When it comes to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), two languages stand out from the pack in terms of maturity, community and worldwide use, namely Ruby and Python. And since a large portion of programming languages are used in conjunction with web development, we have to discuss their respective web frameworks: Ruby …

There are lots of great ideas, but ideas don’t always turn into successful software products. Sometimes, the idea itself just wasn’t good enough, and the marketplace didn’t have any use for it. At other times, poor user experience (UX) is the reason for the lack of success. Research suggests that …

Ruby on Rails, frequently referred to as just Rails or RoR, is a popular open-source framework. While it’s not the youngest kid on the block (it turned 16 in 2020), it’s still among the top choices for web application developers. Rails has done more for startups than a whole boatload …

Mailtrap is our product and the very popular email testing tool. Check out how we took it from a free prototype to a product with thousands of paying users.

We look at four excellent methods for running a successful product discovery process. We explain each of them and suggest which to use (and when).

Scrum and Kanban are two of the many successful approaches to building products. We analyze six of their alternatives and list the pros and cons of each.

Product Discovery may not be the most talked-about aspect of building products. But it’s a crucial one. Learn WHAT it is, WHY and WHEN you should do it and HOW to do it right!

There are many reasons why ReactJS is our favourite JavaScript library. If you’re still not sure whether it will work for your project, check out our article!

Agile Inception is a product discovery process we use at Railsware. It lets you deeply understand your customers, figure out how to address their problems and build a profitable business out of it. It helped us launch dozens of successful products over the years and we think you should try it too.