Mews Developers https://developers.mews.com Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:03:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://developers.mews.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-MEWS_ICON_BLACK-1-32x32.png Mews Developers https://developers.mews.com 32 32 From 30 Seconds to 200ms: What a Slow Search Taught Us About Scale https://developers.mews.com/scaling-guest-search-from-30-seconds-to-200ms/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:50:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10276 There’s a certain kind of issue that only reveals itself when you’re successful. Not a logic error, not a race condition, but something quieter and more humbling: a solution that simply wasn’t built for the size you’ve grown into. This is the story of one of those moments, what we found when we looked closely, and how we learned from it, then turned it into a meaningful step forward.

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]]> Designers just needed a way in https://developers.mews.com/designers-just-needed-a-way-in/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:05:10 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10294 On building end-to-end ownership as a designer in an AI-first world There’s a conversation happening in design circles right now about whether our role is disappearing. Whether AI is coming for our relevance, our seat at the table, our reason to exist. I don’t know what the future looks like. Nobody does. But I’ve spent the last several months doing work I couldn’t have done two years…

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]]> The most human PMS https://developers.mews.com/the-most-human-pms/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:50:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10242 What the US taught us about hospitality, emotional labor, and service as care I want to start with something personal, because I think it matters for what follows. I’m Latin American. I grew up in a culture where hospitality isn’t a job, it’s how people show they love you. Serving someone well, anticipating what they need before they ask, noticing them: these are acts of care. They’re my love…

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]]> Code generation is now cheap, code review still isn’t https://developers.mews.com/code-generation-is-cheap-review-remains-costly/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:38 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10222 Per-engineer PR throughput has gone up a lot in the last year. Reviewer capacity hasn’t. My team has been running an experiment for the last few weeks to find out what to do about that, and we have some early results worth sharing. For most of the first two decades of commercial software development, the primary owner of code quality was the person who wrote the code. You shipped it…

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]]> Mews R&D Check-In with Petr Bambušek https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-check-in-with-petr-bambusek/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:42:42 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10193 In this episode of the R&D Check-in at Mews, host Jan Meissner speaks with Petr Bambušek, Senior Staff Frontend Engineer, about how frontend engineering and the Staff Engineer role have evolved in a fast-scaling tech company. Petr reflects on his path from early startup “do-everything” work to frontend specialization and later engineering leadership roles, including stepping in and out of…

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]]> AI-Driven Development Without Losing Quality & Control https://developers.mews.com/ai-driven-development-without-losing-quality-and-control/ Thu, 28 May 2026 07:37:47 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10160 Can AI be trusted to help build backend services that handle financial transactions? We had doubts. We also had one quarter to ship something that would traditionally take two or three, so we went on the journey to find out. We introduced AI as a first-class collaborator in every phase of the development life cycle: refining product requirements, domain exploration, system architecture…

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]]> What It Means to Be a Product Builder at Mews https://developers.mews.com/what-it-means-to-be-a-product-builder-at-mews/ Fri, 22 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10000 When people ask what a Product Builder is, the short version is this: I am not here to wait for a perfect spec, pick up a ticket and disappear after the merge. I am here to find worthwhile problems, validate them quickly, build the thing, ship it and stay close enough to see whether it actually helped. That is the core of the role at Mews. At Mews, the role was created as a deliberate…

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]]> Mews R&D Check-In with Markéta Willis https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-check-in-with-marketa-willis/ Wed, 13 May 2026 20:52:08 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10135 In this episode, Jan Meissner sits down with Markéta Willis, our Software Engineer and content creator, to explore her shift from languages into IT, and what she learned along the way. They discuss how breaking into tech is not just about learning to code, but managing the mental and emotional challenges that come with a complete career change. What started as sharing her journey online quickly…

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]]> Navigation is the real cost of AI coding agents https://developers.mews.com/navigation-is-the-real-cost-of-ai-coding-agents/ Mon, 04 May 2026 07:56:34 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10039 Twenty minutes into a token-burning grep across 20,000 files, my AI agent still hadn’t found where retry handling lives. I work on the Fintech platform at Mews, where our core product is a C# monolith that size, and if you have ever used AI coding agents inside something that big you know the wall I hit. The tools are genuinely impressive once they know where to look. The problem is getting them…

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]]> How I Use AI to Manage A Tribe Without Losing the Plot https://developers.mews.com/using-ai-to-manage-a-tribe/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9956 I lead about 30 engineers at Mews. My calendar is a mosaic of 1:1s, cross-team syncs, and strategic discussions, each requiring a completely different mental model. By the time I finish my fourth meeting of the day, the first one feels like it happened last week. The hardest part of my job isn’t making decisions. It’s remembering where I left off. Engineering directors don’t write…

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]]> Your release notes are a product lever—treat them like one https://developers.mews.com/your-release-notes-are-a-product-lever/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:27:43 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9942 If a feature ships without documentation, does it exist? Most product teams would say yes. I don’t think that’s true. Because: Product = functionality + content And without content, your product is incomplete. Release notes are where this becomes obvious… and they’re one of the most underused assets in product teams. Often true—but not because they don’t…

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]]> Mews R&D Check-In with Alex Ratman https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-check-in-with-alex-ratman/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:56 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=10122 In this episode, our host Jan Meissner sits down with Alex Ratman, Senior Software Engineer at Mews and a self-proclaimed observability enthusiast. Alex shares the story of how a performance gap on the customer side led his team to build the first true observability solution for frontend engineering at Mews—moving from being “blind” to having eyes on every interaction. The conversation goes deep…

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]]> Mews R&D Check-In with Sofía Santos https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-check-in-with-sofia-santos/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:54:45 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9936 In this episode, our host Jan Meissner sits down with Sofía Santos, Staff Service Designer in the Growth Tribe at Mews. Sofía shares her unique perspective on what it means to design for the entire customer journey—from the first interaction with a brand to the complex onboarding and support systems that keep a product running. The conversation explores how a service designer’s way of thinking…

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]]> Who’s really writing your code?  https://developers.mews.com/whos-really-writing-your-code/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:12:40 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9911 I’ll admit it, I was one of those engineers who rolled their eyes at AI coding tools. GitHub Copilot suggestions felt intrusive, and the idea of letting a Large Language Model (LLM) write production code seemed reckless at best. Then I tried Cursor for the first time and I started seeing the endless possibilities. It wasn’t great at the beginning but after investing some time, everything changed.

