Highlights from our spring retreat (Orlando 2020)
In early March, our team spent 5 days in Orlando connecting around our company vision and making plans for the coming year. Read more about our takeaways here!
Coming soon: Agathon’s next-gen hosting platform
Have you heard the news? Over the past ten months, our hosting team has been hard at work building Agathon’s next-gen hosting platform. We built this new, high-speed hosting platform from the ground up. It’s designed specifically for WordPress sites, and we made every decision with speed in mind.
What can I expect during the software development process?
Every development project looks different, but our overall process—the Agathon approach, if you will—remains the same across every project. Here’s what that looks like.
Book review: Deep Work by Cal Newport
In Deep Work, Cal Newport explores how our brains work and how we can get not just more work, but better work, done. Here’s how to get started today!
7 process questions to ask before a redesign
This is Part 2 in our series about the questions you should ask before redesigning a web or mobile app. Head here for 7 user need questions to ask. Today we’re talking through process questions you as product owner or team should ask before you begin a redesign process. These questions are meant to get …
Client spotlight: celebrating Black bloggers & influencers
We’re proud to host Black bloggers across a variety of niches, including fashion, travel, marriage, faith, lifestyle, and food. We want to introduce you to some of them!
Case study: when WordPress plugin errors impact your blog
Today, we want to take a look at what happens when—despite following these best practices—a WordPress plugin error wreaks havoc on your site. To do that, let’s look at some real-world examples from Agathon clients. We’ll show you what went wrong with the plugin, what the impact was on the client’s site, and how Agathon was able to assist each of them.
Case study: Truth For Life’s Sign in with Apple
Last fall, Apple issued new guidelines for Sign in with Apple. These guidelines require apps that use third-party or social login services to also offer Sign in with Apple. According to Apple: With privacy and security features built-in, Sign in with Apple is a great way to help users set up an account, sign in, …
7 user needs questions to ask before a redesign
When someone comes to us about redesigning a web or mobile app, these are the types of questions we ask. Our goal is to get beyond the features the organization would like to see to really drill down to those users need and want.
Case study: the Fragile Families Challenge and predictive models
Part of Agathon’s vision is “doing Good work … that makes the world better.” Part of our business is working with sociologists to build and maintain the platforms for their research. Recently, we saw one such project come to fruition with the publication of the Fragile Families Challenge results.