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Staff Augmentation: The Game Changer in the Tech Industry

In this blog, we're breaking down staff augmentation and how it's a game changer for tech. Could staff augmentation be your next game changing move?

The Future of Design: A Conversation About Idea Generation, UX Research and How AI is Shaping the Way We Create

Learn how AI is changing the game for designers. Discover how AI-powers idea generation, UX research, and prototype design to save time and effort.

Building a More Inclusive Future: Women in Tech Share Their Stories and Strategies

Gain insights from 5 women at Codelitt in SaaS. Learn their strategies for success, overcoming bias and stereotypes, and championing diversity.

Remote Work: The Codelitt Way

Written over eight hours on a flight to Barcelona, this article is a living embodiment of the remote work lifestyle. It was created using only a laptop, a comfortable set of headphones, and an endless supply of coffee. The freedom to work from anywhere is one of the great advantages

Low Code vs. No Code Application Development: What's the Difference?

The increased demand for automation and the need for faster application development has been met with a limited supply of skilled developers. And between 2022 and 2030, we can expect another 22% rise in the demand for software developers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since businesses

How to Create an App: Planning, Strategy, and Launch Tips

In the digital economy, creating and selling a mobile app is one of the best ways to make money. And today, it's never been easier to do just that. However, creating an application is no easy task. It requires significant planning, a strategic approach, and an effective launch in order

Product Usability: The Human Mind and Interactions With Products

Aesthetics are a big deal –there's no secret there. But a product's appearance is merely one piece of a much bigger puzzle. A product's appearance is only skin-deep; what lies beneath the surface really counts. And by that, we mean usability. What Is Product Usability?Simply put, usability is a

5 Ways to Use Product Design Psychology to Your Advantage

There are plenty of factors to consider regarding user experience (UX) design. Designers need to consider the practicalities of how a product is used to make it as user-friendly as possible. And while there are lots of ways to build effective design systems, they all boil down to one key

The Ultimate Guide to Wireframing and Prototyping

Put simply, the wireframing process combines sitemaps, user flows, competitor research, and user research with SEO and web design best practices to create a skeletal framework of your platform.

Different User Research Methods: Pros, Cons, and Tips for Using Them

User research plays a critical role in the success of any digital product. It can help you understand your users, validate your assumptions and develop better product decisions.

The Metaverse and Its Impact on Commercial Real Estate

The metaverse is providing unique digital experiences. This is changing the way investors can interact with, buy, and sell commercial real estate.

Choosing The Right Partner for Digital Innovation

Codelitt’s Blake Grewal sat with TM2 Consulting to discuss how to pick the right partner for digital innovation and application development.

Communication Tips For Software Engineering Teams

It’s quite common for large, multi-faceted applications to require multiple engineers working on and delivering multiple features at the same time.

The Real Estate Industry is Increasing Efficiency with Digital Products

Real estate firms like JLL or CBRE can have the ability, by using digital applications, to analyze which segments of their space are being used the most.

Benefits of Using Property Visualization in Commercial Real Estate

Property visualization tools are allowing firms to work smarter and gain market share among their competition.

Mistakes in Product Management

Successful product management operations can lead to maximizing the value of a product as well as optimizing organizational efficiency.

Digital Innovation in the Mortgage Industry

Mortgage lenders of all sizes continue to adopt digital products to provide the best customer experience and help internal operations flow smoothly.

Digital Innovation in Credit Unions

Innovation can give credit unions the power to push back against rising competition.

Understanding the Product Life Cycle

Innovation is crucial to company survival. Products will always arrive at a stage where growth may be plateauing and further product developments are needed to stay alive.

Signs Your User Experience Needs Work

Innovation can be spurred by trends in your market, competitor moves, or by simply looking inward and evaluating your user’s experience with your product.

The "Secret" to Profitability -Understanding Your User.

UX research allows you to make data-driven decisions on your product design and development roadmap, rather than assuming what your users will want.

Why Digital Transformations Fail

Digital transformation is the concept of integrating technology into all areas of business.

Cloud Computing and Best Transformation Practices

What is Cloud Computing? The cloud in the world of technology does not actually sit in the sky, although that would be pretty cool! Software and services that run on the internet operate on the cloud, allowing businesses and consumers to access applications as well as retrieve data from anywhere,

Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

Artificial intelligence can collect trends and insights from employees as well as provide recommendations and give feedback on their growth.

How PropTech is Changing the World of Real Estate

The PropTech Overview Proptech, or property technology, has improved the way residential and commercial real estate firms interact with their customers and brokers, as well as rent and sell properties while also providing ease in collecting valuable industry data and managing a robust portfolio of properties. An example of companies

Technological Innovation Trends in Commercial Real Estate

Technological innovation is shifting the way we interact and do business on a daily basis. For many, the pandemic exposed digital shortcomings for companies and fueled investment into custom software development to better serve their end-users. Commercial real estate has long been viewed as a “legacy industry”; one in which

Staffing Strategies for Proptech Innovation

Pursuing technology solutions can be a daunting task for any company, particularly if the pain points identified do not have an existing solution...

The Roadmap to Tangible Transformation

The process employed when building a custom solution, with specific emphasis on the importance of building a roadmap toward digital transformation.

Considering Custom: Key Determinants For Buying Or Building

Speaking about key factors that shape the decision-making process to buy or build a software solution in the commercial real estate space.

The First Hurdle in Digital Transformation: UXR

The First Hurdle in Digital Transformation: UXR

What Makes A Successful Corporate Innovation or Skunkworks Department

Learn about the factors that determine whether an innovation or skunkworks department will be successful. Corporate innovation teams and emerging technology

The Best Business Advice I Ever Received

Codelitt's founder shares the timeless advice he received while working with his father. Codelitt is a custom software development, design, & strategy firm.

