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Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, recently posted about why Ruby on Rails plus Claude Code is a “crazy unlock.” Rails is designed around strong conventions, predictable patterns and expressive DSLs.

Jamie Matthews

March 20, 2026

Pretty much every International Women’s Day I find myself reflecting on the pace of change in our industry. This year my thoughts have focused more on what the rise of AI means for equity and representation in technology.

Catrina Baker-Bassett

March 10, 2026

AI agents are already starting to change how work gets done inside organisations. But AI isn’t magic: like any transformation project, you need structure. Now we’ve gathered some experience doing this in the real world, I think it’s time to boil it down to a catchy slogan.

Jamie Matthews

January 19, 2026

A practical, proven approach to structuring Django projects that need to last. RAPID distils more than fifteen years of real-world experience into simple patterns that keep codebases clear, maintainable and easy to evolve.

Jamie Matthews

December 10, 2025

Reflecting on how a 19th-century poem about hope still speaks to the modern challenges of technology, creativity, and climate change.

Mark Aaron

November 3, 2025

UX isn’t going anywhere, it’s evolving. And those who adapt will turn AI hype into meaningful growth.

Mark Aaron

September 30, 2025

Design discovery techniques for app success – making something the best it can be.

Often people start with ideas for projects and apps (both web and mobile), confident that their pre-existing knowledge, experience and project goals are enough to get going – however this…

Alistair Power

March 19, 2019

This post is about how we can take inspiration from cognitive psychology in order to write better code. It gets a little technical in places (especially in the examples), but…Programming and Cognitive Load

Jamie Matthews

January 21, 2019

Under The Hood

How we engineer our applications. Keeping up with the latest technologies in the rapidly changing world of web development can be challenging. You hear terms such as “single-page application”, “API”…

Narani van Laarhoven

January 14, 2019

In this post I’d like to consider the importance of a solidly defined purpose in the world of apps. An entire feature in the Evening Standard appeared a while back…

Chris Palk

November 12, 2018

Doing Business In Cardiff

Hi, I’m Nathan Drave, Business Development Manager at DabApps, and I lead the Cardiff office. Cardiff is an exciting choice for us as opportunities presented by the high technology sector…

Nathan Drave

September 1, 2018

Photography by Thomas Klee Welcome to DabApps, Cardiff! We are really excited to enter a new phase in the growth of DabApps in 2018, as we expand our business opportunities…

Chris Palk

July 9, 2018