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How to hire a Next.js developer
What to check that is specific to Next.js: sites you can open in production, App Router experience, where the app will be hoste…
How to judge a developer's portfolio when you are not technical
You do not need to read code. Use each project, check it is live and maintained, find out which parts they built, and ask them…
How to hire an Android developer (Kotlin)
What to check that is specific to Android: apps on Google Play you can install, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, testing across devi…
Freelancer, agency or in-house: who should build your MVP
An experienced freelancer is usually the cheapest route to a first version. An agency earns its margin when you need a managed…
How to hire an iOS developer (Swift and SwiftUI)
What to check that is specific to native iOS: App Store listings you can open, SwiftUI or UIKit choices, App Review experience…
Flutter or React Native: which one should you hire for?
For a new app, hire the person, not the framework. Both ship to iOS and Android. What differs is the language, the hiring pool…
20 questions to ask a freelance developer before you hire
Twenty questions in five groups: their shipped work, your project, how they work, money and ownership, and what happens when it…
How to hire a Flutter developer
What to check that is specific to Flutter: apps live in both stores, the native code behind the plugins, how they handle upgrad…
What independent developers are actually shipping
Counted from 99 shipped projects on Shipfolks. Two thirds are mobile, most builders show exactly one thing, and almost nobody l…
How to hire a React Native developer
What to check that is specific to React Native: shipped store listings on both platforms, native module experience, and who own…
How to write a project brief a developer can quote from
A good brief can be read and declined. That takes four things: what exists now, what done means, the constraints that are real…
How much does it cost to build an MVP?
No article can tell you a price, and the ones that try are guessing. What you can work out is the effort, and then multiply it…
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