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]]> 2025 at Mews: Our R&D community year in review https://developers.mews.com/2025-at-mews/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:28:06 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9840 Without overemphasis, we can say that 2025 was one of the most active years ever for the R&D community at Mews. We optimized our internal processes so we can support as many colleagues as possible while still providing teams with individual care. Not only did we achieve last year’s goals, but we also took a significant step forward. Our R&D Community members were active in more than 15 cities…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Rui Oliveira https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-rui-oliveira/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:23:59 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9901 In this episode, our host Jan Meissner sits down with Rui Oliveira, Senior Product Manager in Mews Platform Enablement Tribe. Rui shares his unconventional path into product—from studying electrical engineering and building betting automations at his university, to shaping product across industries like e-commerce, agriculture, manufacturing, and now hospitality at Mews.

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]]> Kickoff Like a Pro: Why Your Project’s First Step Should Be Its Most Exciting   https://developers.mews.com/kickoff-like-a-pro/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9844 Ready to launch a new project? Hold up! Don’t dive straight into the deep end—make sure you’ve warmed up and high-fived your teammates first. That’s what a project kickoff is all about! It’s the moment everyone gathers, agrees on what you’re building (and why), and walks away pumped for the journey ahead. Think of a kickoff as the group selfie before the marathon. It’s more than a calendar…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Jiří Vinárek https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-jiri-vinarek/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:31:53 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9836 In this episode, our host Jan Meissner sits down with Jiří Vinárek, our Staff Data Scientist, to demystify the world of data. What’s the real difference between data engineers, analysts, and scientists? How do these roles work together to transform raw information into powerful insights? And why does good data feel a bit like high-octane fuel for AI? Jiří shares his journey from studying…

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]]> Granular Permissions in Mews: More Control, Less Chaos   https://developers.mews.com/granular-permissions-in-mews/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 07:45:07 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9819 When I was 12, my parents trusted me with the house keys… but not the car keys. Sensible. I could get in, feed the dog (and myself), and not burn down the place. Handing me the car would have been chaos. In Mews, we face a similar challenge: giving the right team members access to the right tools without creating risk or confusion. That’s the philosophy behind granular permissions: give every…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Roger Ribas https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-roger-ribas/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:14:34 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9829 In this episode, our host sits down with Roger Ribas, Senior Engineering Manager of Technical Security at Mews, to explore how building a proactive security program can protect both products and customers. Roger shares how his team approaches security beyond development, tackling live threats, phishing, AI risks, and operational resilience, while enabling product teams to innovate safely.

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]]> “In the Age of AI, Intuition Might Just Be Our Most Valuable Design Tool” — But Is It?   https://developers.mews.com/how-mews-reimagined-personas/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:30:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9719 Some weeks back, I gave a talk at the Hatch Conference. I shared how our Mews Design Ops team, where I work as a Senior Strategic Service Designer, turned a failed attempt at implementing personas into a powerful lesson on introducing design frameworks into complex organizations. At Mews, we’ve made deliberate choices to become more customer-centric. It starts with how we organize ourselves…

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]]> When Restaurant Staff Outsmart Your Technology: Lessons from F&B Masters at CoolRooms Hotels https://developers.mews.com/restaurant-staff-outsmart-technology/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:46:55 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9695 Mews’ product team in charge of our Point of Sales (POS) system—the software restaurants use to take orders and process payments—went to visit one of our hotel clients, CoolRooms Palacio de Atocha, and had follow-up conversations with the team at CoolRooms Palacio de Villapanés in Sevilla. The plan was simple: understand workflows, identify pain points, validate our assumptions about how food and…

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]]> A Better Way to Measure Upsell Performance: Wilson Confidence Intervals https://developers.mews.com/better-way-to-measure-upsell-performance/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:00:47 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9742 At Mews, we try to go above and beyond to help hotels increase their bottom-line revenue. One way we do this is by continuously exploring how our clients use Mews products : what works, what doesn’t, and where there’s untapped opportunity. As part of this effort, we were investigating upsell performance across properties, looking for patterns we could turn into concrete recommendations.

