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Making software can be hard. It will most likely be long. The fact that every software is different and tailored for different needs makes every case unique, and uniquely difficult. But there are ways to deal with it: the approaches to development that determine the workflow and the way of achieving the end result.

Despite the fact that the process itself may vary, they have a lot in common. In most cases, they share the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), a general idea about how software gets done. This is a framework that can hold different specific approaches. In this article, we want to show you that combining SDLC with Lean Software Development may just be one of the best ways to go.

If you have your own software development team, you know how difficult it is to scale your team – the market for exceptional talent, especially in-house, is competitive. Hiring an in-house team entails hiring, onboarding, and training new employees. External help is usually a speedier and more efficient option to build your team, but it can sometimes present […]

There is no golden measure on how to become a programmer, but I believe that it is worth sharing knowledge in this area and helping people who are at the crossroads of their careers and do not know what to do. This article is especially intended for people who are planning their first steps in IT, but I hope that every reader of this blog will gain something valuable from there.

You may have programming needs that your team cannot fulfill. You may hear about software houses offering their services. And you may ask yourself, „What’s all that about?”. We’re aware that this may sound like blunt self-promotion, but it’s not quite that. Regardless of which software house you want to start a relationship with, there are things you can expect.

January is the month of last year’s summary. It’s a great opportunity to take a look at our achievements and plan new actions. What happened at fireup.pro in 2020? So here we are – wrapping up this unique year in this article. Enjoy! Sales The most important events in the business aspect of our company were: to learn and understand the new circumstances on the global […]

2020 is almost over, and it was one exceptional year for us at fireup.pro. We have a special message to our programming folks, and our team members as well. They say it’s not about how you start, but about how you finish things. We couldn’t agree more. For many years, we’ve been putting a lot of effort into closing the year with […]

The relation between Scrum and Agile is similar to the one between squares and rectangles. If you use Scrum, you also use Agile. But if you use Agile, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you also use Scrum. The main difference between Scrum and Agile is that while Scrum is quite specific about how you do your work, […]

Yes, you had a team meeting last quarter, but what about 1-on-1 meetings? We believe that every manager should find time to talk directly to their team members. Here’s why, and how, you can not only make it happen, but also make it work.

“Do you have knowledge? Do you have experience? Yes and yes? Good, you’re hired!”. If recruitment seems suspiciously simple, think about that old saying about things looking too good to be true. If you want to gather a team of specialists that work in sync with each other, surface-level credentials are just the beginning.

This latest recognition from AWS reflects our ability to follow best practices for AWS cloud services, and proves our success in delivering these services to our customers.