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New Page About Custom AI Agents for Businesses

With recent developments in AI and machine learning, artificial intelligence is no longer something companies discuss only as a future possibility. As AI capabilities become more practical and accessible, even businesses outside the traditional technology sector are starting to explore how AI can support their daily operations. For many organizations,

Cutting Costs, Not Quality

During times of economic uncertainty, companies are faced with the difficult task of reducing costs without sacrificing strategic initiatives that are crucial for their long term success. This is a difficult balancing act that impacts companies across all verticals and market segmentations. One solution to this problem is outsourcing. Outsourcing

Most in-demand digital services of the decade

Most in-demand digital services of the decade

On an average day, 4000 new mobile apps are published on AppStore and Google Play. At the same time, 80-90% of those apps fail to attract users and end up abandoned after the first launch. Every day we go over dozens of ideas for new services. We have sieved

PWA: history, advantages and shortcomings

PWA: history, advantages and shortcomings

PWAs are web applications that use progressive enhancement strategy, which means that they check whether the browser supports certain Web APIs, and if it does, then they can use them. Hence the name - Progressive Web Apps. Some trivia The term was coined in 2015 by Google engineer Alex Russel and

8 steps from an app idea to a prototype

8 steps from an app idea to a prototype

Before you start developing an application, you need to understand what this application is about: what it is expected to do, how many screens it should have, and how future users will interact with it. To figure all that out, we thoroughly examine a customer’s idea and then create

How we use automated testing on projects with frequently changing code

How we use automated testing on projects with frequently changing code

In Mercury, we do a lot of work with startups, where functionality constantly changes, and the code is rewritten from sprint to sprint. If you write an automated test, and then the team decides to make changes to the software, your test may quickly become obsolete, which means that instead

Trello or Jira: selecting an agile team management tool

Trello or Jira: selecting an agile team management tool

Among the many different project management tools available today, Trello and Jira are the most popular ones. We asked Kirill, one of our project managers, for some tips on choosing the right tool for your team. What are their similarities? * Both are used to manage flexible teams: Kanban and Scrum.

I have a great idea... Now what? Part 1

I have a great idea... Now what? Part 1

These are words I am sure we have all muttered at some point. As mobile apps continue to grow year over year, more and more people are looking create the next monster app. We see it everyday, "I have a million dollar app idea, but I have no idea

Mitigating risks to your business during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mitigating risks to your business during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 has greatly impacted businesses and individuals globally. With the rapid spread of the virus, lockdowns and quarantines are forcing companies around the world to rethink how they get work done.