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Stephan Delbos https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-stephan-delbos/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:18:42 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9806 In this episode, our host sits down with Stephan Delbos, Senior Director of Product Knowledge Activation at Mews, to explore how bringing documentation, education, and knowledge management together can transform the user experience. Stephan shares how his team is shaping an AI-first approach to content creation, from internal GPT-powered documentation to smarter onboarding through Mews University…

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]]> Goodbye Webpack, Hello Rspack (and 80% Faster Builds) https://developers.mews.com/goodbye-webpack-hello-rspack-and-80-faster-builds/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:09:39 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9722 When your local dev server takes longer to start than your coffee machine, it’s time for a change. Our frontend builds had become painfully slow, and Webpack was struggling to keep up. So we migrated our entire frontend monorepo to Rspack, cutting startup time from three minutes to just ten seconds. In this post, I’ll walk through why we chose Rspack, how we executed the migration…

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]]> How Mews stabilized software quality after rapid growth https://developers.mews.com/how-mews-stabilized-software-quality-after-rapid-growth/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:31:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9686 As the Guest Experience tribe entered a phase of rapid growth, we were adding new people, shipping features at a faster pace, and expanding into products our customers rely on daily. Growth was exciting, but it also came with trade-offs. Coordination between teams became harder, risk spread across more moving parts, and the number of production incidents climbed. At this point…

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]]> Mews R&D Podcast with Yael Barak and Joel Ndreu https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-podcast-with-yael-barak-and-joel-ndreu/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:39:03 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9698 In this episode, R&D Community Lead Jan Meissner sits down with Yael Barak and Joel Ndreu, two new leaders at Mews with very different journeys—one through fintech, the other through real estate and big tech. From early online payments and designing the World Trade Center to stints at Facebook and Zoom, they share what drew them to hospitality tech, why 1,500 people feels like the “right size,”…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Richard Schäfer https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-richard-schafer/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:04:24 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9680 In this episode, our host chats with Richard Schäfer, Director of Developer Experience at Mews, about what it takes to create a seamless experience for engineers and how developer tooling can scale with a growing company. From his journey from engineer to DX leader to why small teams don’t always need dedicated DX, Richard shares candid insights on leadership, cross-team collaboration…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Richard Valtr https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-richard-valtr/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:58:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9667 In this episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, goes freestyle with Mews founder Richard Valtr in what might just be our first-ever “mini–maxi” podcast. From what a founder’s day really looks like to why staying connected to customers of all sizes matters, Richard shares candid thoughts on leadership, culture, and the fine balance between chasing Goliaths and avoiding becoming one.

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]]> From idea to app in hours: how Windsurf builds full-stack apps with you https://developers.mews.com/how-windsurf-builds-full-stack-apps/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:42:27 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9651 A hands-on look at using Claude and Windsurf to build a full-stack mood tracker from scratch. I’ll be honest, with so many AI tools, editors, and chatbots launching every day, it can quickly get overwhelming. Sometimes, I just feel like sticking with Copilot and Claude and calling it a day . This was my first time trying out Windsurf. I’ve seen some videos on YouTube showing how others…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Vladimír Pinďura https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-vladimir-pindura/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:18:38 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9645 In this episode, Jan Meissner sits down with Vladimír Pinďura, Engineering Manager in Connectivity, to explore the challenges and rewards of leading a distributed team. Vladimír shares how he keeps his team engaged across distances, measures success beyond numbers, and fosters continuous learning through dedicated sessions. They discuss the impact of visiting customers in person — what it means…

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]]> Bring your “coffee machine chit-chat experience” online with Lean Coffee https://developers.mews.com/coffee-chat-vibes-online-with-lean-coffee/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:29:24 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9526 In a world full of back-to-back meetings, especially with remote work becoming the norm, Lean Coffee offers a welcome change of pace. It’s a simple, structured meeting format without a fixed agenda, where participants decide what topics to discuss based on what matters most to them. Whether you’re part of a product team, a project group, or a community of practice, Lean Coffee creates a…

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]]> Mews and Hey Lou HOTELS Hackathon: A First-of-Its-Kind Collaboration https://developers.mews.com/mews-and-hey-lou-hotels-hackathon-a-first-of-its-kind-collaboration/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:25:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9540 In a groundbreaking initiative, Mews partnered with our customer Hey Lou HOTELS to host our very first joint hackathon. Sparked by the shared vision of leaders from both companies—Ryan Tomlinson and Conor Winders, VPs of Product and Engineering at Mews, and Martin Kemmer from Hey Lou HOTELS—the event was designed to bring teams together, foster creativity, and develop innovative ideas to elevate…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Magdalena Piątek https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-magdalena-piatek/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:54:23 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9537 In this episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, talks with Magdalena Piątek, Senior Software Engineer at Mews, about her inspiring transition from frontend to backend — and how that shift led her to lead the development of our multicurrency feature in the fintech domain. Magda shares how curiosity, a supportive team, pair coding sessions, and real-world learning (including online courses…

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]]> The T-Shaped Engineer: Balancing Depth, Breadth, and Burnout https://developers.mews.com/t-shaped-engineer/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:42:23 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9488 When I joined Mews as one of the first T-shaped engineers, I didn’t quite realize what I was signing up for. At the time, the term “T-shaped” was starting to become more common in product and engineering conversations. The idea? Someone with deep expertise in one area (say frontend), but with broad working knowledge across many (such as backend, product thinking, security, threat modeling…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Adi Tamches https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-adi-tamches/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:19:39 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9515 In this episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, talks with Adi Tamches, Senior Product Designer at Mews, who focuses on crafting the guest experience — from check-in to check-out and beyond. Adi dives into what it means to design for B2C users in a predominantly B2B product, and how real guest feedback and close collaboration with hospitality-savvy colleagues inform the work.

