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By Wes Oudshoorn on
We started AppSignal four years ago as a side-project at a software development agency. At the time, we only had a vague idea of what AppSignal would become. Four years later we have learned a lot of things about becoming a product business.
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At AppSignal, we love stroopwafels. We’ve shipped over 10,000 of them to customers, friends and conferences. If you work at a tech company and have had a stroopwafel at the office, chances are it came from us. Here's how to eat them.
read moreBy Wes on
The team behind AppSignal has been active in the Ruby on Rails community since 2005. We started AppSignal in 2012 to scratch our own itch, and these are our learnings.
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The Ruby on Rails Podcast is adding a new segment, presented by AppSignal. It's called Shipped It! and is about managing and improving your application after it's shipped.
read moreBy Roy Tomeij on
Like many services, we offer a 30 day free trial. A credit card is only needed after the trial ends, but we generally know within a week who will become a paying customer. Here’s what we’ve learned about recognizing a future customer.
By Thijs Cadier on
Last year we wrote about our approach to handling European VAT rules with Stripe. I’m happy to report that Stripe has now implemented a much better tax handling system. Meanwhile we also learned some more about properly filing VAT tax returns. Let’s see how we can use this new knowledge to achieve a better result with less code.
By Thijs Cadier on
Are you a European company offering subscription based services, while using Stripe to handle payments? Right… VAT. Here’s how we fixed it.
By Roy Tomeij on
Yesterday around 3pm CEST we had an issue with one of our API endpoints, resulting in 401 (“Unauthorized”) response codes, which in turn disabled the gems of some of our customers. We’re still investigating and will release an updated post-mortem once we know all the details. For now we would like to explain what happened and how sites were affected.
By Wes Oudshoorn on
The Dutch are known to be a bit crazy. Our liberal culture, our constant battle against the water, and don’t forget: we’re freakishly tall. At AppSignal, we’re no different. But we’re also crazy about stroopwafels.
By Thijs Cadier on
Shelly Cloud is an awesome Europe based cloud hosting provider. They are aimed specifically at Rails applications, just like us!
By Steven Weller on
We read a lot of blogposts, either as a source of inspiration, or because the topic interests us as developers in general. Here are some articles that were well received by our team. read more
By Roy Tomeij on
Usability testing can be a costly affair if you want to do it often, from your own office and with a team watching and commenting behind the scenes. Here’s how to do it on the cheap. read more
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