DEI is a huge topic and there are so many ways to approach it. In true product studio style, we created a survey to ask the whole team what diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace means to them. Here's what we learnt.
If the finish line is a successful product that resonates with its users then the fastest way to get there is to lay a solid foundation. Because when you skip the research and discovery phase, it’s very easy to build the wrong thing.
Clue: probably yesterday. Being a small business has its challenges when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion. But we know the most important thing to do is try - even if we make a few mistakes along the way.
London is expensive. But that's not the only reason we've introduced a new policy to pay our entry-level roles a minimum of £35k. We're also committed to creating a happier and more diverse workforce.
When aiming for Series A (or any fundraising), it's only a matter of time before a potential corporate client, VC, or even prospective employee quizzes your approach to tech. This post should help guide your thinking when it comes to security and best practice for your team. Because, at the very least, keeping your tech in check will give you peace of mind as you grow.
At Planes, our engineering team gets to work on a huge variety of projects across a broad range of sectors, from finance and FMCG to education to beauty. With job stability and flexible working also part of the package, we think being a developer has many advantages. Plus there are a bunch of different ways to break into the industry. So how did the team at Planes start their journey to becoming devs?
A deep dive into the four main approaches to rendering your Next.js website and a case for why you can probably rule out Server-Side Rendering.
Although it can be tempting to track every possible interaction, the following guide to building an analytics specification highlights how reducing your event tracking can make for more reliable data and a more robust product.
As Product Managers, everything we do is led by user insights. We spend our entire careers channelling the user's voice; discovering what they want, studying how other companies are delivering on that want, and, when we finally launch our product, validating that the want remains true. But when conscious user requirements are the sole focus, it’s easy to overlook the impact of launching features beyond the metrics we’re actively tracking.
The idea of a digital agency Product Manager might seem strange at first glance. Especially in a tech startup, where the founder has a clear vision of the product, and a deep understanding of the target user.
Some of our favorite clients are startups — working directly with founders who want to build beautiful, user-centric apps on tight timelines and often tighter budgets.
We've started (and finished 😊) a lot of projects here at Planes, and being a team that loves to try new tools, we've gained a lot of experience in what works and what doesn't for React projects. It can often feel daunting making the choice since the most popular frameworks dictate very different approaches to setting up your projects. Hopefully, this post clears up a few of the key decision points when setting up your project.
Design Systems make a whole load of sense for Application System UI, or simple compositions of rectangles, images, text. However, when applying this to more complex website designs or interesting consumer-facing apps, we end up with headaches. The design will break when the screen gets smaller (unless your designer has designed for every pixel screen size--unlikely), your text will need to scale between mobile and desktop and work everywhere between.
For anyone who spends the early part of their working life in one organisation, or a specific industry, making the move to something new can be a daunting prospect. “Will my skill-set be valued? Will it be relevant? Will I be able to ‘catch-up’?” are the questions many people who have considered making a big career change will have found themselves pondering. My semi-recent move from Air Force Engineer to Product Manager was case-in-point. Fortunately, I soon found the answers to those questions were, “Yes. Yup. Yeah, mate”.
There can be a bit of stigma surrounding using an outsourced development team when launching a digital product. And although we are an outsourced development studio, having built products both as part of an internal team and an external agency, I have seen success and failures with both approaches. Of course, there are 100 ways to skin a cat but here are some things to consider when assessing if outsourcing is right for you.
Based on Gatsby, Dashboredhttps://github.com/teamplanes/dashbored works to fill the void for simple, free and open-source dashboards. The goal is not to rival big names like Periscopehttps://www.periscopedata.com/ but provide an alternative for smaller outfits that don’t require the full power of those products (or the accompanying price tags).
The joy of Surge’s simplicity with the power of AWS in a single command.
In this post I cover a relatively specific but common problem in modern web applications, form validation.
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