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]]> Bug Bash: A Collaborative Approach to Higher Quality Software Delivery https://developers.mews.com/bug-bashes/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:00:42 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9455 In software development, delivering a high-quality product is a continuous challenge. Despite thorough testing processes, automated checks, and strict acceptance criteria, bugs still find their way into releases. To address this, at Mews we’ve embraced a popular practice during the pre-delivery stage called Bug Bash. This collaborative testing event has proven to be an effective way to catch…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Sylvia Tang https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-sylvia-tang/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:15:36 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9510 In this episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, chats with Sylvia Tang, Product Manager in the Connectivity team at Mews. Sylvia shares her journey—from studying at hotel school to starting in Mews customer support, all the way to her current role in product. With a deep passion for numbers and systems thinking, Sylvia found her way into product management not by working directly with the…

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]]> Building a reliable design system adoption metric from production data https://developers.mews.com/design-system-adoption-metric-building/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:00:19 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9367 Clear, data-backed insights can go a long way in helping product teams adopt your design system. For years, we’ve struggled to establish a reliable and easily understood adoption metric for our design system at Mews—one that provides accurate data and resonates with all stakeholders. In this article, I’ll walk you through the path we took to develop a metric that gives us accurate…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Ondra Heřmánek https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-ondra-hermanek/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:22:39 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9517 In this episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, sits down with Ondra Heřmánek, Staff Backend Engineer and true Mews veteran. Together, they explore Ondra’s fascinating career path — from hands-on backend engineering to leading teams as Head of Backend and Engineering Manager, and ultimately returning to his roots as a Staff Engineer. What drives someone to step away from management and back…

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]]> How Incident Responders Can Manage Mental Health in High-Stress Tech Environments https://developers.mews.com/how-incident-responders-can-manage-mental-health/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 06:59:19 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9319 Incident responders are key to keeping software systems secure and functional. However, the nature of this work can be extremely stressful and demanding, so it’s essential to manage your mental health while handling the challenges of incident response. Here are some strategies I use myself to stay in tech instead of opening a florist shop, which might be on the horizon given my great track…

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]]> Avoiding Workflow Gridlock: Lessons from a Kafka Outage https://developers.mews.com/lessons-from-kafka-outage/ Thu, 29 May 2025 08:18:02 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9336 When building resilient systems, it’s easy to forget how subtle design choices, like where you put a Kafka call, can become major bottlenecks. We hit this firsthand during a recent outage that caused thousands of Temporal workflows to stall. Here’s how we fixed it, and what we learned. TL;DR: A Kafka outage caused thousands of our Temporal workflows to get stuck before doing any…

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]]> Mews R&D Podcast with Matt Welle https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-podcast-with-matt-welle/ Fri, 23 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9445 In this episode, R&D Community Lead Jan Meissner sits down with our CEO, Matt Welle, for a behind-the-scenes look at how Mews evolved from whiteboard wireframes to a leading hospitality platform used by thousands. From launching a PMS with zero lines of code to learning what it really takes to set up a product team, Matt shares how deep hospitality pain and constant iteration shaped Mews’ tech DNA.

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]]> The unexpected joy of digital parenthood: a fictional developer’s tale of code ownership  https://developers.mews.com/digital-parenthood-in-software-development/ Tue, 20 May 2025 09:50:12 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9243 DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction designed to illustrate the concepts of code ownership in software development. While inspired by common experiences in the field, all scenarios, incidents, and late-night debugging sessions described herein are purely fictional. No actual developers were permanently traumatized in the creation of this story. All production incidents mentioned were safely…

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]]> The Dark Side of Search: How Cybercriminals Are Abusing Google Ads https://developers.mews.com/the-dark-side-of-search/ Wed, 14 May 2025 11:56:37 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9293 In recent years, search engine marketing platforms have become a playground for cybercriminals. Phishing attacks are no longer confined to shady emails or suspicious links; they’re now appearing as top results in Google, Bing, Facebook, and X ads. It’s a growing, underreported threat. And it’s getting smarter. In this post, we’ll explore how cybercriminals exploit the trust users place…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Václav Kučera https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-vaclav-kucera/ Tue, 06 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9449 In this new episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, chats with Václav Kučera, our Staff Backend Engineer and passionate mechanical keyboard enthusiast. They dive deep into Václav’s love for custom keyboards, his role as a Czech mechanical keyboard meetup organizer, and why this niche hobby resonates so strongly with engineers. Get ready for clicky switches, keycap talk, and a whole lot of…

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]]> Mews R&D MiniPodcast with Hugo Oliveira https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-minipodcast-with-hugo-oliveira/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:30:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9447 Welcome to the Mews R&D mini podcast series! Bite-sized conversations with the people behind our tech – short interviews, fresh insights, and more guests from across Mews R&D. Stay tuned for stories, ideas, and a peek behind the curtain of how we build. In this first episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, chats with Hugo Oliveira, our Director of R&D Enablement. They dive into Hugo’s…

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]]> Tool Evaluation Made Easy: Scoring Framework + Comparison Matrix https://developers.mews.com/tool-evaluation-made-easy/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:44:04 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9280 Building a new product comes with a series of decisions—and choosing the right tools is one of the most important. It’s rare for a single cloud platform to fulfill every requirement. Instead, organizations often combine services: hosting infrastructure with a public cloud provider, leveraging specialized tools for networking and firewalls, and adopting dedicated solutions for logs, traces…

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]]> Forget the Formula: Build Your Leadership Style Around Your Strengths https://developers.mews.com/build-your-leadership-style/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:08:09 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9261 Welcome to the final article in the First Steps as a New Manager series. If you’ve applied the practices from part one (unblock yourself) and part two (unblock your team), you’ve likely created the space needed to shift from firefighting to intentional leadership. Now what? Use that space to evolve your leadership by leaning into your strengths and developing your own authentic style.

