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A SaaS integration strategy for custom software

Many great platforms consist of custom code and 3rd-party SaaS products. In this guide, we examine a tried and true strategy on how to integrate SaaS products seamlessly.

Automation overview: automation implementation example

Tools aside, you might wonder how to implement automations - What’s the general sequence? How long do these things take? A scenario paints a clearer picture, so we’ll walk through an example. Note: this hypothetical merges real implementations from a few K-Optional clients.

Custom Automation Solutions for Business

Thinking of automating a piece of your business? You’re probably onto something. Most companies, even tech-savvy companies like yours, can unlock huge gains by taking advantage of automation opportunities. Investing in custom automation solutions will pay dividends. In this introductory guide, we examine some great custom automation tools and explain (in detail) how you can implement your own automation solutions at your business.

What to expect when hiring a development firm

How do development firms price applications? As a client, what are the best ways to optimize on value? Since we get these questions a lot, we put together the complete guide. Hope it gives you a window into the software development world!

Why we’re moving away from Firebase

We’ve launched dozens of applications on Firebase, utilized nearly every facet of the platform, and designed a playbook for scaling gracefully. Suffice it to say, it’s proven an invaluable tool for K-Optional Software. As recently as March 2022, our developers were cheering innovations like Firebase Extensions. Unfortunately, three major developments in the past few months have polluted the developer experience and consequently K-Optional will shift towards alternatives for green projects.

Software start-up system essentials

Wondering what fundamental systems to adopt for your early-stage startup or idea? Here’s our definitive guide distilled from four clients that white-label K-Optional Software’s development services. These approaches range from hyper-minimal to hyper-thorough.

The perils of single-client SaaS products

Subscription revenue is the gift that keeps on giving; who doesn’t value long-term and predictable income? Multi-billion-dollar companies like Adobe have transitioned their products to subscription-based payments for good reason. Even so, product creators might be overly-disposed to conforming to this model- alternate pricing systems often make more sense depending on a few aspects of the user-base.

A nuanced strategy on build vs buy

The phrase “build vs buy” describes the frequent business decision on whether to use an off-the-shelf solution or to build one from scratch. K-Optional Software has experimented with various build-vs-buy strategies & has evolved accordingly: 1. Build everything 2. Buy whenever possible 3. Buy with a migration strategy

How to build an app in two days

In this article we will tell you how we built an app in two days. Hopefully you will be able to use it as a template next time you have an idea and want to test it out!

K-Optional Software - The Ultimate Developer Engagement

We’ve thought very hard about how to best align incentives in a product development engagement. We tried a bunch of things over the years, cataloged what worked, and relentlessly iterated. We’ve landed on what we believe to be the fairest and most sustainable deal for our clients.

Building MVPs with K-Optional - The Pipeline

Through dozens of minimum viable products, K-Optional Software has mastered the craft. We know the things that tend to pop out at you during the process, and how to handle them. We've distilled our experiences into a robust pipeline optimized for helping you launch your vision in a timely manner.