Svitlana Varaksina

Svitlana Varaksina

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A writer and a perpetual language learner with a thirst for new knowledge and constantly widening horizons.

Exploring new ways to do things is a passion of mine, and I try to bring that into the articles I write. I enjoy digging into tech news and trends with the help of Mind Studios' experts to then relay all the knowledge to anyone seeking it — with a touch of creativity to liven up the sometimes dry-ish data.

How to Develop an On-demand Food Delivery App: A Full Guide
13 February 2025
How to Develop an On-demand Food Delivery App: A Full Guide

In this guide, we have collected all the essential information you need to know to build food delivery apps that leave competitors behind. Highlights: * Standing out in the food delivery industry requires a unique value proposition and innovative features. * Studying successful apps like Postmates helps identify gaps and opportunities to outperform existing solutions. * Understanding customer pain points allows you to create food delivery apps that truly resonate with your target audi

Telegram Game Development Guide: Tips for Building Your Own Games
22 November 2024
Telegram Game Development Guide: Tips for Building Your Own Games

The sudden popularity of Hamster Kombat earlier this year gave rise to interest in Telegram game development. Mind Studios games tried our hand in this trend and here’s what we have to say about how to make a game for Telegram. Telegram introduced the opportunity to launch games inside the messenger ecosystem quite a long time ago, in October 2016, as part of their Bot Platform 2.0 update. So it’s not exactly a new thing. The recent boom of interest in creating games for Telegram is — at le

How to Develop a Trucking App Like Uber: From Idea to Launch
30 October 2024
How to Develop a Trucking App Like Uber: From Idea to Launch

If you’d like to know how to develop an Uber-like app for a logistics business, catch a ride with us as we explore the world of on-demand transport and delivery services. Recently, we described the process of developing an app for on-demand grocery delivery services. You can read more about how we implemented the essential as well as custom features in our case study of an online delivery app, James, for Denmark. In this article, however, we’ll dive into the less crowded category of logisti

How to Build Your Own CRM System Software from Scratch
21 October 2024
How to Build Your Own CRM System Software from Scratch

Up to 73% of customers consider customer experience extremely important when buying. Companies seeking customer satisfaction should use custom relationship management systems. This article will explain why these solutions are often better than off-the-shelf ones. We'll also discuss important considerations and best practices for creating a CRM that integrates with your existing systems. Tod͏ay, h͏aving a ͏suitab͏le ͏CRM sy͏s͏tem is essentia͏l ͏f͏or ef͏ficien͏t operations. Howe͏ver͏, many ͏b

How Much It Costs to Make an App (Cost Breakdown)
14 October 2024
How Much It Costs to Make an App (Cost Breakdown)

There’s a huge difference between a $30.000 and a $200,000 budget for a mobile application. However, both numbers can be an accurate answer to the question “How much does it cost to create an app in 2024” The thing is, there are countless factors that can affect mobile app development costs. Do you want to build an app for both iOS and Android? What country is the app development team you want to hire from? What type of app do you want to build? Depending on the answers to these questions, the

Navigating Funding: Insights from a Software Development Partner
14 October 2024
Navigating Funding: Insights from a Software Development Partner

It can take a lot of work to secure mobile app funding. Many ideas fail because the founders can't effectively pitch them to investors. Even if you have a working idea already, you need money to plan it out, design it, develop it, test it, and launch it, and that's only a portion of what you need financing for. Read on to learn how to get funding for your app development, what stages you have to go through, the most common financing sources, and the importance of having an MVP. We will also gu

The Importance of In-Depth Analytics for Mobile Games
14 January 2025
The Importance of In-Depth Analytics for Mobile Games

If a game developer tells you that mobile game analytics aren’t important — run away. Yes, seriously. The mobile gaming market is expected to generate a revenue of $98.74 billion worldwide in 2024 and to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.39% in the next three years. That totals to a projected market volume of $118.90 billion by 2027. However, there are millions of games in app stores and on digital game platforms. If you plan to join this market, you need a product that’s not

Hire a Game Development Team: Where and How?
27 September 2024
Hire a Game Development Team: Where and How?

When a top-shelf game idea springs into your mind, one of the first things you will probably think about is “How do I hire a game development team that can help me bring this to life?” Game ideas can come to anyone who loves games — gamers, developers, artists, writers, and business people alike can get an inspiration. However, some of us are lacking the experience of finding proper contractors to entrust these ideas to. Where and how to find a game development team? What specialists to includ

Multiplayer Game Level Design: The Essential Techniques
17 September 2024
Multiplayer Game Level Design: The Essential Techniques

The difference between single-player and multiplayer game level design is one of the biggest gaps game designers need to jump over in their upskilling. You can use the same art or 3D models for both single-player and multiplayer games. And while the job of developers will be considerably more tricky when dealing with networking functionality and state synchronization, it’s not that different at its core. We do, however, get a whole new set of rules and specifics to keep in mind when it comes t

How to Develop a Mental Health App: Features, Cost, and Design Ideas
22 August 2024
How to Develop a Mental Health App: Features, Cost, and Design Ideas

Highlights: * Mental health apps offer privacy, flexibility, and affordability, making them increasingly popular among users. * With mental issues becoming more common and traditional therapy often being stigmatized or inaccessible, mental health apps serve as an accessible solution to a wide range of users. * The mental health app market is expected to reach $3.7 billion by 2027, presenting a huge opportunity for businesses to create impactful solutions with mental health app development.

Ebook App Development like Kindle: Benefits, Tech Stack, Best Practices, and Cost
9 August 2024
Ebook App Development like Kindle: Benefits, Tech Stack, Best Practices, and Cost

Highlights * Today, Millennials and Gen Z are turning to reading apps, with the biggest part of them reading even more than previous generations. * Busy lifestyles of people are driving the growth of ebook reader app development, which creates a blooming market for digital reading apps. * Ebook application development not only helps you tap into a growing market but also gives readers comfy access to books, and offers authors and publishers a powerful platform to both reach and engage with

How Much Does It Cost to Build a Messaging App Like WhatsApp
14 October 2024
How Much Does It Cost to Build a Messaging App Like WhatsApp

How many messenger apps can you count off the top of your head? Probably more than one. They’re quite varied these days, and users have a range to choose from. At the same time, there’s always something lacking—just a little bit—but users always crave something else. That’s why there’s still space in the messaging app development market. Creating a WhatsApp-like app presents various obstacles for businesses. First, effective app security measures to protect user data and user privacy are criti

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