We like to push things to the extreme. We have learned a lot that way. Exploring the boundaries of a technology you're working with. Looking into what nifty little things can greatly improve the performance of web applications. Finding out how applications can be designed best. Thinking about the psychology behind programming. Internet companies usually move pretty fast. This in itself is not bad. Turbulence creates energy, in our experience. However, We've also seen a lot of companies not asking themselves enough questions. Or if they did, they just didn't know the answer and often left the whole problem at that. "What kind of questions?" you might ask. Here are a few examples.

Is your web application secure enough?

Is the code in your project conforming to code conventions for good maintainability?

Will your code last in the future with, for example, engine version changes?

Is your database and code tweaked enough to not run into significant performance problems in the future?

Does your programming team communicate with your design team well enough? Do they work together in an efficient, motivating way?

Do you really know what your end user wants?

Can you charge your client for changes to the system way beyond the deadline of the project?

These are only a few possible questions we've seen a lot of companies struggling with. Sure, hiring a pro costs a few bucks. But the problems mentioned can usually end up costing fortunes if they persist. The internet market, in a way, moved from quantity to quality. Nowadays your clients have certain expectations about the internet company they're going to work with. Your clients want quality, and they want it delivered yesterday.

You can't afford security holes, databases slowing down dramatically, ugly database errors on your website because your database server went down, code that gets unreadable and therefore very hard to maintain over time, and numerous other nasty situations. It is not simply about "getting the job done in time" anymore. It's about getting a good, carefully planned job done that will keep its high quality over time. Over the years we have gained quite an amount of experience with numerous situations and technologies. Databases that mysteriously crashed, sites that appeared to be vulnerable to simple attacks after all, applications that were just not fast enough for production environments, getting bored of writing repetitive code, dealing with messy code, clients not knowing what they wanted, and so on. Even though some of the memories still cause cold sweat to appear, we've learned a lot from these situations, and we are thankful for actually having experienced them. we've found answers to a wide range of problems. In case you have no idea what we are talking about, here are a few examples of things you can hire us for:

Advice on the technologies you can use to develop your specific web application, and how to use them.

Assistance throughout the entire process of project analysis.

Reviews of your applications for reporting (and possibly fixing) security holes, inefficiencies, risks.

Training on more specialized subjects (also see: training).

Writing of product documentation and user manuals.

Researching and reporting about specialized topics.

As you can see, the services we can provide you with vary, and you might have a problem with a completely different area of web application development. Either way, you can always contact us to discuss what I can possibly do for you.