January 1, 2025
The 'I'm a better designer' checklist
A checklist for self-taught designers to be better at their job in the product design space.
Karthik Kamalakannan
Founder and CEO
Blog
Discover expert insights on AI software development, enterprise solutions, automation, and product development from the Skcript team. Read practical guides, tutorials, and case studies.
January 1, 2025
AI in 2024: What Actually Worked and What’s Coming Next
AI is everywhere, and it’s not just for the big players. Here are some of the most interesting AI projects that worked in 2024.
Varun RajJanuary 1, 2025
Why Unstructured Data is the Hidden Gem in Your AI Strategy: A CEO's Perspective
Discover the importance of unstructured data in AI and how it can unlock new opportunities for your business.
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 17, 2024
OCR and AI: How to make them work together for your business
Learn how OCR and AI can work together to improve your business. We will discuss the benefits of using OCR and AI together, and how you can use them to improve your business.
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 17, 2024
Pivoting Private Information Enclave (PIE) for Skcript S1 EDGE
Skcript S1 EDGE is a platform that allows you to build and deploy AI agents. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 16, 2024
What is Document Data Extraction (DDE)?
Document Data Extraction (DDE) is a process of extracting data from documents such as invoices, receipts, contracts, and other documents. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
June 6, 2024
Understanding Knowledge Engine
Learn how FeatureOS Knowledge Engine works. Understand how to use it to build engaging knowledge experiences for your users.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 23, 2024
Deploy GenAI to automate tax invoices processing at enterprise scale
You can now deploy GenAI Solution for Tax Invoice Processing and Automation at Enterprise Scale. Here is how you can do it in 7 working days.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 23, 2024
How to get to work at Skcript
Skcript is an insanely great people-first company. The basis of Skcript is to be a platform for great people to build their dream career, and here is how to apply and get to work at Skcript.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 23, 2024
Building an AI-powered Knowledge Base
Why we built an internal AI-powered Knowledge Base, and gave it away to our customers.
Karthik KamalakannanJanuary 21, 2024
7 things we've learned in 10 years of Skcript
We've been around for 10 years now. Here are 7 things we've learned in the last decade.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 10, 2024
ChatGPT for Doctors: Now ready to use, customized to each doctor
Start using ChatGPT for Doctors. Customize and feed with your data, and ChatGPT learns from your profile to give you personalized recommendations using GenAI.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 8, 2024
Using AI to Automate Invoice Processing at Enterprise Scale
How to use GenAI to Automate Invoice Processing at scale for Enterprise AI use-case. A quick tutorial on using Gemini Vision API to process invoices.
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 20, 2023
How can multimodal GenAI impact your business?
Implementing multimodal GenAI solutions can help you create a new business model and reinvent a business process.
Karthik KamalakannanDecember 19, 2023
Skcript's Enterprise AI Manifesto
Our strict guidelines on how we build Enterprise AI products at Skcript.
Karthik KamalakannanMarch 22, 2023
What are React Signals? Why and when to use it?
Everything you need to know about React Signals. When to use React Signals and how to use it. Complete how-to on React Signals.
Varun RajMarch 10, 2023
Setting Up a Realtime Editor using Tiptap, NextJS and Planetscale.
How to configure a realtime editor using TipTap, NextJS and Planetscale. Experience real-time collaboration with your team on FeatureOS Changelog, a realtime changelog editor.
Varun RajJune 10, 2022
How we migrated our Rails 6 app from AWS RDS to Planetscale
The story of how we ran away from AWS RDS to Planetscale for our Rails 6 app. Sort of a love letter to Planetscale.
Karthik KamalakannanMay 27, 2022
Using Javascript Events to share data between components
A guide to using and understanding Javascript Events to share data between components on your ReactJS or NextJS projects.
Varun RajMay 20, 2022
How to build a Gmail like multi row checkbox selection in your NextJS/React app
Guide to building a multiple row checkbox selection in your ReactJS or NextJS app similar to Gmail.
Varun RajMay 19, 2022
How to disable Tailwind CSS Prose class for code and pre tags
Learn how to disable Tailwind CSS Prose typography class for pre and code blocks when using Rehype.
