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Are Native and Electron Apps Finally Obsolete? Publishing Full-Stack Web Apps in the Windows and Mac App Stores

When most people think of web apps, they think of progressive web apps (PWAs). The problem is that PWAs are essentially just locally cached web pages that generally still need to connect to a server to fully function. They aren’t complete apps in and of themselves. But what if you could package the entire web stack — i.e., both client-side and server-side — as a standalone desktop application? It might sound crazy, but it isn’t.

Change workflow builder

Using the new change workflow builder, users can now configure end-to-end workflows scaling to meet their business requirements. Dynamic approvals within each stage of the workflow, conditions to decide the path of the change and switch operations to shift the same, and the feasibility to perform field updates on change requests, are some of the functionalities available with the new change workflow builder.

3 Smart Alternatives to Hot-Desking Your IT Team Should Try

After more than a year spent working from home, plenty of employees are actually excited to return to the office and see their colleagues face-to-face. But that excitement will quickly fade when they realize they have no place to sit. While some businesses will be staying fully-remote after the pandemic, others are preparing for a new era of hybrid work, where staff will split time between home and the office.

5 workflow automations for Mattermost that we love at n8n

n8n is a fair-code licensed tool that helps you automate tasks, sync data between various sources, and react to events — all via a visual workflow editor. Our team has been using Mattermost for internal communication since the very beginning, and in time we have developed a ChatOps practice by integrating Mattermost with our workflows. In this article, we present five of our favorite use cases of n8n with Mattermost, for both work productivity and team engagement.

ITSM Request Portal in Jira Service Management

At the heart of ITSM is the belief that IT should be delivered as a service. Day-to-day ITSM can be as simple as a request for new hardware or a collaborative response to reports of a business-critical outage. Customers submit requests through a custom Jira Service Management portal, filling out tickets with information tailored for an agile response, and simultaneously kicking off workflows. Tickets land in the IT team’s queue, where incoming requests are sorted and addressed.

Github vs Gitlab: An Impartial Guide

In our latest tools guide, we wanted to gather insights from a number of real users of these two giants in the Git & version control space to help you decide between using Github or Gitlab for your latest software development project. “GitHub is a common and easy-to-use website to host code in a way that's shareable with a large number of people”, states Melanie, Content Director at KitelyTech.

Building a Go-to-Market Strategy for Developer Tools

As a YC alum and co-founder of Mattermost, I often get asked by early stage YC companies about what it’s like to build a commercial open source business. With the start-up’s permission, we’ve started recording some of the Q&A sessions, transcribing them and sharing the more popular questions on the Mattermost blog in short form articles.