Sensitive Data Storage Made Easy

Learn how to setup a Linux server with Docker and Docker-compose. Utilize Vault to store API keys and passwords.

My First 10 Minutes On a Server - Primer for Securing Ubuntu

A primer for how to secure an Ubuntu server from attacks. Sharing resources from Codelitt: a custom software design, engineering, and strategy firm.

The Problem With Corporate Innovation

Innovation for large corporations is not easy. Why is this? Hear from the founder of Codelitt - a custom software dev, design, and strategy firm.

The Home Edit: Why you shouldn't color-code your apps

Form follows function? See how this design concept plays out for Codelitt's CDO as she explores color-coding her apps.

How to Impress as a (Remote) Software Engineer

An engineer describes his experience collaborating with colleagues at Codelitt, a digital product firm, and provides insights into what works best. Enterprise UX design and development.

How to Develop a CRE App - PropTech

Keeping up with #PropTech is hard. Here are some key points to keep in mind when developing your CRE app.

Tips for Design Candidates

Looking for a job in design? Here's the inside scoop from our Chief Design Officer, Vicky, on how to present yourself when applying.

The Impact of Design Systems

Design Systems are crucial for teams to work efficiently, but the impact is also felt by the users who're provided with a consistent and comfortable UX.

The #1 Mistake of a New Leader

Read how one project taught our CTO a very important lesson early on in his career as a leader in software engineering

Establishing Communication

Read about how a plaque on the Pioneer spacecraft breaks down the four essential elements of communication. Learn how to get your message across to anyone.

Product Ownership For a Service Company

Our CEO, Vincent, discusses how one of Codelitt's values, extreme ownership, is represented in the products we build with our partners.

5 Mental Models for Software Engineers

Think efficiently about a problem using these five concepts: redundancy, bottlenecks, emergence, first principles thinking, and first-conclusion bias.

4 Ways to Speed Up Decision Making

Improving upon these four areas simultaneously will help you make better (and faster) decisions. #cto

User Testing: 17 Methods and When to Use Them

User testing is crucial to creating a successful digital product. Learn how to integrate UT methods throughout the software development lifecycle.

How Codelitt Teaches Me to Be a Better Designer - Part 1

Read about the importance of naming conventions, documentation, following a method, and building a design system. Custom digital product design.

The Importance of a Design System When Building Products

A design system can help save you time by having components made with one goal: reusability. Componentization in the SDLC.

Inside Design: A Journey To User Experience

What is the impact of bad UX? How do you measure success in UX? User-centered design and customer experience (CX).

What is UX?

How do engineers, designers, and project managers respond to the question, "What is UX?" - Codelitt Blog

Working Remote 101: 4 Tips for Success

New to remote work? Struggling with remote work? Here are 4 tips for establishing your remote work daily routine. Asynchronous, dispersed, autonomous teams.

Empathy in Product Design

Empathy in Product Design. For Product Owners, UX / UI, Validation, User Testing. User-centered design, development, and strategy. SDLC

C-Suite Spotlight: Victoria Jaime

Meet our Chief Design Officer (and Codelitt's first employee), Vicky. Learn about her journey as a leader in design and Codelitt's evolution. UX, UI, SDLC

Welcome to UX Design: 7 Foundational Principles

Learn about the 7 foundational principles of UX Design as well as the tools and talents that are used to achieve them! Digital Product Studio - Miami, FL

Top 5 Real Estate Technology Trends in 2020 [with use cases]

Learn how data, geolocalization & geospatial intelligence, mixed reality, IoT, and space utilization technology are affecting Real Estate. Miami, FL

What is Design Thinking and How Do We Apply It?

Human-centered design thinking challenges assumptions - It creates space for innovation, increases user satisfaction, and product effectiveness. Miami, FL

The Most Overlooked Design Skill: User Testing

User Testing is essential to designers. User feedback helps with testing and validation of UX/UI during the SDLC | Custom Software Engineering | Miami, FL

C-Suite Spotlight: Kaio Porto de Magalhães

Meet our CTO, Kaio, and learn about his journey from contractor to CTO at Codelitt! Custom Software Engineering | Design | Innovation Strategy | Miami, FL

How Codelitt Works Remotely!

Working across 10+ countries and multiple time zones can pose some challenges. We’ve found the tools, tricks, and policies that work best for us.

Don’t worry, it’s not just you: Siloed data, barriers to communication, workflow inefficiencies, and other technology transformation challenges

Siloed data, Workflow inefficiencies, Barriers to communication, Poor customer experience (CX), Frustrations with lack bandwidth or expertise

Off-the-shelf vs custom-made: Do you buy or build your software?

So you can’t decide if you’ll go off-the-shelf or custom-made? Regardless of your budget or the amount of past implementation scars you can proudly flash, it is never an easy decision for an IT leader. Onboarding a new system is always going to impact processes and people across

How to Choose the Best Software Engineering and Design Partner

The Request For Proposal or “RFP”. It’s often one of the final steps before the true execution of an innovation project begins.

How to Improve your UX & UI Skills With Wireframing

There's a catch. At some point in this process, these essential tools are no longer sufficient.

Technology Transformation and the Doctor / Patient Relationship

Just as a patient might say, “I know my own body”, a leader will say that they, “know their own business.”

Creative Destruction: The Risks of Not Innovating

What makes an idea or product innovative? It depends on who you ask, but most answers can be boiled down to the process of creating purpose-driven value. For an organization, this process could be focusing on creating a new product for its customers or streamlining internal workflows to enable greater

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