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Hosting Nuxt.js SSR on Amplify

Apr 21st 2020 / Kresimir Bojcic

Hosting Nuxt.js SSR on Amplify

Last year we switched from trusted Rails to Nuxt.js for our landing pages. Because I am very busy (mostly drinking) I had the most brilliant 'budget' setup on our EC2 instance. I manually installed Nginx, pm2, git and Node. I also did Let's Encrypt bullshit dance that I feel too shaken to talk about. I'll pretent that it just worked and that they did not make arbitraty changes that would break update calls and then block me for a week for 'thottling' reasons because I neglected to read their update info from that morning...

Using Gridsome and Directus to build world class Jamstack pages

Mar 24th 2020 / Kresimir Bojcic

Using Gridsome and Directus to build world class Jamstack pages

You want to build fast, easy to change sites at extremely low cost? You came to the right place.

Kodius Rated One of Croatia's Best Web Developers

Jun 20th 2019 / Kresimir Bojcic

Kodius Rated One of Croatia's Best Web Developers

Don't take our word for it - take the word of the leading industry sources. Our diligence and passion has been recognized and we are now rated among top developers among nearly a hundred competitors.

Agency or Freelancer? - The Value of an outsider's perspective

May 27th 2019 / Paulina Tomicich

Agency or Freelancer? - The Value of an outsider's perspective

You have clicked on this article, most likely, because you have come up with a groundbreaking idea but you have almost no experience or knowledge about the IT sphere...

The Future is Now: How to Get Advantage by Outsourcing Software Development

May 23rd 2019 / Kresimir Bojcic

The Future is Now: How to Get Advantage by Outsourcing Software Development

The 2019 became the year when it was finally clear that oursourcing software development is no longer an option but THE option.

Implementing Google Authenticator in Active Admin

Oct 31st 2018 / Zvonimir Ivaskovic

Implementing Google Authenticator in Active Admin

In this blog post we will be showing you how to implement a two-factor authentication solution for Rails Active Admin by using Google Authenticator in combination with a custom mailer for sending the QR registration code.

Scale for Speed and Availability

Jun 29th 2018 / Kresimir Bojcic

Scale for Speed and Availability

In this post I'll go over various options for scaling your business web platform. We'll take a look at five different approaches. There is no wrong or right approach, it is just a matter of what aspects you want to emphasize and what your real world needs are.

How to deactivate User – Rails with Devise

Jul 26th 2017 / Tin Ilijas

How to deactivate User – Rails with Devise

So today I will explain the core of the problem (easy to copy/paste) for deactivation of the User model with Devise.

Protect the Data!

Apr 14th 2017 / Kresimir Bojcic

Protect the Data!

If you were to ask yourself – what is the essence of any software system – what would you say? (that is, what would you have said without having read the title of this post 😃).

Switch users with UserSwitch

Apr 7th 2017 / Tin Ilijas

Switch users with UserSwitch

Ever went through the painful process of constantly switching users to test your app? We built our gem for testing different user roles.

Setting up React & Rails has never been easier

Feb 28th 2017 / Matija Munjakovic

Setting up React & Rails has never been easier

Just a couple of days ago Beta 1 of Rails 5.1 got released, bringing with it a slew of new features. Most prominent among them being the inclusion of Webpack. For the uninitiated, Webpack serves as a bundling tool for your project's JavaScript.

8 Tips to become a Developer

Feb 16th 2017 / Tin Ilijas

8 Tips to become a Developer

Almost a year has flown by ever since I started learning programming from scratch. As a result of that, I am writing this blog post to help new and old developers with some tips I learned in this beautiful world of programming.

How to build an MVP

Feb 3rd 2017 / Kresimir Bojcic

How to build an MVP

So, you’ve decided to build a new disruptive product that will earn you glory and money? Congratulations… welcome to the club and good luck!

Visualize Database Schema – PostgreSQL DB – Rails 5

Jan 26th 2017 / Kresimir Bojcic

Visualize Database Schema – PostgreSQL DB – Rails 5

When working on bigger systems, it helps having your database model visualized. There are many great solutions but a few of them are free. If you fit in the 'small enough' not to use [ER/Studio Data Architect](https://www.idera.com/er-studio-data-architect-software) (the best tool IMHO) but big enough to want to see data visualized-category, then read on.

Taming of Complex Business Logic

Jan 26th 2017 / Kresimir Bojcic

Taming of Complex Business Logic

When faced with real life complexity there rarely is an easy way out or a silver bullet solution. Here I will describe the model I've come up with during years of trial and error. The solution presented here is as far as I know not a mainstream one and it could be considered somewhat controversial.

Logitech GROUP – Remote Video Conferencing System Review

Jan 13th 2017 / Kresimir Bojcic

Logitech GROUP – Remote Video Conferencing System Review

To have a successful remote agency/client relationship you need three main ingredients: 1. Trust, 2. Effective communication, 3. Delivering results. We won't be covering the trust or delivering results parts here, just the second part of the equation.

Upload Image from Swift 3 IOS app to Rails 5 server

Dec 30th 2016 / Tin Ilijas

Upload Image from Swift 3 IOS app to Rails 5 server

Once upon a time, I was given the task to send an image captured on IOS to our Rails back-end server and at first I figured: 'Wow, this can’t be such a big deal, I know how to take an image and I know how to make a request so why would this be any different from a normal request. Why would an image be special?'.

Handling mobile authentication with a web-based API

Dec 29th 2016 / Matija Munjakovic

Handling mobile authentication with a web-based API

Quite recently I had the chance of implementing a log-in/authentication system for one of our mobile applications. Resources available for both the Android and iOS eco-systems are fairly exhaustive but comparisons of the pros and cons of each and every one are not readily available, at least not of the type I would like.

Free SSL on AWS OpsWorks Rails App

Dec 29th 2016 / Kresimir Bojcic

Free SSL on AWS OpsWorks Rails App

In this post I'll try and describe how to set up SSL for your Rails app. This solution is free and will automatically extend the certificate once the certificate runs its course.

Devise with OmniAuth for Single and Multiple Models – Rails 5

Dec 20th 2016 / Kresimir Bojcic

Devise with OmniAuth for Single and Multiple Models – Rails 5

In this post we'll describe on how to use OmniAuth in combination with Rails and Devise to support authentication of existing and new users without asking for email/password combinations.

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