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Ruby on Rails Docker containers cedar-14 end of life
Heroku cedar-14 end-of life? Use a Docker container!

If you’ve recently noticed a message “The cedar-14 stack end-of life window has begun as of May 1st, 2019” for your Heroku hosted apps you have two choices: upgrade your app or run it in a Docker container. The latter option will not only enable you to run your app untouched but will also speed […]

GDPR compliance startup
Keepabl – building a GDPR compliance SaaS startup in under 3 months

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was set to come into force in May 2018.  For months beforehand, organizations were very worried about how to comply with a complex and, in places, ambiguous law. From his 13+ years as General Counsel of growth companies, Robert Baugh knew first-hand that people didn’t enjoy being given […]

Dev Heroes
DevHeroes Meetup #1: heroes are not born, they are self-made

DevHeroes meetup, a place to meet your fellow Developer, QA professional / Tester, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Project Manager, was hosted by Spark Solutions on September 19th, 2017, at Nowy Świat Muzyki in the heart of Warsaw. It was a time away from the keyboard, time for inspirational talks, chatting and networking with like-minded IT […]

Spark Project Handbook, seriously!

This is work in progress. By no means over. First iteration. Enjoy! If you can… 1. Our goal is to deliver WORKING software in STAGES or iterations for which we have an agreed scope, timeline and budget (Project Management Triple Constraint). It’s an iterative process of improvement, constant work in progress – Rome was not […]

MVP
How much should your MVP cost?

You want to build the Next Big Thing. And you have a pretty good idea of how it should work, look & feel. Great, now it’s time to find a dev team to build your MVP. But how much should your MVP cost? A freelancer will tell you it should cost $5,000 to $15,000. An […]

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