Karthik KamalakannanFebruary 21, 2022
Build cookie based auth for multi-tenant NextJS application
Learn how we built a cookie based authentication for our multi-tenant NextJS application with custom domains.
Varun RajFebruary 2, 2022
How we migrated to Radix UI on NextJS and Tailwind
This is a guide of how we migrated to Radix UI on NextJS and Tailwind CSS. Our journey and experience towards moving to Radix UI.
Skcript
June 3, 2021
How to write test cases for React with Cypress
Test cases are incredibly helpful in writing stress free code and when you need to migrate your frameworks. Let's look into how you can start writing tests for React using the Cypress testing framework. We'll have a look at best practices, examples and more!
Skcript
May 26, 2021
What RPA Can Do to Your Business Process
Often organizations wonder what RPA can bring for them, what problems it can solve and how they can optimize business operations. In this article I've covered exactly how RPA can do that!
Varun Raj
May 14, 2021
19 Cool Figma Plugins you need to know
Figma plugins are making our lives as designers easier than ever. Here is a list of 19 cool Figma Plugins you need to know to get design superpowers.
Skcript
May 11, 2021
Now you can disable joins in Rails database associations
You can now add an option to disable joins queries from happening in a has_many or has_one relationship. This is useful in a multi-database Rails architecture.
Swaathi Kakarla
March 21, 2021
Why the Design Process needs 'Wireframing' to succeed
In the UI/UX design world, wireframes are like blueprints. Whether it is a website or a mobile app, UX wireframe design is the most necessary step. Wireframe is the basic rough sketch made before the product goes in for complete design and development. But is that all there is to wireframing? Check out...
Skcript
January 10, 2021
The Journey to scale: Moving from RPA to Intelligent Automation
In their embrace of more digitized ways of working, many organizations have adopted robotic process automation (RPA) to automate repetitive rules-based processes. They are now seeking to scale these solutions and make them smarter by integrating AI (Artificial Intelligence) capabilities.
Skcript
December 10, 2020
Here is what I learned from my first Create Week at Skcript
Hackathons provide opportunities to gain hands-on experience in new technology stacks or languages. Typically, Hackathon gives me an excellent understanding of things rather than just running behind new technologies without deep learning.
Skcript
December 1, 2020
5 games that subconciously improve your skills as a designer
Looking for a fun way to learn and test your design skills? Here is a collection of 13 games. Improve your typography, know well about colors, and master the pen tool. What are you waiting for? Learn while you play! 1...2...3 go!
Skcript
November 30, 2020
Digital Transformation Is Easy To Start But Difficult To Finish. Why?
Digital transformation (DX) is on every company's mind today. Explore this blog to know why it's easy to start DX yet so difficult to complete it.
Skcript
November 30, 2020
Building Gmail Addons
Google recently launched these cool addons for Gmail and other Google Business Products. This increases users productivity and also gives these apps an extended arm to be used in a popular tool like GSuite. In this article, I will help you build an addon for your app on Gmail.
Varun Raj
November 29, 2020
What type of product team should you have?
Every product had a product team but the team characteristics might change from company to company and product to product. They have their own responsibilities and structure which define the type of product team they are. Read more about what type of product team you want to be.
Skcript
November 25, 2020
Red, Green, Refactor
TDD is tricky and we need to be smart to get the maximum throughput of what TDD offers. TDD, done wrong could waste hours and will not look as effective as we would have thought. This is where the Red, Green, Refactor approach comes to save us from the pain.
Skcript
November 21, 2020
SwiftUI + WidgetKit
WidgetKit was introduced in WWDC 2020. It provides a timeline of useful content to display on your home screen. With SwiftUI and WidgetKit you can create a widget for iOS, iPadOS and MacOS with a single implementation. Let's check out how to do this!
Skcript
November 19, 2020
RPA in Action - Industries Automating their Processes
RPA can support enterprises across various industries, automate their wide variety of tasks and meet countless benefits including cost-saving, enhanced productivity, customer loyalty, and an error-free environment.
Skcript
November 17, 2020
The SOLID Object-Oriented Design Principles
The theory of SOLID principles was introduced by Robert C. Martin (a.k.a Uncle Bob) in his 2000 paper Design Principles – and are still relevant to us today. They are five key principles that are used to design and structure a class in an object-oriented design. They are a set of rules that needs to be followed to write effective code that's easier to understand, collaborate, extend & maintain.
