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Investing in Upstash

Andreessen Horowitz

It allows for a leaner web team structure without sacrificing feature velocity, and truly gives developers the freedom to build for customer value, instead of managing infrastructure. About a year ago, we started seeing Upstash show up as a popular key-value store choice for new applications.

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User Model: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 1

CloudGeometry

Part 1: User Model & Onboarding If you have a business model, you have put together ideas about users. The simplifying power of the MVC software design pattern makes it tempting to assume that SaaS and web application development is no more than a web-based version of a 3-tier stack. How much should each get?

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Best Business Process Management Software

Neil Patel

BPM software is great at automating routine and recurring processes like: Requests for approval Inventory updates Time-off requests Promotions Customer onboarding Training new hires. There’s really no limit to the applications. Low-Code Application Development. Here’s an example of an onboarding workflow in Orchestly.

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Beyond Frankencloud: living with your once and future SaaS architecture

CloudGeometry

Frankencloud happens when the speed of customer-facing feature development is paid for by charging interest to functions outside of the direct control of the application developers. and onboarding new customers. Interest payments accelerate faster than you realize.

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A Brief Guide to Blazor for HTTP and C# Applications

Neil Patel

If you choose to go with the server route, you’ll find onboarding is a bit easier, and load and render times are faster. Using HTML and C# also reduces the amount of JavaScript on an application, which can increase load times and reduce bounce rates. How Does Blazor Work?

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What Are SaaS Products + 22 Successful SaaS Companies to Follow

User Pilot

Cloud computing offers three main service models: SaaS for ready-to-use software, PaaS for application development frameworks, and IaaS for scalable virtualized computing resources. Appcues enhances user onboarding, adoption , and retention with targeted walkthroughs, in-app messaging, and feature adoption tools.

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What Are Network Effects and How to Use Them For SaaS Growth

User Pilot

As more applications are integrated into the Zapier platform, its usefulness and value increase. This encourages both users and application developers to join the ecosystem to benefit from the integrations available. Network effects: Slack onboarding involves inviting teammates.