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To plan or not to plan? After years of developing our products, collaborating with various tech partners, and managing a distributed 200+ team, we’ve learned that efficient workflow planning is half the battle won. Our foundational approach was inspired by our experience with Pivotal Labs in the early 2010s. During …
As our journey began, we were a Ukrainian underdog with big ideas, determined to solve problems in unique ways. Now, we’re one of the fastest-growing companies on the Inc. 5000 list. Our team has grown to 200+ people across 31 countries, and our products now have over four million users. …
Over the past 17 years, Railsware has grown from a team of four to over 200 craftspeople. Guided by our values of high-quality craftsmanship, we ditched the initial outsourcing model early to build a product studio instead. And now Railswarians build damn good products both in our offline workspaces in …
Autumn is back with crunchy leaves on the streets, students rushing to their classes, and the scent of cinnamon rolls. Although fall is no longer a time for Railswarians to return to studying, many of us still find inspiration in the season. And it’s the perfect time of year for …
Even when you have the right vision, how do you scale execution when your ambitions are to go bigger and faster? That was one of the challenges Railsware faced. Our CEO, Yaroslav Lazor, talks about how to tackle this in his speech at SaaSOpen NYC. → Connect with Yaroslav Lazor …
Seventeen years ago, the name “Railsware” first appeared in a Google search query and since then, our product-centric approach has resonated not only within our colleagues and partners, but also with a diverse tech community. And behind such a successful approach stand our CEO Yaroslav Lazor and Managing Partner Sergiy …
What does it actually mean to work remotely or in a mixed office mode? How do we manage effective communication and cope with productivity concerns? In this article, we describe our approaches that really work, and Railswarians share their remote experience.
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Summer is the season of rest and relaxation, and it’s the perfect time of year to dive into a great book (or several). So we’re back with a list of reads inspired by our team’s #bookclub – the coziest new social channel in our Slack. Recently the question: “What books …
Read how we established a scalable design system architecture on a Coupler.io product.
Read a complete description of how the Railsware team hires software engineers step-by-step
It’s far from easy to build a company that breathes growth and development. But we managed to build one, and we’re exploring the key aspects you should be always looking for.
Isn’t it funny how a single decision can change your professional life forever? One minute, I’m a trained Quality Analyst, testing feature requirements for Coupler.io and wondering what my next career step will be. The next minute, I’m a product manager for the same product, shaping its features and future …
For most business leaders, making decisions with data isn’t a speedy process. Take a recent survey by McKinsey, for example, where 57% of C-level executives reported not using their decision-making time effectively. Even when we make this activity a priority, many of us struggle to stay on task and reach …
Spring is finally here, and we’re shaking off the winter gloom with a fun list of book recommendations. A few months ago, Railswarians began sharing their current reads and all-time favorites in our new #bookclub Slack channel. Recommendations have spanned all colors of the literary rainbow, from memoirs and classic …
Over the years, I’ve read countless articles about essential skills for product managers. They all mention the usual suspects: strong communication skills, leadership ability, decision-making, and so on. Basically, the same skills we’ve been developing since childhood or college. But what about the stuff they hardly taught us in school? …
Every time we open a QA Engineer vacancy at Railsware, we receive a huge influx of applications. Unfortunately, we can’t hire every talented QA who comes our way, but our well-structured hiring process helps us find the best fit for our teams. We’re excited to shed some light on how …
“Somewhere along the way, we understood that building your own products is the ultimate freedom.” Over the past 16 years, Railsware has evolved from a small engineering firm into a thriving product studio. How we got here isn’t exactly a mystery, but it wasn’t a straight path, either. What entrepreneurial …
Words can’t always convey the true value of your product. Sometimes, a potential customer needs more than a video or some website copy to understand how they can benefit from your solution. And this is what makes a product demo a powerful tool in your sales and marketing arsenal. For …