Skcript
November 12, 2020
How to use UIKit Views and View Controllers inside SwiftUI Views
SwiftUI is an amazing framework to build apps but at the moment it is far from complete. For things which are not ported with SwiftUI, you have to write code to communicate with UIKit to add advanced functionality. In this post you will see how to wrap UIKit views and view controllers inside SwiftUI View.
Skcript
November 10, 2020
Robotic Process Automation in Insurance Industry
Robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) are true "game changers" for boosting efficiencies and achieving cost savings in the insurance industry. RPA is used to automate repetitive, manual, time-consuming rule-based tasks or to establish a fully automated end-to-end process with the aid of a "software robot."
Skcript
November 9, 2020
Web-App using HTML, JS & Firebase - Part 2
In this article, we will discuss how to build real time features for a web application using cloud firestore onSnapshot(). We will see how real time changes can be reflected across multiple clients in sync with the database.
Skcript
November 8, 2020
How to Create iOS Animations and Transitions in Swift UI
Animations and transitions make mobile apps come to life. With Swift UI, it's so easy to do that! In this article I show you how to add animations to an individual view, for a state change and add transitions.
Skcript
November 7, 2020
How to Execute Python Scripts in Electron and NodeJS
With Electron it's so easy to build cross platform desktop applications. However you might need to access functionality that isn't readily available in JavaScript. Python to the rescue! In this article, you'll discover how to execute Python scripts from Electron or NodeJS applications.
Skcript
October 30, 2020
Simple guide to work with an outsourced company to build a new product
I have helped companies from one person startups to Fortune 500 companies build new products, by helping them shape their idea into a real-world, usable product that's sellable. Here's everything I learnt over the past 7 years doing just this.
Karthik Kamalakannan
October 28, 2020
Top 6 Success factors for Robotic Process Automation
RPA is a promising solution to streamline processes and solve problems that include activities that are repetitive and do not require cognition. To successfully implement an RPA solution for a process, all the basic conditions must be met. In this blog, we will discuss important factors that ensure a good fit and successful implementation.
Skcript
October 27, 2020
Recreating Bootstrap Grid with Tailwind CSS Grids
In the article, we will see how to recreate bootstrap's flexbox grid with Tailwind's CSS Grids. We will see how to create a 12 column grid, gutter space, responsive columns, and everything that can be done with bootstrap by using tailwind.
Skcript
October 27, 2020
Skcript Create Week
Check out how we hosted our first virtual hackathon! We built some crazy ideas to help all of us adjust to remote life. And when I mean crazy I mean, our office admin becoming a chatbot developer and our program manager becoming an UI designer!
Swaathi Kakarla
October 23, 2020
Deploying React Apps to Firebase Hosting With Github Actions
React Apps with Firebase is one of the hottest combinations among web developers. But it's often a challenge automating the deployment process for this since there is no easy way to do this with any CI tool. But not anymore!
Varun Raj
October 20, 2020
Good organizational culture is not a foosball table
Building a company is more than sales and marketing. A company is about its people. You need to inspire great culture to foster innovation and a sense of belonging.
Swaathi Kakarla
October 9, 2020
Using VS Code to Internationalize Content
Internationalization is an important aspect of building products for the world. At Skcript, accessibility is our number one priority. In this article, I show you how to use VS Code to internationalize project strings. I've shared some tips to make use of VS Code translator effectively with unique shortcut methods that help save you time. Read on!
Skcript
October 8, 2020
Web-App using HTML, JS & Firebase - Part 1
Want to create a simple Firebase app using just plain HTML and Javascript? Well read on to find out how to unlock all the fabulous serverless capabilities with as little effort as possible!
Skcript
October 6, 2020
Use Core Data with SwiftUI
In this post we will see how to use Core Data inside a SwiftUI project. Core Data provides solution to manage model layer object for an application.
Skcript
October 5, 2020
22 design quotes from experts you need to read when you're feeling stuck
Does this question "How can I make this design great" keep you up at night? Looks like it's time for some motivation. Here is a curated list of quotes from great design experts who wanted to share their wisdom with their designer friends. 22 thought-provoking ideas you don't wanna miss.
