Kodius

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Chief Editor and Director of Dnevnik.ba, which is a Media/News company in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Kodius?

As one of the biggest News portal in the region, you are under constant pressure to be always available and have the content ready for your readers even before the news happened. So we had to find for a professional web development agency which can solve and anticipate new problems.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal was to find somebody who can increase the security and availability of our application.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

It was a reference from one of our owners who worked with them before.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

With dnevnik.ba our goal and ambition is to be available 100% of the time and be the first portal with new content.

The process of working with Kodius started with a need, we had an urgent problem which had to solved ASAP, one of our owners referred Kodius as a team of experts. We have contacted them, told them everything about our problem and the urgency of it.

They were professional and approached the problem with urgency and proposed a perfect solution for it. They have solved the problem in the next few days and with that they have passed the test and we have continued to work with them.

After that they have transferred our stack do AWS and did a bunch of other minor upgrades and fixes to increase the security, availability and future scaling of our application. There was a bunch of other features and minor fixes during our working collaboration like placing ads on perfect places inside articles.

What was the team composition?

As we did not have a constant development tempo there wasn’t a team reserved only for us, but we had a person who could be contacted at any time and our problem would be solved ASAP.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our availability and security has increased. Also, we are sure that now we can scale without any potentional future risks.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

As we did not have a constant development tempo there wasn’t a team reserved only for us, but we had a person who could be contacted at any time and our problem would be solved ASAP.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were impressed with their commitment, speed, and knowledge.

Are there any areas for improvement?

N/A

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a co-founder of FlexCareers. We offer a career employment site focused on women returning to work as well as anyone who’d like to work flexibly. We connect job seekers with progressive employers who are happy to offer flexible work arrangements. We work with a slew of Australian companies, as well as with multinationals operating in Australia and New Zealand.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Kodius?

We’re in our fourth year and we’ve hit a stage where we want to grow a bit more rapidly, so we needed a new digital agency.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We worked with Kodius on a large migration before we started the official collaboration with them. We went from a single server in Singapore to the AWS platform, across two different geographic locations. That was one of our first challenges.

We’ve accumulated two years’ worth of sprints in Jira since then. We’ve done a lot of UI/UX work with them, especially in terms of mobile optimization.

Another large project was launching a large searchable database, where employers can search for potential job candidates. That was a challenging project involving a bunch of external APIs, a Ruby on Rails backend, and a lot of testing.

What is the team composition?

We had a five-person team when we started, and I believe the current team has between five and ten people.

How did you come to work with Kodius?

Ruby on Rails is a relatively specialized skillset, and it’s not easy to find quality developers. As I was going through some due diligence, I saw an interesting blog by Kresimir (CEO, Kodius) on the benefits of Ruby on Rails. Something I noticed was that, despite it being a niche topic, it had over 1,000 social reactions. For a technical article to have that kind of buy-in from other developers showed me that these people must be pretty good at Ruby.

I engaged them and got them in touch with our CTO, who put them through a real evaluation process to see if they could be our long-term partner. We decided they could handle all of our development as we scaled out our platform.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent $300,000–$350,000 with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with Kodius in October 2016 and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Security is an important consideration for us, and we’re working with a US-based company that scans entire code structures for vulnerabilities. Data breaches are a concern for any company, and we’ve been fortunate to not experience any. I put it on their expertise and diligence.

They succeeded in getting us onto AWS, a platform that could handle our rapid growth. We took a small site with a small number of users and employers and put it into a world-class infrastructure that’s helped us scale. I believe we’ve quadrupled in size in terms of employers since we started working with Kodius.

Our database had 18,000 job seekers in 2016, and we have since grown to a database of 110,000 candidates. Kodius has built a platform that’s allowed us to scale up our job seekers by a factor of five. We’ve monetized our searchable database.

How did Kodius perform from a project management standpoint?

We run scrum projects with them, with sprints every two weeks. We use Jira to track stories, which give Kodius the full brief. We touch base with them daily, as part of our development cycle, to get updates on releases and other matters.

From my perspective, no sprint has been significantly delayed, the story points attributed to each ticket have been done accurately, and the execution has always been within budget. They make accurate estimates of time and cost.

We’re communicating through an extreme time difference. They’ve made it work well and smoothly. Kodius can work easily with anyone, without having to be in physical proximity. We didn’t know if we’d truly be able to understand each other, but that’s ultimately been fantastic. It’s been a real pleasure working with them.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They understand what we’re trying to achieve as a business, and they support us in that respect. There have been a lot of instances where they spotted the business issues that we missed. They thought two steps ahead when we only thought one step ahead. They proactively seek out and suggest things that can be beneficial and drive our business further.

They’re not simply someone executing an order from us–they look at things in a holistic way, in order to understand our business goals. This really comes through in the entire process with them.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, nothing comes to mind.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

Clients shouldn’t keep their cards close to their chest. If we give Kodius a detailed brief and immerse them in what we’re trying to achieve, we’ll definitely be better for it. They can add a lot of value in areas we hadn’t thought of, so we don’t look at them as just an execution team. They’re a team that can understand our business and help it grow.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Executive of kathTreff

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Faith-based Online Dating 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Kodius to accomplish?

• Developing an APP for our website

SOLUTION

How did you find Kodius?

Referral

Why did you select Kodius over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Kodius were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Developing an APP in a multi-language environment

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The APP was developed despite many difficulties.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Kodius was always fast, on time, very helpful and knowledgeable.

What was your primary form of communication with Kodius?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Their team is young and strong, they were smart, dedicated, and solution-oriented. KODIUS has always solved all challenges well, and they have done night shifts where necessary. They did a lot more than due diligence required, because they wanted things to work out for us as their client as best as possible. I am very grateful and recommend to everyone to work with KODIUS.

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

No, we are very happy with them.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

A performance-led, data-driven, and experience-enabled consultancy, Kodius drives business performance.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Kodius?

We needed to improve and develop the UI/UX and style guide for our digital product.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Kodius created a design system guideline for our digital product, including a platform design style based on existing layouts. The team defined the overall visual style, including color, typography, components (e.g., buttons, cards, tables, dialogs, labels, etc.), icons (used in navigation and main components), and UX enhancements of main navigations. Kodius also covered QA and an additional 20 design hours for missing components during front-end development, regular reports to the stakeholders, and edits. The deliverables were Figma files and JPEG/PNG.

What is the team composition?

We worked with two teammates from Kodius.

How did you come to work with Kodius?

We received a recommendation and chose Kodius because of a trusted recommendation.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked with Kodius from May–July 2025.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The Figma UI/UX files improved the product's UI/UX.

How did Kodius perform from a project management standpoint?

Kodius' project management was very professional; the team delivered all milestones on time. We communicated via email and Teams meetings.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We were impressed with Kodius' professionalism, knowledge of product UI/UX, and ability to challenge our product design, layout, and what a client would want.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there weren't any areas to improve.