The Million-Dollar Idea
Why execution matters for web applications
Lots of great ideas are very simple concepts. Still, the old adage, “execution is more important than ideas,” applies as surely to web applications as any other business endeavor. Understanding how this principle applies to web development is the key to understanding development costs, and the value being delivered for those costs.
Read full article »Would you like fries with that?
How to place your next order for custom software.
When you order that value meal, 95% of the details are already known in advance: the burger composition and size, the slice of half-melted-quasi-cheese-food-product, the amount of salt on the fries, and the packaging that it will be delivered in.
Buying a custom web application or complex website is not like ordering a burger.
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How we get fantastic people on the Foraker bus
We recently opened up a position in the Technology department for a Ruby on Rails web application developer. So I thought it might be a good time to write a post about how we go about trying to hire the very best people here at Foraker.
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