Skcript
September 28, 2020
SOLVED - SameSite Issue With Rails in Chrome
Chrome launched a new update on February 4, 2020, with a new default setting for the SameSite cookie attribute. This affects the way the third party cookie access applications. In this blog, let's dig deeper into the SameSite update and see what changes are needed for Rails applications.
Skcript
September 25, 2020
Building and Using Custom Entities in Dialogflow
In my previous article about Dialogflow, I've covered the basic setup of creating a telegram chatbot with a serverless backend. I have also showcased how we can extract data or information from the user's message and send it to the backend for processing and coming up with the appropriate response for the message. In extracting the information, we will tag some of the elements/words in the message under the corresponding entities.
Varun Raj
September 24, 2020
Asynchronous data fetching using ReactQuery - Part 1 (Queries)
Query data, set loading, resolve or reject data, if rejected check for error, retry, show error message, if resolved, store the data... wish you could do all of this in one single step? Yes you can! Let's explore a library called "ReactQuery".
Skcript
September 23, 2020
Making the right financial decisions in your 20s
A lot of us learn about financial responsibilities later in life. But, at Skcript we wanted to make sure every individual makes smart economic decisions. Hence was born TwoCents, our monthly session on money management.
Skcript
September 18, 2020
Under-Promise / Over-Deliver Strategy for Customer Feedback
When you're handling a crucial role in a SaaS company, you'd more likely get feedback from more sources. Sometimes, you will tend to respond to your customers' feature requests by under-promise or over-deliver. Which is not a better idea. This article covers the problem with under-promise or over-deliver.
Skcript
September 17, 2020
Using Bamboo to Send Emails in Phoenix
I've never encountered a web application that doesn't send emails to users! It's so important. Let's look into a popular mailing library called Bamboo and see how it can be used to trigger emails in our Phoenix web application.
Skcript
September 16, 2020
Why is it Crucial to Utilize Your Product Within Your Business?
Have you ever experienced the feeling of using your product within your teams? If you don't, I suggest you should! Let us discuss why it is crucial to utilize your product in this article. Here you go.
Skcript
September 15, 2020
Bored at work? Try Skcrolympics!
Back in the good old days, when we could meet, team activities were Uno, or cricket, or Secret Hitler. But now, going remote, like most of us during the lockdown, we were BORED and craving for human interaction. So we hosted the Skcrolympics! A one of a kind, online friendly, mini game tournament.
Swaathi Kakarla
September 12, 2020
Build a "Pluggable" Widget for your Webapp
Ever wanted to create an interactive widget that could just plugin to any of your webapps and work seamlessly? No? Well I'll still write about it. In this article, I will be taking you through a step by step walkthrough on how to create a small popup widget using React and Typescript.
Skcript
September 10, 2020
Checklist to Improve your UI Design
This blog is about how to improve from good to great UI/UX Design in 10 easy steps. Beginners bookmark this page, it can help you if you are struggling to improve. I don't wanna brag about how useful these tips are, I found them helpful so thought of sharing it with you guys. To apply these tips, make sure you read the whole blog.
Skcript
September 9, 2020
Process Documents Using Artificial Intelligence For RPA Bots
Earlier RPA bots used to have some limitations like it would take structured data for processing from excel, database, etc. But as we know most of the data in today's world are in unstructured format and RPA bots were not able to operate on these data. But with advancements in technology like OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and Machine Learning, RPA bots are capable of extracting these data and store them as structured data using these technologies.
Skcript
August 25, 2020
Implement Dark Mode in Your Android App
Are you curious to implement the Dark Mode in Android Application? Here's the perfect guideline to attain the Dark Mode in Android Application. Don't waste your time; just implement and enjoy Dark Mode.
Skcript
August 24, 2020
Pattern Matching In Elixir
Pattern matching is a great way to write idiomatic functional code. It's a powerful tenant of functional programming that makes it a joy to write conditional statements. If you don't want your code to be peppered with deeply nested statements or multiple variations of similar business logic, use pattern matching!
