XB Software Blog

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Not Just a Manual: How Our Project Management Framework Helps Teams Deliver When a master takes on a task, the result speaks for itself. Unfortunately, there aren’t many masters out there. Even though the secret of mastery isn’t really a secret — it’s domain knowledge plus 10K hours of focused practice. Basically, it is over f... By Vitaly Hornik

May 19, 2025

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Client Through the Looking-Glass, or How Not to Devalue a Project by the Lack of Documentation When during another meeting a customer has to remind the developer all over again about the need to not break anything, ... By Vitaly Hornik

October 30, 2024

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How to Choose Between API and SDK Development In software development, two acronyms frequently cause frustration: API (Application Programming Interface) and SDK (Software Development Kit). While they may appear similar at first glance, they serve distinct roles in the creation, integration, and enhanceme... By Vitaly Hornik, Vladislav Kumakov

April 10, 2024

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Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee: How BFS Contract Changes Your Perception on Product Development When you are about to work with another company that will provide you with the required services, you need to define the... By Vitaly Hornik

December 29, 2023

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Earned Value Management (EVM): How to Forecast Project Outcome and When Does EVM Help? In an ideal world, IT projects are completed with less or no issues than expected and lead immediately to a successful o... By Vitaly Hornik

November 30, 2023

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Clash of the Libraries. Building a Data Dashboard with React, Vue.js, and Webix The progress in web development is a double-edged sword. Countless libraries and frameworks give you freedom of choice, ... By Vitaly Hornik

November 28, 2023

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OLAP vs OLTP: The Best Method of Analyzing Aggregated Data in SaaS After developing a web application or web service (SaaS) and overcoming a tumultuous period of its growth, you may eventually reach a dead end and become lost in how to grow further. For some reason, new possibilities don’t give you what you expected, and co... By Vitaly Hornik

October 27, 2023

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Backend vs. Frontend Development: How to Decide Where to Start? The question of whether you should handle the frontend or backend part of a web application first may sound pretty easy.... By Vitaly Hornik

October 26, 2023

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How to Estimate Cost of Fixed Price Projects During the project management life cycle (PMLC), there is a lot that your team should do to develop the solution you nee... By Vitaly Hornik

September 19, 2023

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The Intricate Art of Maximizing Value. How To Make Every Coin Spent Worth its Weight In Gold Naturally, we always want to know the actual price of a specific product or service before paying for it. We compare the... By Vitaly Hornik

September 12, 2023

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The Challenges of Project Estimation: Exploring the Variations Probably, you’ve already encountered a situation where, for the same description of work, different software vendo... By Vitaly Hornik

August 22, 2023

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Hidden Pitfalls of Using Free Libraries and Frameworks When choosing a technology for the front-end implementation, there’s a pretty important, and ultimately the most i... By Vitaly Hornik

July 19, 2023

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Key Factors to Consider When Migrating to a New UI/UX Today, a web app built ten years ago looks outdated even if you paid a significant amount for its implementation. It’s not eye-catching, and every action leads to long loading times, which harms user productivity. The appearance of such apps draws a litt... By Vitaly Hornik

March 15, 2023