Alert! 🎙️ I'm excited to announce the latest episode of the Angular Master Podcast (AMP60) featuring the incredible Brygida Fiejdasz! Brygida, the Lead of the Frontend Competence Center at Avenga Poland, is an Angular expert and Senior Frontend Developer. In this episode, we dive deep into: 👉 Brygida's journey in the tech industry and her experiences as a woman in tech. 👉 The importance of mentorship for women starting their careers in IT. 👉 An introduction to GitHub Copilot and its impact on coding efficiency. 👉 Tips for getting started with GitHub Copilot. 👉 Brygida's motivation behind starting her YouTube channel and her content creation process. 👉 Personal achievements and favorite ways to unwind after a busy day of coding. If you're passionate about Angular, curious about GitHub Copilot, or looking for inspiration in the tech world, this episode is a must-listen! 🎧 Listen now: YouTube - https://lnkd.in/d3EDek3p Spotify - https://lnkd.in/dG42YTzQ Apple - https://bit.ly/amp60-apple Podcasters - https://lnkd.in/dkZzqfra Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review if you enjoy the episode. Your feedback helps us bring more amazing content to the Angular community! #Angular #Podcast #GitHubCopilot #WomenInTech #Mentorship #FrontendDevelopment #Coding #TechCommunity

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Over the years of managing talented developers at COXIT, I’ve seen firsthand how the proper workspace setup can significantly boost productivity and job satisfaction. Based on my personal experience and that of our developers, here are a few suggestions: My personal productivity boosters: - Quality keyboard and mouse: I use the Numphy Air V2 keyboard and Logitech MX Anywhere 3s mouse, and I couldn’t be more satisfied with them. - The right music choice: For me, it was Dubstep between 2011 and 2015, and since then, it has been a few Drum and Bass playlists. - Physical routine every few hours: Doing 20 push-ups and 20 squats makes the heart beat faster, stimulating the brain. - A 1-hour power nap: I try to split my day into two, so my productivity is revived after the first half-day sprint. Here are some more practices I try to maintain: - Keep physical and digital workspaces tidy (especially challenging when working from home). - Wear protective glasses and take regular breaks to look away from the screen every few hours. - Add greenery to both the office and personal workspaces. (This is something we've embraced at COXIT.) - Plan tasks ahead of time using sticky notes or handwritten reminders, a method I prefer. The goal is to create an environment that supports deep work, which is challenging considering the short attention spans many of us have these days. Explore other elements that might work for you—meditation, aromatherapy, power naps, or a standing desk—and incorporate them into your routine. Now, I’m curious about you. What’s your favorite working music or work equipment? How have you customized your environment to boost productivity?

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🧠 Creative Meeting Recap Another productive creative meeting behind MindPal, we talked about current challenges and set our priorities for the next sprint. A couple of main topics: - customer issues - navigating our new flow - new designs - and much more ... 👥 Everyone in the team can give their opinion and help us find the best solutions. Team: Chris, Lucas, Mike, Tomasz, Adrian, Jakub, Bartłomiej, Mateusz, Marcin, Armin, Bartłomiej

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Last month, Povilas Korop, the creator of "Laravel Daily", re-launched the Laravel Vilnius meet-ups after a 6-year break 👏 Even after such a long time, the first event gathered a full-house, so be sure not to miss the second one next week with: 🎤 Povilas Korop: Lessons learned from analyzing 100+ Laravel open-source projects. 🎤 Marijus Plančiūnas. Laravel 4 vs Laravel 11. Is it really better? Date: October 22nd Time: 7 PM - 9 PM Place: Cyber City Want to get in? The link to the event can be found in the comments section 👇

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Feedback I collected over the years from developers - colleagues, clients, and even myself some years ago - an overwhelming amount of meetings kills your team's productivity. Getting that focus back, once interrupted, can be really difficult for some. At the same time, you can't just fully cancel all meetings, forever, and let things go. So, a good balance I found that works really well for the team @ Metamindz UK; 1. Only one weekly planning session - per project - led by the PM / project lead - where all priorities are discussed, questions are answered, and all the technicalities are clarified. 2. Daily standups throughout the week - using ONLY Slack (Geekbot, specifically for that purpose). 3. Client-facing comms; Mostly relying on Loom, and Slack-based comms / emails. This means that project leads have literally 1 day of meetings per week, and only occasional 1-1s or pair-programming sessions to clarify things (and to avoid people being blocked, both internally and from the client's side). Call it agile, call it kanban, call it whatever you want; It works amazingly well, it's not over-bureaucratic, and very simple to follow. Meetings time is down by ~80%, while the team's happiness and efficiency went up as a result, so I can recommend this from experience 👍

