2muchcoffee

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Sr front-end developer of CVmaker

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We help people prepareing for the next step of their career 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire 2muchcoffee to accomplish?

• Building a marketing website

SOLUTION

How did you find 2muchcoffee?

Online Search

Why did you select 2muchcoffee over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from 2muchcoffee were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The team from 2MuchCoffe helped us working on our new marketing website:

• Reusable components using react and remix 
• Creation of data stucture for headless cms ( Storyblok ) 
• Unit test of complex react components 
• Responsible for several key features : global search / blog page / overview product page with filter options 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The 2MuchCoffee team helped us build a large portions of out marketing website, which translated into the creation of dozens reusable components as well the creation of pages with complex features, such as, but not limited to : search and filter features, integrations of third party api, contribution to rich text components.  

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

The team has been extremely responsive and took our feedback into account really quicly. They managed to adapt to our coding style and were rapidly performing just as well as our in house develpers. 

What was your primary form of communication with 2muchcoffee?

Virtual Meeting

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

Everyting went really smootly despite the complexity of the tech stack. The developers rapidly learned about tecnologies we use in house. overall I was please at the their versatitility.

The communication also went really well, I felt like the feedbacks were always applied, I rarely needed to repeat things more than twice. Their attention to detail was way above my expectations, and I knew I could trust them with the code base early in the project 

Are there any areas for improvement or something 2muchcoffee could have done differently?

Not that I can think ok 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of Baas verpakkingen

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Ecommerce store for packaging materials.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire 2muchcoffee to accomplish?

• Build a new website
• Do it fast and not too expensive
• On a modern stack

SOLUTION

How did you find 2muchcoffee?

Online Search

Why did you select 2muchcoffee over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from 2muchcoffee were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Responsive Web Design: Develop a responsive website that adapts to different devices and screen sizes, providing a consistent user experience. 
• Product Management System: Implement a system for managing products, including adding, editing, and organizing product information, variations, and inventory. 
• Shopping Cart and Checkout: Create a shopping cart functionality that allows customers to add products, update quantities, and securely proceed through the checkout process. 
• Integration with Payment Gateways: Integrate popular payment gateways to handle secure online transactions, supporting various payment methods. 
• Search and Filtering: Implement search functionality and filtering options to help customers easily find products based on keywords, categories, and attributes. 
• User Authentication and Account Management: Develop user authentication features, allowing customers to create accounts, log in securely, and manage their profiles. 
• Order Management: Create an order management system for administrators to view, process, and update order statuses. 
• Analytics and Reporting: Implement analytics tools to track website traffic, user behavior, and sales metrics, providing valuable insights for decision-making. 
• Performance Optimization: Optimize the site for speed and performance using server-side rendering and caching techniques. 
• SEO and Social Media Integration: Optimize the site for search engines and integrate social media for sharing and customer engagement.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Well the website was delivered in time and within the projected cost. So I am very happy with the outcome.

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

The actual work was on time and quality was great. Project management itself could be a little bit better in terms of details. All in all a near perfect experience

What was your primary form of communication with 2muchcoffee?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Quality, time and understanding of business needs. They delivered our requirements exactly as promised.

Are there any areas for improvement or something 2muchcoffee could have done differently?

As i've mentioned, nothing to improve, if anything project management.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the co-founder of a development agency that builds various software products. Recently, we've been working on social media applications. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with 2muchcoffee?

We hired 2muchcoffee to evaluate our junior developers' code. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

For this project, 2muchcoffee conducted in-depth code reviews — they went over our back- and frontend and API codebases. Their team also reviewed our best practices and helped us establish work standards. Then, 2muchcoffee shared anything they thought wasn't a good standard for us to have, even minor things like link checking or structural errors. We also received an outline of the 1–2 security risks they found in our code. They didn't limit themselves to critiques; they offered feedback and insight into how we could fix those issues.  

Now, whenever we work on a new batch of code, we bring in 2muchcoffee to review it. We have 2muchcoffee review our junior developers before we promote them. Sometimes, we bring them in when we think they're more suited for a tech stack than our internal team. 

What is the team composition?

We've worked with a developer and a project manager. 

How did you come to work with 2muchcoffee?

I found 2muchcoffee through a Google search. We dug through their website and liked their portfolio and client base. Also, they had a blog that highlighted good development practices, which gave us a lot of confidence in their services. 