Swaathi KakarlaAugust 22, 2020
3 things you should change during your focus group interview
We changed three things about our feedback sessions, and it changed everything about running customer feedback sessions.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 21, 2020
Using Webpack with React Typescript
Ever wondered if there is a way to just tie up all your code into one single module for easy usage. If so, in this article I will show you how to bundle all your code into a single javascript module that you can easily use in any other project.
Skcript
August 19, 2020
Exit Interview VS Stay Interview
Exit interviews are a way to communicate with people who are looking forward to shedding their responsibilities on one side. On the other side, a stay interview is an interview between a manager and an employee that's designed to learn what keeps employees working for an organization and aspects of need improvement. But on either side, it is always seen as a formality interview done to the people.
Skcript
August 17, 2020
Salary Process Calculation Using RPA
In this article, we will learn how to process and calculate the salary of employees by deducting the leaves amount and adding the increment if any, to the overall salary using Robotic Process Automation.
Skcript
August 12, 2020
Deploying React App to Firebase Hosting
This article will help the react developers to host their application in the Firebase hosting. And it's free!
Varun Raj
August 12, 2020
Building A Strong Customer Success Team for your SAAS Product
Wondering how to build a Saas customer success team for your product? Here, I have covered some techniques that worked out for us, creating a better customer success team. Read on to know more!
Skcript
August 11, 2020
Building a Serverless Telegram Chatbot with Dialogflow and Firebase Functions
Chatbots are fun and useful. Often we use chatbots to access information quickly and humanely. Building a chatbot is equally fun. In this article, I'll walk you through the smartest and the easiest way to build a chatbot without requesting any special backend servers.
Varun Raj
August 10, 2020
Setting up OAuth in Phoenix
When developing an application, one of the most important factors is setting up a reliable authentication system. Setting up a social sign in, like Google OAuth gives you the advantage of speed and security. Learn how to do this on your Phoenix application.
Skcript
August 10, 2020
Robotic Process Automation in the Automotive Industry
To regulate and manage the activities in the Automotive Sector, business executives require an efficient supply chain system integrated with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots. Let's take a look at how RPA is improving productivity within the automotive sector.
Skcript
August 6, 2020
Extract UI Components with AlpineJS and TailwindCSS using x-spread and @apply
Alpine and Tailwind are made to work in the markup itself. But let's break the rules here and extract components into their separate CSS and JS. Let's see how it can be useful in your web applications.
Skcript
August 3, 2020
People's Morale Matter
People's morale could be costing your business much more than you think. Also, contributing to greatest absenteeism, lower customer satisfaction and lower people retention rates, low morale amongst your team will impact on overall productivity and profitability. Employee morale is critical for people engagement and that is the key to business success. So, how do you spot someone with poor morale and what can we do about that?
Skcript
August 1, 2020
Web Animation With GSAP
Animations are attractive. Animations are fun. But creating animations is hard. These are the things I often come across people when I talk to them about animation. In this article, we will go through how we can create simple yet creative and fun animations for the web using a package called GSAP in just a few minutes.
Skcript
July 31, 2020
Indexing Firebase Data in Algolia For Full-Text Search
Building a search module for your Firebase app is super challenging and expensive. This is where Algolia comes for our rescue. This article is focused on helping developers build search in their applications with the help of Algolia.
Varun Raj
July 23, 2020
Rise of Tailwind - A Utility-First CSS Framework
What if there is an easy way to achieve responsive UI without using any UI kit? Can we create new and fresh designs for every project with a CSS framework? Enter Tailwind CSS, will this be the perfect CSS framework, well let's find out.
Skcript
July 15, 2020
How I started my career in 'Testing' at Skcript
I started without having great knowledge of testing. I began with manual testing, which is quite easy to do. I tested the product from the customer point of view and provided suggestions to the development team.
Skcript
July 9, 2020
Selenium vs RPA: Features, Pros and Cons
Selenium is a testing framework that can be used to test web applications. It can also be used to automate web-based tasks. RPA is the process of automating operations with the help of bots/digital workers. RPA can be used to automate any repetitive tasks without the involvement of humans.
Skcript
July 8, 2020
The cost of running a bootstrapped SaaS in 2020 (+ my learnings)
I have been bootstrapping FeatureOS to make it the best customer feedback software that people would love to use. More like what Intercom has done for website chat, we want to do for customer feedback.
