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3 years in, many digital health engineering teams spend more roadmap time on rebuilds than on new features. The cause is usually the same. When a CTO calls us in year three, the situation usually looks the same. The product is growing, the team is stretched, and a closer look at the roadmap shows that a significant share of it is fixing […]

Building a regulated health product in Austria means navigating ELGA, MDR, and EHDS before writing a single line of code. Here’s what separates the right partner from an expensive lesson. A healthcare software development partner for an Austrian digital health startup should have production experience with ELGA integration, working knowledge of EU MDR software classification, and awareness of the EHDS […]

N8N is an open-source workflow automation platform that lets you connect systems, APIs, and databases through a visual drag-and-drop editor with the option to write JavaScript when the logic gets more complex. It runs on your own infrastructure, with no dependency on external clouds. For logistics data processed at any meaningful scale, that distinction matters. This article covers what N8N is, […]

For many enterprises, developing a mobile app has become a major priority in order to gain clients. Native app development is an excellent choice among the many possibilities because of the numerous advantages it gives you. This article will provide you with an insight into this strategy and some examples of native applications to consider.

In most industries, an MVP can be scrappy. In healthcare, scrappy has a regulatory meaning and it usually costs more to fix than to get right the first time. What Is MVP development for a healthcare startup? MVP development for a healthcare startup is the process of building the smallest version of a digital health product that can be safely deployed to real users, validated with […]

Three signals from the market are forming one clear picture – along with a few conclusions we’ve drawn from our own projects. AI is changing the way software houses price, sell, and deliver projects. Traditional billing models (Time & Material), approaches to estimation, and even the definition of a company’s value are all starting to break down. In this article, […]

In the previous part of this series, I wrote about how projects and processes are two different languages and that mixing them without awareness is the source of most organizational misunderstandings. At the end of the article, which you can read here: https://fireup.pro/blog/project-or-process, I introduced a matrix: variability of requirements versus repeatability of actions. Its two right-hand quadrants – traditional […]

Cold email outreach B2B works, but only when three conditions are met simultaneously: the email reaches the inbox, the list targets the right person, and the message addresses a problem the recipient already has. Miss any one of them and the campaign fails regardless of the other two. According to Woodpecker’s research based on 8 million campaigns, the […]

What this article covers: The technical architecture behind employer-sponsored GLP-1 benefit platforms, including multi-party insurance integration, prescription flow orchestration, eligibility verification, and the backend decisions that determine whether a platform survives at scale. Based on five years of production experience building 9am.health, a virtual clinic serving clients including Amazon, Novo Nordisk and the State of Georgia. What is a GLP-1 […]

Employers, clients, and colleagues expect far more from developers than working code. They want solutions that cause no harm, can be verified, are released in small increments, are based on honest estimates, and are built by people who respect each other’s professionalism and never stop improving. These ten principles — drawn directly from Bob Martin’s books and complemented by my own experience across […]