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From Prompt to Production: The Honest Guide to Building Apps with Modern Development Tools
Modern development tools have genuinely changed what’s possible for organisations building software. A motivated person with a clear idea can produce a working prototype in hours, shortcutting weeks of requirements gathering and putting something real in front of stakeholders far earlier than traditional development would allow.
We use these tools ourselves. The productivity gains are significant and we’d encourage any organisation to understand what’s available to them.
But there’s a journey between a working prototype and an operational system your organisation can depend on, and it’s one that catches a lot of teams off guard. This guide is an honest account of that journey – what works, where the risks are, and how to make good decisions at each stage.
The UK has the largest cloud market in Europe, where VC investments hit a record high of £21 billion in 2020. That’s more than France and Germany combined!1 With over 10,000 software businesses in the UK (and over 100,000 worldwide), finding the right technology partner should be fairly straightforward. Yet many organisations planning to digitally…
Recent data shows that 88% of businesses were using cloud application development services in 2018 and a further 10% were in the trial stage.1 Transitioning to cloud-native technologies is becoming the norm, and is essential if you want to run your business efficiently and remain competitive in your industry. Adopting cloud infrastructures is a smart…
And why they don’t transfer ownership Ownership of intellectual property is a common contractual battleground in software transactions, and it often comes from the end client’s belief that, in paying for the service, they own the products created by the software developer. In some instances that may well be the case — we do act…
The capabilities of the cloud have evolved tremendously since its arrival fifteen years ago. The cloud no longer only offers cost-effective access to scalable infrastructure resources, but — through the adoption of cloud-native principles — is becoming key to customer-centric innovation and growth. Organizing and managing various components within cloud infrastructure, such as resource groups…
Business leaders tend to focus more on outputs over processes when it comes to their organisation’s technology strategies. This isn’t intentional — the digital landscape can simply get too overwhelming for even the most technically well-versed of professionals to get to grips with. In addition to more traditional responsibilities, the modern business leader has to:…
In today’s fast-moving, tech-driven world, business leaders must develop a basic understanding of the technology that drives their organisation’s growth. With that said, the quick pace of software development across industries can often come in the way of any seamless training or education. Take containerisation, for example. Containerised applications provide a lot of value in…
While cloud adoption has been on a steady increase, it’s now set to accelerate as more and more businesses are becoming aware of its cost and agility benefits. Migrating to cloud-based databases has been central to this adoption, as the setbacks that come with alternative, temporary software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions are now largely recognised. For many…
Earlier this month we were announced as the winner of the 2021 UK Business Tech Transformation Through Technology Award, recognising the work we have done with Explore Learning. The awards ceremony took place at the Montcalm Hotel on Wednesday 13th October, alongside other finalists which included Octopus Energy, EY, RAC and Experian. Winning the award…
All our engagements start with a conversation. We like to meet face to face so, where the situation allows, we usually like to travel to meet you. When people approach us, they usually have a specific project they want to discuss. However, undertaking a custom software project is usually a significant decision and the initial…
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