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]]> From Medicine to Mews: How Míša Trčková Changed Her Career and Broke into IT https://developers.mews.com/from-medicine-to-mews/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:30:16 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9245 For Míša Trčková, now a Software Engineer at Mews, the journey into IT wasn’t paved by a technical degree. In this interview, Míša shares how she broke into the field, landed her first job, and found a company where she finally feels she can grow. The ReactGirls community featured her story on their Medium blog — now we’re bringing the interview to you here too. What inspired you to…

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]]> Writing for User Disengagement: The Mews approach https://developers.mews.com/writing-for-user-disengagement/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:37:28 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9168 What if product documentation wasn’t about keeping users engaged, but rather about helping them disengage? At Mews, we believe great documentation is not only about providing answers but also about doing so quickly and effectively, allowing users to get back to what truly matters to them: delivering outstanding hospitality. The Mews Technical Writing team is wired to focus on single…

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]]> Master project delivery: How Jira Epics and Initiatives are your secret ingredients to success https://developers.mews.com/master-project-delivery/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:51:46 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9152 Let’s talk about a dinner disaster. Picture this: You’re hosting friends, aiming for a cozy lasagna night. You’ve got the cheese, the noodles, the sauce… but halfway through, you realize you forgot the garlic. Chaos ensues. Frantic substitutions. A meal that’s fine, but not what you’d hoped. It turns out, building software isn’t so different. Without a clear plan, even the best teams end up…

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]]> Mews R&D Podcast with Diego Nuñez https://developers.mews.com/mews-rd-podcast-with-diego-nunez/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9443 In this episode, Jan chats with our Director of Design Operations, Diego Nuñez. Diego is one of the latest additions to the team, but his experience and fresh eyes to what we do in Mews made him a perfect guest. You may have noticed that we changed water for beer. It has its reasons, but maybe the next guest will have the same treatment. Apart from beer, we covered Diego’s path from marketing for…

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]]> Hackers unmasked: who they are, and how to stop them  https://developers.mews.com/hackers-unmasked/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:40:05 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9104 Another day, another attack. It seems hackers just can’t stop hacking for a hot minute. You turn on the news and here it is; another breach, panic. What happened? Are you in danger? What should you do? But most of all, how does no one catch them? How hard can it be to find a guy in front of a computer, with a hoodie? Turns out, not all hackers are the same, and not all of them wear hoodies.

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]]> First steps as a new manager: unblock your team and unlock its full potential https://developers.mews.com/unblock-the-team/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:06:58 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9124 In the first article of this series, First steps as a new manager: unblock yourself to focus on what truly matters, we discussed how to navigate the early challenges of transitioning into a managerial role. The focus was on unblocking yourself: clarifying expectations with your manager, prioritizing effectively, and embracing delegation. These foundational steps help you shift from survival mode…

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]]> Password-less Authentication with Managed Identity https://developers.mews.com/password-less-authentication/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:31:56 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9091 Extensive communication is a nearly universal trait of modern systems. Services talk to each other, their databases, and other resources providing critical functions. Supporting tools (such as Infrastructure as Code pipelines), need to reconfigure the environment. Protocols and request volumes may vary, but the identity of each participant is never certain. How do we authenticate all this…

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]]> A tale of lies and refund disputes: Uncovering guest fraud  https://developers.mews.com/uncovering-guest-fraud/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:01 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9080 Any customer-to-provider interaction can result in a dispute, whether over a defective product, an unfulfilled promise, or, as in the case we’ll cover here, something completely different. In this blog post, I’ll share a recent case where a guest claimed they were wrongfully charged for a reservation they supposedly canceled months ago. What started as a routine investigation into a potential bug…

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]]> Why tracking technical debt matters for growth https://developers.mews.com/why-tracking-technical-debt-matters-for-growth/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:25:24 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9058 Technical debt (in all its forms) is an inevitable byproduct of the trade-offs made to achieve short-term goals, often at the expense of long-term maintainability. Whether it’s cutting corners to meet deadlines (often as part of a bigger implementation plan) or opting for a quick fix to resolve issues, technical debt accumulates quietly, increasing complexity, slowing development…

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]]> The Silent Superpower: How Listening Transforms the Workplace https://developers.mews.com/active-listening-drives-collaboration/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:02:34 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9041 Listening, really listening, is a secret superpower that can turn meetings from mind-numbing endurance tests into productive, collaborative spaces. The best part? It doesn’t cost a dime, and there’s no certificate required to master it. Yet even experienced leaders who are supposed to have this skill locked down struggle with it. It’s easy to fall into the trap of multitasking…

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]]> Scaling GuestPortal: from monolithic backend to microservices https://developers.mews.com/scaling-guestportal/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:26:39 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9007 Our platform architecture at Mews initially consisted of a monolithic backend and several frontend applications. Over the years, however, the functionality we cover has grown significantly. Eventually, our backend became so large and interconnected that it became difficult to work with. While starting with a monolithic backend was likely the right decision at the time…

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]]> Leveraging ADRs to strengthen architecture and teams https://developers.mews.com/leveraging-adrs-to-strengthen-architecture-and-teams/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:45:13 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8945 Software development teams frequently make key architectural and implementation decisions that shape the future of their applications. However, as time passes, the rationale behind these decisions can get lost, and new team members may find it challenging to understand why certain approaches were chosen. This can lead to confusion, wasted time, and the potential for repeating past mistakes.

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]]> First steps as a new manager: unblock yourself to focus on what truly matters https://developers.mews.com/first-steps-as-a-new-manager/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:25:40 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8970 Welcome to the first article in the Now I’m a Manager series! This series is designed to provide you with practical advice for your first steps as a manager, helping you create space for strategic work instead of constantly firefighting. Why write this series? Because I’ve been there. I remember the overwhelming feeling of transitioning from an individual contributor to a manager.

