Cult of Coders

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the director of SEO Stack, an advertising and marketing company. Our company is a big data and AI-powered tool that helps digital marketers and SEOs optimize websites, track changes, and measure ROI using advanced analytics and Google Search Console integration.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Cult of Coders?

We needed help rebuilding our platform's architecture, building in redundancy, and improving the UX.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Cult of Coders has handled everything regarding our platform. We provided an overview of what SEO Stack needed to do and have as functionality, and they've done the rest. The team has planned the native architecture, evaluated the most suitable tech stack, and built everything from there onwards. Cult of Coders has delivered a whole front end, a back end, and a UI. 
The team has built all of the underlying architecture and effectively the whole platform. Cult of Coders' in-house designers have worked on the UI alongside our designer. Then, they've cut it up and mapped it to the back end.

What is the team composition?

We've worked with 2–5 teammates from Cult of Coders.

How did you come to work with Cult of Coders?

We found them through a referral. We chose them over other options because they had high ratings, their pricing fit our budget, and they offered good value for the cost.

How much have you invested with them?

We've spent an amount confidential with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in January 2023, and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We measure our platform's performance, stability, end-user feedback, and roadmap completion performance. Cult of Coders is very responsive and organized. They have a compartmentalized team that deals with everything from backend infrastructure to DevOps. 
The team consistently reviews and makes iterative changes to help the platform perform even better. Moreover, they've helped us collect end-user feedback, track bugs, and generally provide a full circle experience. Our SaaS has never been so fast, and end users have provided positive feedback on the platform's performance and stability.

How did Cult of Coders perform from a project management standpoint?

Cult of Coders is very efficient, organized, and often delivers quicker than expected.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We are impressed with their value for money and technical expertise.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We focus on small and medium sized private equity fund transactions in the secondary market as an intermediary or consultant (below EUR 100 million in deal size).

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cult of Coders, and what were your goals?

A new descriptive and forward looking website, plus setup of googe workspace and emails.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

A combination of price and quality.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

All of it. Delivered perfectly.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Four.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Delivered swiftly on all requests with a great sense of detail.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

To the point and efficient.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We were impressed with the diversity of the staff and the efficiency of delivery without missing any details.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Not really.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are the digitization platform for cars. It scans cars in high-res 3D and 360° inside and outside to allow online re-marketing, as well as remote and automated inspection of used cars.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cult of Coders?

Development of cross-platform reactive apps in Meteor, NodeJS/Express, React, React Native, Cordova, and alike.

What were your goals for this project?

Fast delivery of high-quality apps for our users.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We did review the developers with assessment tests.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Backend and frontend coding, as well as test cases had to be developed according to specifications we did provide.

What was the team composition?

The team consisted of back and front end developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

We were able to deliver much needed solutions to our clients fast and in good quality.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management was provided by us completely.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We need talented and reliable people — and that is what we found here.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We are fine with the provided services.