The Gnar Company Named a Clutch B2B Global Leader for 2023

The Gnar Company is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as a 2023 Global Award winner for Web and Mobile Software Development services on Clutch, the leading global marketplace of B2B service providers. Honorees are selected based on their industry expertise and ability to deliver, scores that are calculated based on the client…

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10 Signs Your Product is in Trouble

Something’s wrong at your company. Your customer support team is struggling with an uptick in calls caused by difficulties customers are having with your website or app. Your sales team is frustrated by continually crashing digital demos. Your marketers are anxious because that they can’t make changes to your custom software as often as they’d…

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Using an Agency to Augment Your Software Engineering Team and Scale Your Organization Efficiently

In this blog post, we discuss how outsourcing your software engineering enables your organization to stay leaner, longer. We also share best practices to facilitate a successful partnership. With thousands of open software engineering roles across the country, it can take companies three to six months to recruit and hire software developers. Given the current…

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How We Foster Open Dialogue Through Intentional Feedback

Does the phrase “annual review” make you tense up? Or do you find yourself relaxed, maybe even excited with the anticipation of new opportunities? An employee’s answer to this question can say a lot about the culture of the company they’re working for. It can also be a pretty good indicator of whether they have…

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Gnarly Learnings from October 2022

We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. The Practical Effects on the GVL on Scaling in Ruby In “The Practical Effects of the GVL on Scaling in Ruby”, Nate Berkopec provides a great practical…

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Gnarly News October 2022

The software development landscape is constantly changing. As a software consultancy, it’s our responsibility to keep our finger on the pulse of the industry. Here are some headlines that caught our attention recently. Heroku Introduces New Low-Cost Plans This past summer Heroku announced their “Next Chapter” which includes discontinuing free product plans, free dynos, and…

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Gnarly Learnings from September 2022

We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. An Introduction to Ractors in Ruby 🚨 Experimental feature alert! 🚨Ractors were introduced in Ruby 3 and represent an actor-model abstraction. Ractors provide true-blue parallelism and do…

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