Software Development Blog

How Much Does it Cost to Build a Social Media App in 2025?

In October of 2021, Facebook has reached the number of almost 2,89 BILLION active users worldwide. It’s almost as many as China and India's joint population - and it will definitely not stop on that level!

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Is Ruby on Rails Dead in 2025?

As you might notice, we specialize in developing Ruby on Rails applications. Our portfolio is full of stunning web projects, and we have over 20 talented RoR developers on board. We genuinely believe that this framework and Ruby programming language are excellent choices for custom web development. 

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Wireframe vs Mockup vs Prototype: Why your application needs it?

There is no application without UX/UI design. It is simply impossible. First of all, we need to do research and find out the aim of digital products and who will use it. To do that, at Railwaymen, we organize workshops with our clients. We always want to know about the app as much as possible. Then UX/UX Designer can start their favorite part - app visualization.  We can distinguish 3 digital visual representations: wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.

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Ruby on Rails Developers: How to Choose the Best Remote Team in 2025

So you decided that the main technology for your web application will be the Ruby on Rails framework. Trust me, it is a great choice. Now, it's time to pick up the development team. The market is full of software companies, and you are wondering, "Which team of Ruby on Rails developers should I choose?". You are in the right place because I'm going to show you which factors are important while choosing developers.

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Railwaymen 2020 Recap - How Did We Adjust to the New Normal?

The last year's recap seems now like it has been written in an entirely different reality. And truth be told - it was. I’ve dedicated a lot of space there to our presence at international trade shows (there were 4 of them, and we flew over 28 k kilometers to attend them!), our epic off-line parties, and meeting face to face with our partners. Then 2020 came and put everything upside down.

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14 Top Ruby on Rails Development Tools for 2025

Hello, my name is Kazimierz Szołtysik, and I have been a Ruby developer at Railwaymen since July 2020. Since 2015 I have been consistently writing and developing applications in Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Why Ruby? Because in my opinion, it is the most readable and elegant of all backend languages ​​I have come across so far. Programming in it is a lot of fun, and you can create a very clear and extremely readable code in it. Why Ruby on Rails? Because thanks to creating this framework in 2015, it became possible to develop fully independent web applications using the Ruby language.

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10 Best Tech Articles of 2020 at Railwaymen Blog

The year 2020 is over. It was for us (and most of the worldwide software companies) a year of remote working. Still, we wonder when we will get back to regular work in the office. Nevertheless, these obstacles did not prevent us from developing our content strategy efficiently. It's time to summarize our achievements on the blog.

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Agile Discovery Phase: a Must Have for Your Business

The decision has been made, you’re setting up your business.

 Overall you have the idea that will bring value to the market and your customers. It’s time to start the development process by choosing an appropriate partner for the journey. A one that will guide the whole dev team to create a valuable solution and launch it to the market. A one that will tackle all the challenges and advise on the road. A one that will take care of your software development project and support you along the way.  FULL ARTICLE

App Development Cost Estimate: How Does it Look Like in Railwaymen?

Cost Estimation for Application development is really quite a complex process. Depending on the type of application and it’s size different types of specialists are needed to make it. Let's take a look at the Facebook example. The company built different variants of its most popular apps. Both Facebook and Messenger have equivalents in version Lite that are reduced in features and are dedicated to older mobile devices.

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7 Biggest Web Development Trends for 2025

The history of web applications takes us almost 30 years (!!!) back in time. On December 25th of 1990 at CERN, a Swiss research center, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.

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