Category: Tech

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. As cyber-attacks continue to increase, businesses can face significant losses if a cyber attack occurs. Cyber criminals often take advantage of human error by getting individuals to click on malicious links or simply guessing easy passwords to gain access to systems. Cybersecurity requires the vigilance of everyone to keep…

Thinking of picking up React for your client side app in 2021? Why don’t you pull up a chair and I’ll tell you about the learning curve, it’s strengths, it’s faults, and the overall experience that has been learning React Hooks. I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t preface with some note…

Integrating your software system with another company’s software is hard. No matter how much documentation there is, or how many times you have done something similar with a different external system, there are always issues that come up. One aspect that makes integrations difficult is that you don’t have control over the external system. When…

The ability to deploy new designs and experiences is critical in the product startup space. Getting ahead of competition, generating revenue, understanding pain points and optimizing for them are key advantages of getting MVP out into the world. Rapid prototyping is the act of quickly designing new experiences and creating interactions so that key users,…

Merchant credit card processor onboarding and transaction management are integral pieces of XUP’s Software-as-a-Service products. Naturally at XUP we manage many pieces of sensitive data.  Security is a top priority for all our developers and the management team.  As such we use the best in class Azure cloud platform to help everyone sleep at night. …

Merchant on-boarding can be tricky.  On one hand the onboarding experience is half e-commerce.  Potential merchants choose their desired credit card machines, accessories, and the types of cards they want to process.  On the other hand there is an extensive data gathering flow with many forms which all require complex data validation.  And – as…

Every developer loves to build software.  They will most likely always choose to build something of their own if given the option to refactor an old project or build new from scratch. Most companies with a software team at their disposal will opt for the team to build a new feature or product without giving…