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From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: report on how technical coaching improved developer productivity! 🚀 When our Digital Engineer, 👨‍💻 Esko Luontola stepped into a multinational company’s team, they faced bureaucracy and problems with testing. Despite knowing where the problems were, they needed a clear path forward.🗺️ Enter Esko. 🎯 Rolling up his sleeves, he dove into feature development and quickly pinpointed the roadblocks. The results? Dramatic improvements in deployment frequency, a streamlined process, and the elimination of manual regression testing. Now, these methods are being rolled out across the company. Read the story in detail: https://lnkd.in/dNxp5MbC Curious about the specific test automation techniques? Stay tuned for Part 2, where Esko reveals the strategies that made it all happen! 💻💡 #nitorhq #digitalengineers #technicalcoaching #testautomation

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Soon, on May 8th, we're gathering at WarsawJS Meetup #114, which will take place at the Packhelp headquarters. We've prepared a truly exceptional agenda for you with three incredibly interesting lectures! 🚀 👨‍🏫 Tomasz Ducin — Back in the game: Recent Revolutionary Changes in Angular 👨‍🏫 📝 Description: Angular has been perceived as a rather complex framework by some, yet it's used massively by enterprise-scale systems. Whether we agree with the criticism or not, the framework is undergoing a monumental transformation. In recent months, Angular is experiencing a period of frequent and significant updates and - at least considering previous years of stagnation - groundbreaking changes. These include not only the features, public API and architecture, but also to the mental models that developers come up with. 👨‍🏫 Michał Trojanowski — Securing Single Page Applications Using The Token Handler Pattern 👨‍🏫 📝 Description: Single Page Applications appear simple at first sight. Web developers provide a superb user experience, and it is also relatively easy to implement token-based security in the browser. Yet this is against current best practices for browser-based apps, and security concerns can become a blocking issue. It is instead recommended to implement a Backend for Frontend (BFF), to reduce browser threats. Yet this often results in the adoption of website technologies to issue secure cookies, which can work against other web architecture goals. In this talk, I will show how a separation of web and API concerns can give you the best choices. In the talk, I will present the Token Handler pattern — Curity's variation of the Backend For Frontend approach. I will show the open-source projects we created to facilitate the implementation of the pattern. 👨‍🏫 Tobiasz Ciesielski — TailwindCSS - Why you should have it in your project? 👨‍🏫 📝 Description: Tailwind has become the most popular styling framework. More than 8 million downloads per week via npm. Why has it become so popular? What are its advantages and disadvantages? Why did we decide to migrate to tailwind in Prowly? What are the good and bad practices of using the framework? I will answer all these questions. These lectures are not only a great opportunity to gain new knowledge but also to meet other technology enthusiasts! Don't miss out on this event! 😉 Tickets are already available, so don't wait and reserve your spot now! 👇 🔖 Tickets: https://lnkd.in/dhXVXwpf See you at WarsawJS Meetup #114! 💫 #WarsawJS #Meetup #Programming #JavaScript

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Layoffs in 2024? Still happening. (but demand for adaptable junior IT specialists is strong) 262,000 (!) employees were laid off in 2024. And it’s not over yet. Many juniors feel desperate. They’re worried about their future. But opportunities still exist. Here are 6 ways to win as a junior product manager (and keep your job): #1 - Zoom Out & See the Bigger Picture - Establish a long-term product vision. - Analyze competitors to understand customer needs. - Prioritize tasks that support short-term goals. #2 - Simplify the Complex - Break projects into manageable parts. - Communicate clearly and concisely. - Turn chaos into clarity. #3 - Master Communication - Listen actively and remain open to opinions. - Maintain a calm tone. - Use appropriate formats (graphs, prototypes, plain speech) for messages. #4 - Plan Strategically - Allocate resources, identify risks, and set priorities. - Monitor progress and adjust based on data. - Validate hypotheses through A/B testing and user research. #5 - Leverage Analytics - Connect input metrics to business outcomes. - Use data insights effectively. #6 - Focus on Customer Experience - Gather feedback and analyze user behavior. - Identify trade-offs for quicker launches. - Measure key metrics like satisfaction and churn. Layoffs in 2024? Still happening. Don’t let layoffs define you. Instead, use them as fuel.