Karthik Kamalakannan
June 22, 2020
Concurrency In The Erlang VM
Erlang is often referred to as the "concurrency oriented programming language". How did it get this name? How can a language created in the 80s for the telecom industry help us now? It turns out that all the reasons for which Erlang was built for is extremely useful for web servers today. We need applications to be fast and reliable - and we want it now!
Swaathi Kakarla
June 20, 2020
Javascript to Typescript
What is Typescript ? Well for those of you who have used Javascript as their goto preference for code might know a few things that are going to be discussed in this article. But for those who don't, typescript is basically a superset of Javascript. This means that you can use all the syntax of Javascript and adds static typing to it.
Skcript
June 10, 2020
Why choose Elixir for software development
Elixir is growing among the web and software development community across the world. Here are some reasons to use Elixir for backend development. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
June 6, 2020
Custom Domain Login in Ruby on Rails
Build a system with custom domain features by maintaining the session in a multi-domain environment. Let's see how to handle the sessions in this multi-domain environment.
Skcript
June 2, 2020
Automate Multiple Excel Sheet Reporting with RPA
In the field of Automation, there are five major areas where most of the automation takes place. Some of the applications are Web Applications, Email, Excel, Citrix and other desktop applications. In this blog, we'll see how to Automate Multiple Excel Sheets
Skcript
June 2, 2020
Meet your New Robot for Process Automation
This article explores the benefits offered by robotic process automation - giving more and more of the mundane work over to machines that can handle it well and without complaint. It introduces the concept, explores where it works best, and the value it can bring to your organization.
Skcript
June 1, 2020
The 5 books our team read during the quarantine
Have you ever experienced a book with your team? We believe that reading books and sharing knowledge with others is something more beautiful. Our Skcript team has been planning book clubs during this lockdown as a part of the team activity. Here's how we made it happen.
Skcript
May 29, 2020
Our first-ever Fireside chat "Let's Talk Tech" experience
We prepped and practised... of course. Here's our first-ever live fireside chat experience.
Skcript
May 28, 2020
How to use RPA for Invoice Extraction & Processing
Invoice processing is a core operation of many organizations. It is particularly known to be repetitive, drawn and time-consuming and that makes it an excellent use-case for enterprise automation. But first, let's understand the challenge itself.
Skcript
May 25, 2020
7 hacks to pump up your mood at work
We desire to be happy, but not everyone is really happy at work. It is not very difficult to find happiness at work and make it work for you.
Skcript
May 21, 2020
9 Key Business Benefits of RPA
RPA, the next evolution of business operations provides huge benefits to enterprises by automating their manual and repetitive tasks, enabling humans to work on creative and logical tasks
Skcript
May 8, 2020
How we are perfecting the art of remote work
At Skcript, we always spoke about remote working once a week. We believed in ourselves to manage the team, productivity, and balance culture, no matter from where we worked. What was once our dream, has now become a reality. Read more to know our method of work.
Skcript
May 1, 2020
COVID19: Transforming your business for the New Normal
You can either choose to be the Blackberry or the iPhone of your industry. Learn what leaders are doing to adopt to the new normal.
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 24, 2020
A Good Addition to the Policy List
Does your office allow you to take your pets with you? If yes, then you should be having, if not you must be wondering how one can manage your naughty and super active pet while you work.
Skcript
April 23, 2020
Psychological Effects of Remote Work
Remote working could add pressure to your mind. Do you know what you are dealing with during the quarantine remote work? It could be the sudden change in work approach, environment or even loneliness. Let's face it.
Skcript
April 17, 2020
Role of RPA in Reports Automation in Banking Industry
Reports are highly important in showcasing the performance and reputation of the bank and presenting it to the board and stakeholders and serves as a primary tool for effective communication between companies. RPA automates reporting techniques, enabling the employees to focus on other high-priority tasks.
Skcript
April 16, 2020
4 Measures to follow during Remote Work
Adapting to new processes to improve work culture is challenging. But the situation demands in improving your processes to enable remote work. We have shared ideas that worked for us.