How much have you invested with them?

We invest around £1,000–£2,000 (approximately $1,300–$2,600 USD)with 2muchcoffee for each project. In total, we’ve invested £15,000–£20,000 (approximately $20,000–$26,000 USD) with 2muchcoffee. 

What is the status of this engagement?

The latest project with 2muchcoffee began in November 2021, and our partnership is ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

2muchcoffee has provided 7–10 pages of clear assessments of our junior developers' performance compared to the industry standard. Their insights have given us the insights we needed to make promotional decisions. 2muchcoffee is very professional and provides great service — they answer all of our questions when their feedback isn't clear. 

How did 2muchcoffee perform from a project management standpoint?

2muchcoffee always meets our deadlines and clarifies our timeline expectations   

What did you find most impressive about them?

2muchcoffee has great attention to detail in their code review. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

There is nothing for 2muchcoffee to improve based on the short-term projects we've done with them so far. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I'd advise customers to give 2muchcoffee a shot — measure the outputs for a smaller initial project and make a hiring decision from that. 

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the co-founder and CTO of a digital marketing company, so I manage all of our technical projects. We create all sorts of marketing campaigns in the videogame, technology, and e-sports content creation space. In doing so, we create high conversions for marketing teams looking to grow on their social media platforms.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with 2muchcoffee?

We’ve been working with 2muchcoffee on various web development projects.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

2muchcoffee has been helping us remove third-party integrations and frameworks from our website that were potentially inhibiting our business and incurring additional costs. In doing so, we’ve collaborated with them on multiple projects to eliminate those barriers.

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with about 4–5 people from 2muchcoffee, some of which come in and out of projects depending on our needs. Their team includes the owner, project managers, web developers, and web designers.

How did you come to work with 2muchcoffee?

I found 2muchcoffee on Upwork. We had worked with freelance developers in the past, so I tried to reach out to one developer on that site. However, it turned out that this person had moved from freelancing and built 2muchcoffee to house several developers and designers.

Among the people I reached out to, 2muchcoffee was the most attentive regarding their scoping, pricing, and overall interaction with us. Additionally, their communication was what stood out to us the most, making them the most attractive of our options.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together around April 2021, and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our project is not focused on hard results like meeting deadlines or developing certain features. It is more focused on future builds. We’ve been building our product, testing and iterating on it until we’re comfortable with it. Thus, our engagement is ongoing, making changes and updating what we already have. So far, we’re very satisfied with their work.

How did 2muchcoffee perform from a project management standpoint?

2muchcoffee’s project management is incredible; they’re very quick and communicative. They’re from Ukraine, but they’ve kept working on the project despite the Russian Invasion, even though I’ve told them that it isn’t necessary. If that’s not professionalism, I don’t know what is. We communicate via email, Slack, and Telegram.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The best aspect of working with 2muchcoffee is their communication. Having worked with a lot of different companies, I’ve noticed that the amount of communication with them is a great indicator of the results we will get. Their team is comprised of designers and developers, so they don’t have the same organizational and social skills that the bigger companies do. However, they’re much more responsive and communicative than most of them. Additionally, they´re very flexible, working with us around price negotiations and big project changes.

Are there any areas they could improve?

It would be great if 2muchcoffee got a little bit better at testing. We’ve adjusted some things during QA that should have been found during testing. However, that situation is normal on these kinds of projects.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Knowing exactly what you want will help you maximize your return from cost and time standpoints. If you can have everything laid out beforehand, the process will be great.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the owner of a Paris-based online digital training company. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with 2muchcoffee?

We needed help making our training available online.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

First, we explained to 2muchcoffee our vision and goal with the website. They gave us estimates on the hours and resources they would require. From there, they developed our website from scratch. 

2muchcofee has already finished the site and is now providing site updates and improvements. 

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with a project manager, two developers, and a designer. 

How did you come to work with 2muchcoffee?

We met with three different agencies and ended up with 2muchcoffee. They seemed very flexible and competitively priced, and it was a huge plus that they spoke English. 

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent between €60,000–€70,000 (approximately $68,000–$79,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working together since May 2021, and our relationship is ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The platform 2muchcoffee has developed is easy to use, and we can upload content by ourselves. However, we haven’t marketed the site to our clients, so I can’t provide any metrics about their work. 

