With vibe coding on the rise, design systems struggle to be followed. How can consistency be maintained? In this article, I will share my insights and experience in tackling this contemporary challenge. What is a design system I assume most readers…
Using AI as a Developer — Github Copilot Daily Usage
In this article, I will share my most frequently used features of GitHub Copilot. I am not a full-time developer anymore, but I still spend some time fixing bugs or reviewing code. AI, and specifically GitHub Copilot, is a tool that…
OutSystems Structures: The Best Way to Isolate Front-end from the Backend
As a developer, it is essential to have scalability and easy maintenance in mind when building applications. OutSystems provides several pre-built features to support this, but isolating end-users from core services remains a significant concern. When designing a project’s architecture, including…
Improving Accessibility in OutSystems
First of all, what is accessibility? As in our common days, accessibility is “the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities”. In the digital context, we can go further, following the…
16 Tips to Improve your OutSystems Front-end
After 17 years of web development experience, the last 8 of those years were dedicated to reducing the gap between designers and OutSystems Developers, I will share some of the best tips for improving OutSystems front-end development. You can see all…
How to Create an App Template for OutSystems
This article is about our Masterclasses available on Youtube, specifically supporting the April 2021 Masterclass. Before we start: – I’m not the source of the truth and what I’ll share it’s based on our process at Hi Interactive; – In…
Hi Music: The Challenge of Building a Music App with OutSystems
At the beginning of this year, my team and I decided to embrace a new challenge: build a music app using OutSystems. We call it Hi Music. This idea is part of some public initiatives that my Front-End team came up…
Low-code’s Connection to Front-End Development
What is life nowadays without our reliable apps? The application-centric world connects a modern business environment with the needs that arise. We can include in these necessities apps used for work, in managing and track projects; and apps made for tracking…
Style Guide vs. Live Style Guide: Differences and Approaches
Using a style guide is an indispensable tool to ensure consistency in terms of code development. They become part of the strategy, because style guides can very well be the blueprint every organization needs. Digital platforms need guidance, and both Style…