Skcript
April 15, 2020
Values Added During Quarantine with our Practices
Have you noticed the change in people as an effect of this quarantine? We noticed a few good changes because of the simple practices that we have adapted to. Maybe you can give them a try too.
Skcript
April 14, 2020
Building an Intercom App for Intercom Inbox
At hellonext we recently built an Intercom Integration for recording feedback directly from the Intercom Inbox. It made collecting valuable feedback from potential customers easier without juggling between browser tabs and applications to record it. In this blog post, I'm going to show you how to build one from scratch.
Skcript
April 13, 2020
Transforming Accounts Payable Processing using RPA
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) sector is estimated with an adoption growth of $2.9 billion by 2021. If this is any indication, RPA will continue to boom and gain popularity amidst various industries. Time and money are the key drivers for AP automation, as finance departments are imposed with high AP transaction costs and cycle times. Improved AP reporting and analytics, with the elimination of paper and manual tasks, is the need of the hour.
Skcript
April 12, 2020
Government Application Automation in Dubai
With integrated digital data, data capture has never been easier, especially in the government application process, with the introduction of the following apps by the emirate of Dubai.
Skcript
April 11, 2020
How RPA simplifies student onboarding in the Education Industry
According to the report "Digital Enterprise: January 2016" forecasted by World Economic Forum, innovations such as cloud accounting systems and artificial intelligence for automation, among others, will reduce the cost of the finance function by 40%. Isnt it what the educational institutions require today, as they incur huge costs in maintaining academic records and have trouble tracking bills and financial information?
Skcript
April 10, 2020
5 Ways to Make Remote Team Meetings Interactive
'Virtual meetings cant create an impact' do you agree with this? We certainly don't. We have a strong reason for why we don't. We want to share why we believe in remote meetings and how to help you apply them too.
Skcript
April 9, 2020
Remote Hiring During a Pandemic
Hiring remote may sound extremely difficult but it has become a need-of-hour process now. Do you know what to and what not to in remote hiring? Do have a look and append your own list in the thread.
Skcript
April 8, 2020
The 3 ERPNext Automation videos you need to watch now!
ERPNext is one of the most popular SAP competitors. It's a free and open-source Enterprise Resource Planning software. Using it is complex, like more ERP software. However, often the work is repeatable and can be performed by bots. In this article, we will look at automating 3 navigation heavy processes - Asset Creation, Quotation Creation and Sales Invoice Creation.
Skcript
April 6, 2020
Grading Process in Education Industry Using RPA
Technology in education is oft-spoken but how far is it adopted? While transforming from pen and paper approach to automation, there are many fears in the minds of academicians, the top being: Is security ensured? How far do the students have access to technology and can be automated? Is a fair grading system possible with an AI-powered bot?
Skcript
April 4, 2020
Integrating Custom Middleware to Dialogflow
In my last article, I covered how a chatbot engine works. The next piece of the puzzle is the middleware or backend server which sends the user query from the UI to Dialogflow. Let's see how we can build and integrate custom middleware to Dialogflow!
Skcript
April 3, 2020
Accelerate Business Growth with RPA in Dubai
Isn't RPA the next acronym that you should know? Because the best part since sliced bread is that even the non-technical employees will have the edge and access to configure their own software robots and all repetitive rule-based processes without coding knowledge under a few minutes, making it a promising technology!
Skcript
April 1, 2020
Mortgage Processing Automation in Dubai using RPA
With huge data handling and verification, automation becomes your smart buddy who adds business value! The smart tools have customer-oriented strategies driven by data analytics and what's more when you can automate the entire loan process? Here's how RPA assists in every stage of mortgage processing.
Skcript
March 31, 2020
How AI-powered RPA can work over Traditional RPA
A classic RPA bot copies human action, whereas AI simulates human intelligence through machines. By convention, AI-powered RPA is superior to traditional rules-based structured data automation with the use of technologies such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Text Analysis and ML, improving workplace experience. Let's see how this works
Skcript
March 30, 2020
How Auditing Process is Simplified in the Insurance Industry using RPA
Robotic Process Automation combined with Intelligent Process automation and cognitive augmentation has far-stretching results. Time to decode Jargons!
