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Speed can kill your website conversions

A study by Akamai, a leading Content Delivery Network (CDN), revealed that visitors have increasingly demanding expectations when it comes to website speed.

Generally, when clients build a sophisticated application (web or native), the back-end interface is an afterthought. Most of the time, complex user-based applications are built with the back-end code directly interfacing with the database, and the abstraction of the data is tackled at a later date, if budget and timeline allow. Usually at some point a small custom admin is built to allow client's a tiny window into their application data. However, with the current rise of headless, or decoupled, CMS software this traditional approach to building applications is being challenged.

You hear it talked about a lot... but have you ever wondered, what exactly is open source software?

We've been waxing ecstatic for months on how PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) are the wave of the future. We're currently building some for a couple clients right now, and are super excited to unveil them in the next couple months.

Until then, don't just take it from us... Check out all of the below videos for more insight and feedback on what makes Progressive Web Apps the future of web:

A web service allows programs and websites to talk to each other, in a simple phrase: machine-to-machine communication. Web services can be used to send website data to an outside application, implement 3rd party functionality or back-end services on a website.

Breaking news!! (From July, it was a busy summer cut us some slack)

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If you haven't read parts 1 and 2, do so here: Part 1 & Part 2

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If you haven't read part 1 of this series, we would recommend you start there: Part 1

Okay, you say.. I understand that you think Progressive Web Applications are the way of the future, but come on.. we already have three different solutions- Native Applications, Traditional Web Applications, and Hybrid Applications. Why do you think this newest option is so much better?

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We are entering an exciting time for humanity and technology. The impact of tech on our lives has quickly grown beyond a single screen, and begun to fully integrate itself into every aspect of our daily lives. The invention of mobile devices has quickly expanded the accessibility of knowledge, our social network, and our personal data. In today’s age we interact with technology and digital applications from the minute we wake up and turn on our coffee machines to the moment we shut off our tvs to go to bed.