Eliminating SPOFs: the importance of documentation
Single points of failure (SPOF) in startups lead to lost revenue, delays, and investor concerns. Building a documentation culture early reduces risk and ensures scalability.
API documentation
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The hidden cost of API migrations
Forced API migrations without a rollback plan? That’s how businesses lose trust—and money.
Mobile app security: A best practices checklist for startups and scale-ups
Startups and scale-ups are vulnerable to cyberattacks as mobile apps grow. Implementing encryption, multi-factor authentication, and secure communication is crucial. Leadership should integrate security into the product lifecycle to protect both data and reputation.
Pragmatic ways of keeping documentation up to date
While documentation is vital, too much can lead to outdated or duplicate content. To manage it, consolidate docs in one platform, separate live from historical content, archive outdated ones, move technical docs closer to code, and encourage sharing links to foster a documentation culture.
A field guide to modernizing your PHP project — how to avoid a rewrite through incremental development
Sometimes the code really is unmaintainable and non-upgradeable. Other times, it might just be old and written in a technology that’s dated or deprecated. Learning how to work with legacy code is a skill in itself. Here’s our playbook for modernizing that old PHP project.