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]]> Mews R&D Podcast with Ryan Tomlinson & Conor Winders https://developers.mews.com/mews-rnd-podcast-with-ryan-tomlinson-and-conor-winders/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:50:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9413 In this episode, Jan chats with our VPs of Engineering—Ryan, who leads the Platform team, and Conor, who leads the Product team—about their journey to Mews and how they collaborate. Ryan and Conor have been with Mews for about two years. They both came from large corporations but have experience with small startups. They are avid runners and smart home fans, and they are both committed to…

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]]> The power of observability & monitoring: boost performance, security, and UX  https://developers.mews.com/the-power-of-observability-and-monitoring/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:32:49 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8836 The times when web services consisted only of a database, an API, and a simple frontend (built with jQuery—remember that?) are a thing of the past. Every developer working with today’s technologies will sooner or later face the question: is my service sufficiently performant, accessible, and secure? At Mews, we manage data for over 5,500 users scattered across the globe, which means we pay…

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]]> 2024 at Mews: Our R&D community year in review https://developers.mews.com/2024-at-mews/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:27:21 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8844 Just as Spotify brings you a Wrapped up of your favorite songs and artists for the year, we present our annual wrap-up of your favorite R&D community, where you may have met us and what blog posts we’ve published. In last year’s recap, we made a “resolution” outlining what you could expect from us in 2024, and we are excited to share what we have accomplished! We mentioned our goal of…

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]]> Architecture Overview: the autobiography of a system https://developers.mews.com/architecture-overview/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:50:32 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8759 An Architecture Overview (AO) document is an ever-evolving document serving as a high-level guide to the key elements, structure, and reasoning behind a system’s architecture. Its primary goal is to provide stakeholders — including developers, product managers, and non-technical team members — with a clear understanding of the system’s architectural design and the rationale behind critical…

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]]> Scaling React for Delivery and Performance https://developers.mews.com/scaling-react/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:36:35 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8805 At Mews, most of our Web UI is built with React, styled-components, and love. While shipping these UIs, we’ve built a robust component library and application architecture that can be adapted to scale well as Mews continues to grow. Scaling a large application like the frontend of our PMS shares a lot of similarities with scaling any kind of software, but as with any meaningful Product Engineering…

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]]> Mews R&D Podcast with Vita Samek https://developers.mews.com/mews-rnd-podcast-with-vita-samek/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:10:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=9370 In this episode, Jan talks to Vita, Director of Engineering, about his career at Mews. Vita started as a Backend engineer in 2015 and grew into the role of director of the Connectivity tribe, a team that oversees the public API, which is used by 1000+ partners to enhance Mews’s functionality. 00:00 Intro 00:50 How is gardening helping Vita relax, and how mistakes you make in the garden are…

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]]> An engineering leader’s guide to successful team integration post-acquisition  https://developers.mews.com/an-engineering-leaders-guide-to-successful-team-integration-post-acquisition/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:11:54 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8789 Change is always challenging, regardless of its nature. Even positive changes like a new job, promotion, or moving to a new house can be difficult. This is especially true when the change is imposed rather than chosen, as in the case of an acquisition. As an engineering manager, I recently experienced my first unexpected acquisition, onboarding a small team of developers I was leading into a…

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]]> The importance of lean documentation: A developer’s key to empowering organizations  https://developers.mews.com/the-importance-of-lean-documentation/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:10:15 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8719 As developers, we often see documentation as an afterthought, a tedious task that pulls us away from “real” work — writing code. It can feel like an unnecessary burden, especially when we’re working in Agile environments, where we favor working software over comprehensive documentation. But what if I told you that lean documentation (just enough documentation to serve key purposes) can be one of…

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]]> How we migrated job processing to a custom service: data layer separation & migration https://developers.mews.com/data-layer-separation-and-migration/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:00:35 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8730 In recent years, Mews has experienced rapid growth, which has led to complications in managing our software development. As development is now divided among multiple teams, enabling these teams to work independently to avoid bottlenecks has become crucial. We have taken several steps to support this independence. The first was modularization, which allowed us to split our monolithic codebase…

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]]> Spotting the duck-rabbit: A stakeholder-led strategy model https://developers.mews.com/stakeholder-led-strategy-model/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:20:33 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8677 As a product manager, sometimes it feels like our stakeholders see the world fundamentally differently than we do. This divergence of perspective can lead to friction, mismatched expectations, and, in extreme cases, behaviours that can appear mutually sabotaging. In truth, stakeholders often do have a different worldview, and for good reason. Recognising this can be the first step in finding a…

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]]> App Architecture: Faster, Better… Simpler https://developers.mews.com/app-architecture-faster-better-simpler/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 05:55:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8646 As a Staff Mobile Engineer at Mews, I’ve come to realize the title “Staff Engineer” is quite vague, with responsibilities varying from company to company and even between departments. In my role, I don’t belong to any specific team; instead, I assist other engineers and teams with code reviews, architectural decisions, and ad-hoc issues. I also consult for other companies and startups…

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]]> How .NET Aspire is transforming Developer Experience at Mews https://developers.mews.com/how-net-aspire-is-transforming-developer-experience-at-mews/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:25:51 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8640 Last year, I shared my thoughts on the importance of Developer Experience (DX) in software development and how it directly affects productivity. Building on that discussion, we started working on a new platform called Mews Atlas—designed to help teams ship code faster while keeping everything secure and compliant. To kick things off, we introduced automated scripts using Docker Compose to manage…

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]]> How we got started with Temporal: Durable execution for payments automation https://developers.mews.com/how-we-got-started-with-temporal/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8613 It’s been some time since we began thinking about using the durable execution framework called Temporal. Why? The reason is fairly simple: it helps us implement actual business cases while allowing us to worry less about how we reliably execute the code. But as with everything in life, nothing is black and white — rather, it’s 255 shades of gray. I had heard about Temporal quite a few times…

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]]> The Apple of my AI: lessons about integration  https://developers.mews.com/the-apple-of-my-ai/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:27:14 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8487 Apple’s recent announcement of so-called ‘Apple Intelligence’ at WWDC raised more than a few eyebrows. Some of this may relate to the extent of the privacy Apple has been able to offer, while much will be directed at the deep integration with OpenAI. Regardless, there is an open debate about how safe such an integration might be, especially given that OpenAI is no stranger to controversy.

