The initial version of my app had all the information available with 0 clicks from the home screen. And users hated it… — Two years ago, I learned a valuable lesson about creating good UX: It might not seem intuitive, but sometimes users prefer the less straightforward UX At this time, I was building the first version of a new cross-platform app called Skiwise. …

Stop clotting the beating heart of your SaaS business. Implement these 7 tips to streamline your dashboard and improve user retention. — SaaS dashboards, like everything in life, are a compromise. They’re a constant battle between functionality and ease-of-use. And, like most compromises, they typically do a bad job at both things. Luckily, my consultancy, Pwego, identifies and fixes SaaS dashboards for a living. …

The pros, the cons, and everything in-between. Plus a better alternative. — Notion has undoubtedly grown enormously in the past three years. With a 20x increase in users from 1 million in 2019 to 20 million in 2021, it has proven to be a valuable tool for any business. And with this growth, we’ve already seen Notion fill a variety of business…

…and why the React devs teach you incorrectly — The other day I was converting a JavaScript component to TypeScript and I got tripped up in one specific area: React Context. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve used TypeScript a million times before, but for some reason Context was not clicking with me. So I went back to the…

And how this design patterns can cut down development time & make messy forms a thing of the past. — Ughh… why does form code in React always get so messy? It starts out simple: a <form> component, a couple input fields, and a submit button. But soon things get a little more complicated. You think, “hmmm.. I want some more validation for this zip code field”. …

And how putting everything under the Notion umbrella can help your company’s productivity soar. — I’ve been using Notion as a core tool for my business for almost a year now. In that time, this tool has crept up into more and more use-cases. Between roadmapping, documentation, CRM, onboarding, email templates, etc, I sometimes wonder if there’s anything Notion can’t do. So a couple months…

Skip the headache — use Notion to provide documentation for customers. Perfect for software engineers, support teams, and startups. — Want to write your API docs completely in Notion and publish them anywhere? Try Engine.so for Notion. Build a self-service knowledge base for your customers in 2 minutes or less. Ask any developer and they’ll agree: Notion is awesome. It truly is the all-in-one workspace for your company.

For $0 you can put your most important customer data in Notion and build your business around it. — As a solo entrepreneur, I frequently have to do many of the same tasks as larger companies but with significantly less budget and less time. This makes it important that I have tools that let me work fast and don’t break the bank to do it. That’s why Notion is…

PWAs — The mobile app technology of the future. But, what are they? How do they work? And how can I convert my website into one? — Progressive Web Apps (PWA’s) are becoming more widespread every day and when you see their benefits it’s easy to understand why. PWA’s are proven to bring about higher customer engagement, higher customer retention, and increased conversion rates to your web app. So, what are PWA’s?