15 Feb 2017
What if you could identify and answer critical business questions through design, prototype a solution, and deploy it to a real audience – all in one week? Believe it or not, it can be done. This is the concept behind the efficient, highly focused, and exciting design sprint.
7 Feb 2017
Considering an update to Rails 5? Here's 3 reasons you shouldn't wait to upgrade to a new version of Rails.
3 Feb 2017
Outsourcing a new web development project? Here's a quick guide to everything you need to know to get the most accurate estimate from outside agencies. No more running around in circles on endless conference calls and email threads for weeks. Cut to the chase and get that project started ASAP.
30 Jan 2017
SWAG is the first step in a web development partnership – and we don’t mean style. See what questions we ask ourselves and our potential clients before calculating our ballpark project estimates.
24 Jan 2017
In our initial calls with potential design partners, one of the first phrases we often hear is: I think we just need a fresh set of eyes on this project. Here's a few reasons outside perspectives are beneficial for refreshing a tired design.
10 Jan 2017
We’ve partnered with incredible companies in dozens of different verticals: subscription snack services, spin studios, event venues, and technology companies, just to name a few. Our redesign and development abilities translate beyond one industry. But we aren’t the right fit for every project. Here are six reasons you shouldn't hire Planet Argon. It's not you, it's us.
9 Jun 2016
Users aren’t always online! We know this, but most websites and web applications are still incapable of supporting a user who’s lost their connection.
2 Jun 2016
Puma’s popularity as both a web and Rails server has shown steady growth toward the position of preferred tool for both roles. Growing out of the once-mighty Mongrel, Puma hails itself as "A Modern, Concurrent Web Server for Ruby". Showing significantly lower memory usage and response times than Unicorn and Passenger the communities support appears to be continuing to shift in its direction.
1 Jun 2016
A declining but still significant percentage of respondents to Planet Argon's Rails survey (down to 16% this year, from a high of 31% in 2009) don’t use any exception notification at all on their projects. Why turn a deaf ear to an important part of your application’s health?
27 Apr 2016
We are awash in a sea of options for front-end Javascript frameworks. We all want the right tool for the right job, but separating useful information from noise can be tough & choosing the "correct" technology can be a daunting task. In an attempt to not add more fuel to the fire in the everlasting Ember vs. Angular debate, here is a list of some (relatively) unbiased comparisons between two of the most popular JS frameworks that we feel accurately summarize the pros & cons that come along with the tools being used to build modern web applications today.
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