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]]> From passwords to passkeys: Making authentication better https://developers.mews.com/from-passwords-to-passkeys-making-authentication-better/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:05:38 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8535 It’s a beautiful sunny day outside, and an even better weekend is coming. You decide it’s the perfect occasion to invite friends for a barbecue! How wonderful—could this day get any better? There’s just one little thing… you don’t have a barbecue. So, let’s log onto our favourite e-shop and order one. Wait… what was the password? Hmm… my birthday? No… my cat’s name? No.

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]]> 10 strategies for continuous growth as a software engineer https://developers.mews.com/software-engineer-growth-strategies/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 11:15:24 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8493 Software development is a fast-evolving field where keeping up with the latest frameworks, languages, and tools can feel like chasing a moving target. Staying current is not just about acquiring technical skills but also about personal and professional growth. Engineering requires choosing the right tools for each situation, and expanding your toolbox involves continuous learning.

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]]> Building strong relationships: Insights from R&D community management https://developers.mews.com/building-strong-relationships/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:00:54 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8450 In the world of tech startups, building meaningful relationships inside and outside the company is essential. In this blog post, we’ll explore the joys and challenges of managing the community at Mews, including how we bring people together, boost collaboration, and grow our community in exciting ways. Our R&D community management team focuses on two main areas: Internal…

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]]> Facilitating remarkable experiences by utilizing NFC with the Mews POS system https://developers.mews.com/nfc-integration-with-the-mews-pos/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:49:28 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8437 Imagine you’re at a hotel, enjoying a delicious breakfast. When it’s time to pay, you realize you forgot to bring your wallet, so you decide it would be easiest to charge the meal to your room. The waiter politely asks for your name to find you in the system, but due to a language barrier, they have trouble spelling it correctly. “No problem,” you think, “I’ll just specify my room number.”…

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]]> Why we do incident drills and why you should too https://developers.mews.com/incident-drills/ Tue, 28 May 2024 15:24:41 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8410 At Mews, incident handling is inevitable to maintaining a robust and reliable service for our clients. It is crucial to have effective incident management as we scale and the potential impact of incidents widens. Severe bugs and issues will inevitably happen in software development; there isn’t a service provider anywhere in the world for whom this is not the case. To a certain degree…

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]]> Participatory design: Building a better experience with our users https://developers.mews.com/participatory-design-at-mews/ Wed, 22 May 2024 07:58:36 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8370 Being user-driven has become one of the core principles for creating great products. As a product designer who focuses on crafting the experience for hotel staff and enabling them to perform their jobs efficiently, it’s essential to always place them at the centre and design for their needs. It’s no surprise that designing for B2B products comes with the challenge of finding customers to…

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]]> Life as a developer on the spectrum 4/4 https://developers.mews.com/life-as-a-developer-on-the-spectrum-4-4/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:24:37 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8342 This is the fourth and final chapter in my blog post series about being a developer on the spectrum. In this chapter I am exploring what employers and employees are doing and what they can be doing with employees that are on the spectrum. To create an inclusive and supportive workplace for employees on the autism spectrum, employers can take several proactive steps. First…

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]]> Life as a developer on the spectrum 3/4 https://developers.mews.com/life-as-a-developer-on-the-spectrum-3/ Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:16:13 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8322 This is the third chapter in my life as a developer on the spectrum. In this chapter I am exploring how I thrive as a developer with ASD my nightmares and my coping mechanisms. One of the key things about working with ASD is the potential to thrive with intense focus and deep concentration on tasks, which can lead to exceptional problem-solving and solutions. Early in my career as…

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]]> Guest Journey breaks free from monolith on a budget https://developers.mews.com/breaking-free-from-monolith/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:50:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8285 Just like the User team, we in Guest Experience started our journey towards microservice architecture last year. It took us almost six months of research, experimentation, and innovation until we reached our first milestone — running a single page of our Booking Engine inside a container with its own runtime, independent of the rest of the system, in production. This was a significant moment for…

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]]> Life as a developer on the spectrum 2/4 https://developers.mews.com/life-as-a-developer-on-the-spectrum-2/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8300 This is the second chapter in my life as a developer on the spectrum. In this chapter, I am exploring where I fit into the spectrum after accepting that I am a person on the spectrum. From an early age, I thrived in mathematics and brainiac efforts. IQ tests are fun and rewarding; scoring high on them comes easy and naturally to me, both in my mother tongue, Norwegian…

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]]> Life as a developer on the spectrum 1/4 https://developers.mews.com/life-as-a-developer-on-the-spectrum/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:06:35 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8274 As I am starting this post, my anxiety skyrockets. But it is something I need to do. I will be exploring my experiences as a developer on the spectrum – the beginning, the journey, and now working as a staff engineer at Mews. What I am trying to deliver is a story of how I became aware of being autistic, what I am doing, and the struggles in work-life balance I have been experiencing.

