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Continuous Deployment with Automation with HIPAA on Medstack
One of the foundations of successful software product development is how quickly you are able to implement ideas and release them to market. A good continuous deployment process goes a long way in bringing about this agility, while lowering stress related to release days. At Focalworks, we have worked in

Cause Mapping (Part 2)
In this second of a 2-part series, we will describe how we went about building the flowchart tool and what inherent challenges were confronted in the process. If you have missed Part 1 you can read it here. How we went about it We broke down the functional units of

How to choose the right engagement model?
When working with an external development partner, deciding on an effective engagement model can be a challenging task for the project owners; they need to adopt one that would help them best accomplish their business goals and fit their budget and the timelines. And there are other factors such as

Top 10 Best Tools, Libraries and Packages for Sentiment Analysis to Measure Brand Sentiment in 2020
How often do we receive a text from our friends and family and often get caught up or confused about what they intend to mean, if they are joking or being serious! As humans, we really don’t put up quite well over the tone and emotions behind text messages and

Going Headless to Solve Custom E-Commerce Requirements with Laravel
Headless is the new buzzword that you must have come across in E-Commerece. Headless solutions have been getting quite popular because of the increase in the number of digital platforms that are used to communicate with users. Right from tiny smart bands to large plasma screens, content can be consumed in so many ways. And, each medium has its own set of unique features and challenges. Hence, a headless content source means it’s easy to decouple the content layer from the view layer.
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Building meaningful and long-term client-vendor relationships
I’m one of three co-founders at Focalworks – a small software services company, based out of Navi Mumbai, India. When we started on our entrepreneurial journey

Continuous Deployment with Automation with HIPAA on Medstack
One of the foundations of successful software product development is how quickly you are able to implement ideas and release them to market. A good

How to choose the right engagement model?
When working with an external development partner, deciding on an effective engagement model can be a challenging task for the project owners; they need to

Going Headless to Solve Custom E-Commerce Requirements with Laravel
Headless is the new buzzword that you must have come across in E-Commerece. Headless solutions have been getting quite popular because of the increase in the number of digital platforms that are used to communicate with users. Right from tiny smart bands to large plasma screens, content can be consumed in so many ways. And, each medium has its own set of unique features and challenges. Hence, a headless content source means it’s easy to decouple the content layer from the view layer.

Product Analytics – Understand user behaviour better and how Mixpanel solves this problem
Being in the service industry I had the opportunity to work with multiple startups and mid to large scale companies who had an idea and

The Top 6 eCommerce Platforms To Know While Shifting Your Offline Retail Business to Online
The year 2020 which was the beginning of the Covid-19 era, was very difficult for the retailers to survive who didn’t have an online presence. This is when the eCommerce came in as a boon that helped them create their online presence and stay in business.

The importance of detecting security vulnerabilities during development and how CI can help you
Shipping your application fast is such a vital step. So is shipping a secure and bug-free application. You want to show your customers that there are

Sending mass emails effortlessly
Communicating about an offer or a contest is a great way to increase engagement on your platform. Email is a very common and effective medium for such communications.But here I am not going to talk about why sending marketing emails is good. In this article, I am going to talk about how we addressed a pain point – Sending mass email effortlessly.

How Can You Give Them Everything Without Overwhelming Them (Progressive Disclosure)?
When it comes to a new product being introduced in the market, we see probing behaviour from the users who want to do a lot

Securing your password and why you need a Password manager
Nobody likes passwords. They slow you down from doing things. It’s a burden to remember them. But securing your password is important never the less.

What’s new in React 18 and how it will help
The Facebook team has published the plan for React 18. So, in this article I will let you know about the improvements and how they are going to help us during development.

Advantages of Kanban and how it empowers your customer
If you are reading this article, it’s quite possible that you have heard about Kanban. Or, you are trying to understand how Kanban works and