How did 2muchcoffee perform from a project management standpoint?

2muchcoffee’s project management has been perfect. We collaborate through Slack, Google Drive, and Google Meet.  

What did you find most impressive about them?

2muchcoffee has accepted our unique idea and made it come to life, whereas other vendors have told us it wouldn’t work. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Sit down and think about the project. You need to be involved and available if you want it to go fast. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a consulting CTO for this pre-launch startup.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 2muchcoffee, and what were your goals?

I was brought on to evaluate the software the client's existing agency was building since there were many delays. After review, the architecture was completely inappropriate for the type of software being built (expert system for the legal industry). The client engaged me to rebuild the software with a new team.

SOLUTION

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

I was specifically looking for a front end architect who could design a large, complex single page application (SPA). I posted to Upwork and interviewed many engineers in Europe and Asia. Dmitriy stood out for his extensive Angular expertise and the popular Angular open source project he maintained. They also had a perfect rating on Upwork.

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

The first goal was to analyze the previous codebase to determine if anything salvageable. The second task was a comprehensive architecture of the front end, which had extensive mockups. This included components, i18n, security, build/packaging, etc. In addition to many typical web forms and reports, the app included a dynamic, data-driven forms component for the expert system.

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

Two people, Dmitriy and Anton, both did architecture and development. Anton came later but did the bulk of development.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Since this is a pre-launch project under NDA, there are no metrics to report. However, the code base met the most important quality of any software system: maintainability. It has undergone many requirements changes without need of any serious re-architecture. This includes major Angular upgrades from version 2 to the present.

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

The whole team communicated through Jira and Skype. Tasks are estimated and status updated through Jira. All developers post daily "stand-up" style messages. Chat and voice calls happen as necessary. Dmitriy was always available for discussions and it was clear he cared deeply about customer satisfaction.

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

Unless you have extensive experience running globally distributed teams (which I've done since 2008), you don't know how important discipline is for the team and individual contributors. This is generally important for engineers, but absolutely critical for fully remote teams where nobody is colocated. Dmitriy and Anton were perhaps the most disciplined engineers I've ever worked with. This was greatly appreciated.

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

A general challenge with offshore (to the US) workers is finding overlap in schedules for voice calls. A lot can be done via text, but sometimes a call helps break through understanding and discover hidden challenges. However, this is why I make sure all developers are in the same hemisphere at least, so they were able to talk with each other during working hours.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m one of the owners of Ping Yo Inc, a brokerage company that sits in between various financial institutions such as banks, lenders, borrowed, and other forms of marketing networks.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with 2muchcoffee?

We have several technically nuanced concerns, so we needed a software engineer who can handle complex development tasks, is patient, and is highly skilled in classic software engineer principles.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

In collaboration with our internal staff, 2muchcoffee built our platform from the ground up to replace our system, with the bulk of their work focusing on the backend, middleware, and frontend concerns.

They’ve created customer service and operations portals, as well as some of the more sensitive and secure areas that our employees would use, such as customer records and data.

They’re also involved in some of the capabilities that we use to monitor infrastructures from a technological point of view — implementing JavaScript that’s based primarily on TypeScript and Angular.

Moreover, they work closely with our designers to go through the various layouts, flows, and UI to present us with visual mockups and determine how customers will interact with our platform.

What is the team composition?

Throughout the project, we’ve probably interacted with at least six people from 2muchcoffee. There was a project manager at the beginning of the partnership but as time went on, we’ve lessened the involvement of the leadership team.

How did you come to work with 2muchcoffee?

I came across 2muchcoffee on a couple of websites while researching, most notably on Clutch and Upwork. We chose them because we had a specific interest in hiring people who don’t normally get the same chances as other developers in this male-dominated industry.

We wanted to help them learn and provide them the opportunity to present their proposals to see if they were a good fit, and it worked.

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve probably spent over $250,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our ongoing partnership started in June 2018.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Thanks to the expertise of 2muchcoffee, we’re successfully releasing major capabilities for our platform on a monthly basis and release new features every day.

Additionally, the bug and defects rate from the development team is exceedingly low and if there are defects, it’s often a misunderstanding and miscommunication of the requirements rather than the quality of their work.

We have a very high success rate with the company and tasks are accomplished at a reasonable velocity.

How did 2muchcoffee perform from a project management standpoint?

