Zarego

Devlights is a Dev Shop that provides Software Development and Staff Augmentation Services to startups My current role is CEO.

We had to put together a team for a new client but didn't have enough developers at the beginning.

Zarego & Devlights have been partners for a while now, we really enjoy working together.

The main idea was to create an online menu that can be accessed by restaurant clients by scanning a QR code on the table. The onboarding process was really straight forward. We started with one developer and inmediately added another one 2 weeks after for the next sprint. The technology stack was:

We used two people: 1 Back-end developer (Python) 1 Software Architect (AWS)

Zarego's crew did a really good job. They met every deadline established by the client

We had daily meetings every day to review progress and let the team know if there were any blockers. Also we had biweekly calls to make sure every task in the former sprint was fully developed and tested and to plan the scope for the upcoming sprint. We used Slack for communication and Git for version control

They really know whet they are doing. They exceeded client's expectations, always working with a really proactive and constructive attitude.

No major issues. I'd pick Zarego as our partner every time

I am the Founder/CEO of a digital product agency based in NYC.

We needed a near shore partner that could help us with a tricky web app project for one of our clients with a tight deadline.

We had connected prior with Zarego and after reviewing their capabilities and pricing as compared to our other vendors, we decided to work with them on this project. Their affordable pricing and flexibility with project scope were key factors in our decision making process.

The project required building a custom 3-d based environment that was gated by a registration and login flow. The entire environment was made configurable by the development of a custom CMS that allowed our client to manage the environment. The web app was built using react.js, node.js and was hosted on AWS.

We worked with a lead full-stack engineer and a lead digital strategist/account manager.

We were able to hit a very aggressive project delivery date that was tied to a live event and so we were very pleased that we were able to hit this deadline as was our client. We then provided ongoing support and did additional enhancements and improvements to the web app. These additional updates were also tied to specific tight deadlines which we continued to meet.

We mainly communicated via slack and daily standups via Google Meet. The project development was managed using JIRA. We provided project management and final QA from our end.

We really appreciated their flexibility and willingness to work with us on a tricky project. Having aggressive deadlines and lots of discussions to finalize scope.

When we first started the project we had some misalignment around expectations in regard to communication and meeting attendance. I would encourage Zarego to place some emphasis around these areas especially early on in a project.

I’m the CEO & co-founder of Cinemad.tv. We provide solutions to help enhance performance of publications for others.

We needed to have some software development done.

They are developing software for us, including formats and solutions. It is an out-stream format for video advertising which appears between two paragraphs in a site. The goal is to increase visibility of the ad by several players running at the same time. For example, if five players are running, the ad would increase from 1 in 100 to 5 in 100.

There are 2–3 people working with us on the project.

They were recommended by a mutual connection.

We’ve spent $2,000.

We began working together around July 2020, and it’s ongoing.

They gave feedback when we shared our ideas. to help improve the solution. The process has been smooth. Results have been so positive that we have extended our engagement to continue working together.

They use Scrum methodology and are very organized. We have calls at the beginning and end of each sprint. They demo their work to us at the end of each sprint. They’re available whenever we call them.

They don’t just create the ideas presented to them; they think about the bigger problem you’re trying to solve and make suggestions to create the best possible solutions.

No, nothing comes to mind.

Be aware that the research process takes some time.

I’m the founder of Einbock Academie, an education resource company that offers seminars, training, software, and books for engineers.

We only had a website that advertised the seminars, trainings, and books. We wanted to expand and build up an online learning platform.

Zarego developed our online learning platform. The platform enables engineers to do online trainings. They log in, pay a small fee, and they’re able to do online training. They used WordPress, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

There was a key account manager who organized the entire project. There were two developers.

I came in contact with the CFO. We had a small chat, a longer chat, and then some beer. Then we decided to do this together because our profiles were matching well. Their competency also matched what I had in mind for the project.

We’ve invested €2,000 (approximately $2,300 USD).

We worked together from July–September 2020.

I’m very happy. I measure metrics by the amount of money I make with the online seminars, which I’ll know in about a month.

We worked in two-week sprints and met to discuss the work and next steps. It was a good process. I have no complaints with the project management. We had Google Hangouts meetings or used Microsoft Teams.

I liked that the team was open to my vision. I also liked that they documented all the stuff that they were doing so that I’m able to do it on my own next time.

No, there’s nothing I’d have them improve. If they knew German, that’d be good, but not too big of a deal because we speak English.

Have regular meetings to define the scope. Follow up every week or two weeks. Work in small steps.

I’m the managing director and founder of an investment hedge fund focused on blockchain technologies.

We’re working as market makers for centralized and decentralized exchanges in the crypto currency industries. We hired Zarego to help us build our own platform. We needed to create a very specific infrastructure to be fast enough to have our services work correctly.

They work in C# for all the infrastructure and intercommunications between all of the units on our product. We’re also developing on Python for machine learning optimization and backtesting. Finally, we’re using Solidity for smart contract interactions and executions of our strategies. We’re using AWS to host.

We work with five people from their team.

I’ve known Matías (Co-founder) for several years. We needed a technical partner we could trust with certain aspects of our business. Since we have a personal relationship of over 15 years, that helped me grow in confidence with the company he’s handling.

We started working together in May 2019, and our work is ongoing.

Our measure of success is the time we have between when we present a new integration and when the deliverable is executed so we can use it. They were very responsive in making adjustments to products that were already launched and live.

They’ve done very well. Once the COVID-19 pandemic started, they started working much more than any provider because everyone was in their homes. The results were even better. They’ve worked late nights and weekends to get the job done.

The fact that I could mention problems that our business was having with scalability and they could resolve that in a timely manner was impressive.

They are suffering what a typical growing business suffers in terms of human resources and scalability. If they could grow their team faster, it would be better. It doesn’t complicate the dedication they have for our project, though.

My advice is to have a product manager working with them. It’ll make it easier to generate a product plan and take advantage of their services.