From our SaaS audits
What we find inside SaaS companies
Patterns from the technical due diligences we run for investors and boards.
Engineering
Most common challenges faced by startups in 2024
It’s pretty evident that a startup in 2024 faces unique challenges that just haven’t existed in other years. Every entrepreneur knows that they
Deploying distributed web application - Laravel queued jobs
If you have a really simple PHP application that you deploy to a single server, deploying it basically boils down to transferring the source code
Structuring your labels for maximum efficiency in a Laravel application
If you’ve ever watched a TV show like “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” or similar then you’re probably aware of how important it is
Small commits: ask me why
Every time I work on code with someone I haven’t worked with before, I end up having the same conversation. It usually starts when
Building an SDK with PHP, part 3: Making it testable
This post is part 3 of the “Building an SDK with PHP” series. Read Part 1 and Part 2 In our last article we’ve
Building an SDK with PHP, part 2: Making it configurable
This post is part of the “Building an SDK with PHP” series. Read Part 1: building an SDK. If you’ve followed along with the
Bounded contexts for dummies
Chunking up our code No matter how smart or intelligent we are, when things become too complex, we can no longer keep them in our
Building an SDK with PHP: Part 1
Whether you’ve built a private or public-facing API, at some point you or your users are going to want to communicate with it.
Get rid of ports in your docker development setup with Traefik
Reading tip: Learn how to run an ssh tunnel in your docker based development environment to easily connect to mysql or other non-http services.
Cypress or how I learned to stop worrying and love E2E
Over my career I’ve dabbled in various forms of testing, both on the backend and front-end. I’ve tried various frameworks and experimented
Help, I’m creating a file upload
Every software engineer has at some point in their career been asked to build a file upload. Perhaps it was to let a user upload
The first days as a firefighting CTO — what to focus on when you are hired to lead a team in times of change
At madewithlove, we join teams when things aren’t so stable. Maybe a key non-replaceable employee has left or a new investment is fueling
Continuous Integration and Deployment in the era of Containers
One of the first steps when you are deploying an application with Docker Swarm or Kubernetes is to publish the image in a registry. It
Creating a Scientific Pitch Notation Type using template literal types
Ok. So. The honeymoon phase is over. I can say TypeScript is steadily becoming a part of my daily stack. While working on converting music-
12 Factors in the era of containers
The 12factor manifest is a set of guidelines to help us build SaaS applications that can easily be operated and scaled without much effort. It