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]]> Breaking engineering silos: A guide to cross-exposure training https://developers.mews.com/breaking-down-silos/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:59:31 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8255 Long gone are the days when everyone in the engineering team sat in one room and knew the whole domain and could (and had to) work on every task that came to them. This scenario is a typical image of a small startup where everyone needs to be a generalist (or, as they call it, “full stack”). However, when I think about that, this was never truly the case for Mews. As far as I remember (back…

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]]> Chasing deadlines: How to turn a crisis into a success  https://developers.mews.com/chasing-deadlines/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:26:26 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8232 Authors: Jana Kalfařová, Naomi Voet, Daria Doronina, Václav Šír, Honza Hrubý, Users & Productivity teams. Discover how effective teamwork can leverage your project objectives. You have probably faced this situation before – someone from another team comes to you and asks the famous question: “Do you have some capacity?”. From that moment on, all the following answers define you and the…

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]]> 2023 at Mews: Our R&D community year in review https://developers.mews.com/2023-community-year-in-review/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:43:44 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8151 Another year has begun, another summary of the previous one. This is the exercise I am doing for the second year in a row (see the 2022 review). I wonder if I’ll do the same next year, too, given the humungous amount of content our engineers, product managers, designers, and everyone in the R&D team produce. Yes, it’s not just the engineers but the year 2023 that brought a big change to our…

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]]> Fostering a security-first culture at Mews: Inside our security controls https://developers.mews.com/fostering-a-security-first-culture-at-mews-inside-our-security-controls/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:12:55 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8177 Cybersecurity attacks are on the rise across all industries, especially within hospitality, where high-profile breaches are disclosed at an alarming rate. Now more than ever, it feels important for organisations to be transparent about security for both their customers and the market they serve. One of Mews’ core values is: ‘We’re Open,’ and the goal of this post is to extend that openness to our…

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]]> Embarking on a Microservice Journey: Users Team’s Evolution in Software Development https://developers.mews.com/embarking-on-a-microservice-journey/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:00:15 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8102 In the constantly evolving world of software development, embracing new methodologies and technologies is not just a choice; it’s a necessity. At Mews, we are growing and going on a journey that marks a significant shift in our approach to software development – transitioning to our first set of microservices. Strategic decisions, technological advancements, and team dynamics drove this move.

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]]> The latest in software architecture: GSAS 2023 highlights https://developers.mews.com/gsas-2023-highlights-in-software-architecture/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:34:33 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=8109 Authors: David Le, José Miguel Sánchez Martínez, Honza Moudrik One of the benefits we enjoy at Mews is a strong learning culture, which includes a company-covered trip to a conference. So, we seized the opportunity to attend the Global Software Architecture Summit in the heart of sun-drenched Barcelona. What are our takeaways? What should modern software architects be mindful of?

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]]> 7+1 LinkedIn tips for (not only) juniors in tech https://developers.mews.com/linkedin-tips-for-juniors/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 13:56:50 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=7985 “But I have nothing to share. I don’t have experience, and nobody is interested in me.” Are you a junior in IT or switching careers to tech? Does the sentence above (or its parts) sound familiar? It’s perfectly normal, but also, it’s WRONG! They are interested in you; they just don’t know about you. A well-crafted LinkedIn profile is the key for anyone to notice and get to know you.

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]]> How dbt can help you become a better data analyst https://developers.mews.com/how-dbt-can-help-you-become-a-better-data-analyst/ Thu, 23 Nov 2023 13:42:22 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=7941 Building the best cloud-native PMS isn’t easy, and the analytics surrounding it are no different. It has always been challenging to address product-related questions from our product managers, designers, and sometimes even developers, but that’s where dbt comes to the rescue. The modern data stack has revolutionized how data analysts work within an organization, and dbt has played a…

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]]> DCM: When the Built-In Analyzer Isn’t Enough https://developers.mews.com/dcm-when-the-built-in-analyzer-isnt-enough/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:21:19 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=7925 This is the text version of my presentation at Flutter Czechia Meetup, where we delved into how Dart Code Metrics elevates your development game, making your coding process more efficient. Let’s start with a simple question: "Why do we need an analyzer at all?" One significant benefit is its ability to help us enforce code style within our team. Ask yourself, how often during code reviews do…

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]]> Two data analysts take on segmentation: The good, the bad, and the ugly  https://developers.mews.com/two-data-analysts-take-on-segmentation-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:42:01 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=7906 With success and fast-paced growth, there comes a point when companies serve vastly different customers. As your product gains more market share and accumulates more data, the need for personalized segmentation becomes obvious. However, navigating the complex process, from selecting the right modeling methods to addressing data quality issues, can be daunting. We have experienced this…

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]]> The benefits of shifting from technology-driven to product-driven development https://developers.mews.com/the-benefits-of-shifting-from-technology-driven-to-product-driven-development/ Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:57:29 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=7867 I am a backend developer with 20 years of development experience, starting when .net 1.0 was released. But throughout the years, I have been working full stack one way or another. Back then, there was no difference between backend, frontend, or QA engineers. You were just a developer. You were expected to know and understand HTML and various web standards like PHP or Javascript and how to test…

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]]> Mastering legacy browser support: How core-js, browserslist, and babel work together  https://developers.mews.com/mastering-legacy-browser-support-how-core-js-browserslist-and-babel-work-together/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:09:46 +0000 https://developers.mews.com/?p=7831 As developers, we love to use the latest and greatest technology available. At the same time, we need to make sure everything will work smoothly for our users. In the frontend world, there’s a huge difference between the code we write and what eventually gets to our users. Let’s have a look at the tools that enable us to write modern code. We will need two main ingredients: transpilers…

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