I manage the entire project with 2muchcoffee, so the scheduling and timing issues are on the business side. However, 2muchcoffee is quick to adapt to any situation so we’re really happy with that.

We typically manage and communicate with the team through Skype.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We’re very impressed with their overall performance in communication. They’ve been really patient with us and they’re intellectually engaged throughout the process.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I have no demands for them at this point, but it would be great if I could hear their unfiltered view of working with us. Other than that, I don’t have any complaints.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

When you’re engaging in a relationship with remote software engineers, it’s important you come prepared to tell a detailed nuance story of your needs.

2muchcoffee has the strength to listen to the details of your story, and they will engage with you to figure out the rest of it.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Со-founder of a healthtech project

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 2muchcoffee, and what were your goals?

We needed an experienced software engineering team to help us refine our ideas and to suggest the best and the most optimal digital solutions for creating a scalable and secure product.

SOLUTION

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

Found profile of 2muchcoffee on Social Media and through their popular Github projects.

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

We created an Angular web and an Ionic mobile application connected to a Node.JS backend API developed with Nest.JS. The web app has quite broad, complex, and smart functionality to encourage users to become healthier. The mobile app is all GDPR-compliant, respecting the privacy of healthtech system users’ data.

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

2muchcoffee team covered both sides of application development including product development and mobile development itself. We worked with the PM, the frontend engineer, the backend engineer, and the QA specialist.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

2muchcoffee did a great job. As a result, we will be seeking to work with them for more future projects. Their company has deep experience in product development, and it was a great help for us in terms of structuring the architecture as well as making the decision in business logic.

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

2muchcoffee makes use of effective communication and collaboration to ensure a smooth workflow. We worked with a great project management tool and also communicated via Slack.

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

2muchcoffee team is communicative and responsive to requests, which results in a supportive partnership. The whole team was very easy to work with. They demonstrated a lot of technical expertise and a very strong understanding of the project and its aims. The main benefit for us were that based on their product experience in the variety of different projects we achieved our goals on time and were able to deliver best practices in both business and tech sides.

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

No, I’ve been very happy with the experience.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Product owner of the application.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 2muchcoffee?

We had had a web app in the past, though it hadn’t satisfied our needs in terms of the performance. We needed an experienced software engineering team to help us with building a new cross-platform SPA app with a good performance.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to create an effective and high-performance logistic system to track key objects, their status and location.

SOLUTION

How did you select 2muchcoffee?

On Upwork. We were looking for cross-platform development agencies or freelancers.

Describe the project in detail.

With 2mc’s help, we created an Ionic cross-platform both web and mobile application, fully functional and compatible with the backend developed by our side.

What was the team composition?

2muchcoffee team fully covered a web and a mobile development. We worked with the PM and the front-end engineer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our project is on the stage of live testing. We are still working with a 2mc team on the support basis. Whenever we encountered any setbacks they were there to solve problems. Also, we’d be glad to ask for 2mc services for more future projects.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

High level of communication skills of project managers on the side of 2muchcoffee team as well as cleat workflow made the process of application development fast and convenient. They always informed us about the stages of development and provided daily updates.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their high-quality standards made us confident we can get back to these guys for future project development. We truly value the high level of flexibility of 2mc team for supporting our application.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, I can only highly recommend this team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Director Of Engineering at Chrysalis Cloud

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 2muchcoffee, and what were your goals?

We were looking for a skilled and experienced developer who can take over the project and bring it to the market. Our main requirement was a scalable Angular project of high-quality with a decent performance since the logic is quite complicated.

SOLUTION

How did you select 2muchcoffee and what were the deciding factors?

Among other Angular development agencies on Upwork.

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

Our Head of Engineering and designer were working together with 2muchcoffee team to detail out the plan, risks, and successfully created an Angular web platform to work as the pipeline for AI functionality on the cloud and manage Computer Vision applications on the Edge.

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

2muchcoffee team covered the frontend development. We worked with the PM and the frontend engineer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have a completed project which lets users stream and analyze data in real-time by collecting, processing, and analyzing video streaming data at a fraction of the cost of current products. All our tasks were completed successfully.

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

They are highly effective in both communication and code delivery.

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

Technical level of the developers. Angular is indeed their strong side.

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

No, we were completely satisfied and ready for rehiring in the future.