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“There are bad sides to everything but I think, for the most part, online dating is one of those things that is really solving one of society's problems.“ Gary Kremen, co-founder of Match.com.

Don’t you agree?!

As online dating becomes more and more socially acceptable, people are becoming much more comfortable getting acquainted via websites than in the past. Factors like overwhelming digitalization, social distancing during the pandemic, and the increasing prevalence of virtual communication gave a powerful boost to the online dating industry.

According to Statista, the online dating industry is expected to be valued at $4,2 billion by 2024.

Today, the market is made up of more than 1,500 different dating apps and their number is growing. Let’s find out how to make a dating website.

Let me guess, you are probably looking for an optimal solution that:

• works
• can be delivered on time and within a budget
• something you won’t hate yourself for in the future?!

We all do, but the options are endless and it is extremely difficult to navigate for non-tech professionals.

On top of that, most of the advice on the topic is so contradicting that it makes you even more confused.

We will do our best to shine the light on the situation and help you make the right choice by reviewing custom-built website vs off-the-shelf CMS.

So we’ll relieve some of this decision making burden, by dissecting and comparing the main types of solutions available. We will start by looking at the types of off-the-shelf CMS solutions, continue with custom CMS systems and finish with a summary of advantages and disadvantages. Let’s dive in.

Now is a great time to enter the market. According to the UNWTO survey, 83% of industry experts say that 2022 has great prospects for tourism and traveling. People have been putting off their travel plans for too long. You can take advantage of this surge in post-pandemic demand!

Do you have an idea for a travel app, but are unsure of how to approach the development process?

In this article, we’ll discuss the main points involved in creating a travel website, including existing business models, inventory sourcing, and development options.

Let’s start with what is going on in the market.

If you are looking for a less geeky, more business-friendly explanation of the differences between Symfony and Yii that will help you actually understand what to choose for your project this article is for you.

This is not a typical X vs Z framework article, in which programmers go into full detail about all features of frameworks in question and discuss implications of these differences only from the ‘programmer’s perspective’.

In this article, we’d like to show you the most important points for you, as a client, when it comes to choosing the technology for your website or web app. Therefore, you won’t find an exhaustive list of differences between Yii vs Symfony here, only what we think will help you make your decision.

Acquiring new customers is up to 25% more expensive than retaining new ones (Harvard Business Review).

Return users and customers can be a particularly healthy profit source for virtually any business. Website owners use a lot of strategies and tools that help bring those users back.

For years, entrepreneurs have been re-engaging users with emails, SMS and mobile app notifications, now there is one more tool - web push notifications.

This article will take you behind the scenes of websites with push notifications, explaining how everything works and how others leverage this tool to see great results.

Planning to launch a new website? First of all, congratulations on the new endeavor!

If you feel a little overwhelmed and unsure of how to best approach your new project, this article is for you. We’ll show you in bird’s-eye view what you need to take into consideration when planning your new website:

• Key issues to address
• The optimal sequence of steps
• Major options you’ll probably face along the way.

You can also use this article as a blueprint to prepare project specifications for a vendor (web development team, designer, SEO agency, etc.).

If you are still into Apache vs Nginx comparison, this article may help make up your mind and give a bit broader look at Nginx.

For quite a long time we had been using Apache as a default web server and Nginx only for high load projects until one day Apache went down with only 300 users.

That situation and further experience with Nginx shifted our perception of it as a server suitable only for high loads to a server that is just better for almost any project.

Having worked with Nginx for a few years already, we’ve seen its advantages in projects of various scales, even very small.

However, we've noticed that many of our American clients still stick to Apache. It happens, either because they don't think that other web servers will make a difference or don't know a better alternative.

Knowing the pros and cons of both technologies, we truly believe that Nginx is the best option in most cases and we’ll show you why.

It depends!

I am sure you’ve heard that one before. However, we’ll do our best to demonstrate exactly what the cost of your app depends upon, so by the end of this article you will have an idea of how much it may cost to develop your web application.