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If you want to learn more about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG for short) and its growing impact, I recommend my article on the subject: #WCAG #Positioning #Fabrity https://lnkd.in/dq6KHSwd

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WiseOn joins Apropo! 👏 👏 👏 WiseOn, a Poznań-based software consulting agency, decided to switch from Excel to Apropo for all their project estimations! 🎉 👉 Here’s also a shout-out to their unique specialization - these guys are sort of special forces in software development, because their main specialization is…...... Integrations! Yes, you heard that right! Nobody likes to do software integrations, but WiseOn nails it. They specialize in integrating both small and enterprise software into automated ecosystems that save many hours of work every day ⏰ 👉 And on top of that, they provide outstanding consulting services that makes the whole ecosystem not only integrated, but SMART! 👈 If you’re looking for somebody that will save you a lot of time & 💲💲💲 on a smart integration instead of from-scratch development, reach out to them. ⌚ Saving time & money was also the reason for WiseOn switching to Apropo Here’s what Mariusz Wiliński, Co-founder at WiseOn, says about the benefits observed after implementing Apropo: 👉 "It’s just s͟o͟o͟o͟o͟o͟ ͟m͟u͟c͟h͟ ͟q͟u͟i͟c͟k͟e͟r͟ to create an estimate in Apropo compared to spreadsheets. In addition to that, Apropo q͟u͟o͟t͟e͟s͟ ͟l͟o͟o͟k͟ ͟w͟a͟y͟ ͟b͟e͟t͟t͟e͟r͟ than the prettiest quote we could make in spreadsheets. Last but not least, our customers love the tool because it gives them the ability to compose their own scope." 👈 Thank you Mariusz Wiliński and WiseOn Crew for your trust. We wish you guys tons of time saved and deals won with Apropo!

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Working on the business analysis and architecture of the cashless payment system for AMIC POLSKA was a tough challenge, but a fun and exciting journey too. Mariusz Banasiak thanks for entrusting us with this one 👊 #BusinessAnalysis #SoftwareArchitecture #TeamAugmentation #Consulting #ProperTeam Prognetics #Amic #cashless #payments #casestudy

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Yesterday, Krystian and I presented at the QA Meetup at StoneX Poland in Krakow. I talked about the progress in AI and how it is changing the way we develop automated tests, with demos using Testim and ZeroStep/Playwright as examples. My sincere thanks to everyone for attending. What can I say, it was a real meetup with tough questions, very interesting discussions and people with expertise in QA topics. I'm looking forward to more such events, and I think there will be some ;) #QualityAssurance #AI #Testing #TestsAutomation

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Day two at GeeCON in Kraków and I’m feeling like a kid in a candy store. 🍭 Last month I was lucky to win a ticket to this conference at GenAI Cracow meetup, and you know how they say: “You don’t know what you’ve lost until you find it”? That’s exactly how I feel right now. The sheer diversity of lectures spanning across various IT spheres is mind-boggling. There’s something for everyone here. Even as a non-Java developer, I’m gaining so much from listening to experts. From soft skills topics like communication in developer teams to more technical ones like avoiding the microservices trap (and not becoming a legacy monolith simultaneously), it’s been a rollercoaster of learning. 🎢 And guess what? There’s still one more day of the event! The anticipation is real, and I can’t wait to see what the upcoming topics have to offer. A huge shoutout to all the organizers of 𝗚𝗲𝗲𝗖𝗢𝗡 and 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼𝘄- especially Konrad Bujak - for providing such a fantastic experience. You guys are the best! 🏆 #Geecon #GenAI #Java #TechConference #ContinuousLearning #AI

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Join us at the TestBustersDay 2024. On day 1 - the Platform Day brought to you by webmate - Björn Scherer will talk about: "Test Engineering as DevOps Platform" RegisterFREE: https://lnkd.in/dr3Thmwg To shorten time-to-market, many IT organizations are extending their agile practices with DevOps methods to deliver software faster and more reliably. This shift places significantly higher demands on quality assurance, as making it continuous also requires a high degree of automation and stability. While DevOps teams maintain their autonomy in implementing and maintaining products and features, efficiency can suffer when multiple teams independently address similar challenges (CI/CD, infrastructure, monitoring, etc.). The establishment of platform teams has proven to be an effective way to promote standardization and reuse while reducing complexity. Why not take the same approach for quality assurance? What opportunities arise from integrating test engineering into a platform team, and where are the limits? What challenges does such a team face? This presentation offers a case study from an organization bold enough to take this step.

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