Skcript
March 29, 2020
How RPA Speed Up Claims Management in the Insurance Industry
Through the effective use of RPA, an Artificial Intelligence-powered workforce handles the repetitive tasks that drain the employees and the best part of it? Bots work across multiple systems-claim, policy, Know Your Customer Sanction, Customer Relationship Management, complaints, policy wording, history of communication, as against coded Excel Macros, and here's what how you gain with RPA.
Skcript
March 27, 2020
Maintaining Mental Health while Working Remote
Remote work has been our daily schedule for the past one week. And the entire team has gone through a roller coaster of emotions! From fear, solitude to anxiety - we've seen it all. But how do we maintain our mental health during these dire times? Here's how we do it!
Skcript
March 26, 2020
Automating the Email Approval Process with UiPath
Email automation is one of the widely used automation processes and in this article, you can learn about how to read data from excel, send an email, read from the inbox and extract data.
Skcript
March 24, 2020
Rasa + Flask, Together Forever
Have you heard about chatbots? Pretty sure you have! Rasa is a powerful Python framework used to build chatbots. Let's see how you can expose Rasa chatbot dialogs to a web server using Flask!
Skcript
March 24, 2020
5 Team Activities You Can Play Online To Boost Remote Productivity
If your team is not used to it, remote work can be hard. A common feeling everyone experiences is missing the hustle and bustle of the workplace, the nonchalant exchanges with co-workers and just people really! Though working remote can cause your team to feel alone, you might be surprised at what these activities can do!
Skcript
March 23, 2020
10 Products that Support you Working Remote
Struggling with remote work? Maybe you're not using the right products. There's a ton we use to improve our productivity. This article will help you choose the right ones!
Skcript
March 22, 2020
Everything you need to know about Product Discovery Workshop - Wiki
What is Product Discovery Workshop, why you need to run a PDW before starting a new project, and how it changes the way you create, iterate and improve. Everything you need to know.
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 22, 2020
Being Productive while Working Remote
Working remote can be difficult and sometimes boring! We try to make the experience better by having schedules, group calls and fun activities. Read on to find out our process for remote work!
Skcript
March 20, 2020
The ultimate remote working (WFH) tips, tools and methods.
This are bullet type tips for working remote and making sure you achieve work-life balance. Everything you need to know about working from home or remote is here. Like EVERYTHING.
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 20, 2020
RPA's Influence in the Digital Transformation of Dubai
Dubai has witnessed a strong economic progression over the last 50 years, from pre-industrial and industrial to post-industrial phase. With the diversification of its economy into diverse sectors, to reduce its dependence on dwindling supplies of oil, digital transformation is the need of the hour. Automation now helps this Dubai achieve a digital reality sooner than expected.
Skcript
March 19, 2020
Why, how and when our Book Summary Sessions happen?
Book Summary Sessions are internal events where summaries of important and life changing books are shared within 20 minutes. Happens every fortnight. Register if interested.
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 19, 2020
How RPA Simplifies Patient Appointment Scheduling in Healthcare Industry
Healthcare organizations today face various challenges in the synchronization of information from various external and internal sources of medical history and financial papers-clinical applications, lab systems, insurance portals, and other disparate systems. There is a strong need to switch over to superior digital technology, that doesn't burden the already-workaholic admin team with additional technical coding knowledge. Here's how RPA makes a difference.
Skcript
March 18, 2020
How RPA reduces Banking Reconciliation Processes time by 50%
A typical reconciliation process time is significantly reduced to a few hours through RPA reconciliation solutions, which also minimizes risk by reducing manual intervention in matching, validation, and exception management processes. Learn more here.
Skcript
March 17, 2020
Using RPA Process Discovery Tool to automate your business process.
Learn why you need to create a Process ID card, and what value you can get out of it before you start your RPA implementation process using Discovery Workshops. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 17, 2020
Skcript's Remote Work Guidelines
At a time like this, going remote is required to protect your team's health and balance your business growth. Remote work is not as difficult as you think. With the right tools, energy and communication we can make this work at its best.
Skcript
March 17, 2020
Chatbot Automation in Dubai Powered by AI
Chatbots are now smarter with the application of Artificial Intelligence and Natural language processing. It's a simulation of human conversations and understanding the human intent to perform automated tasks. It's a transformation rather than pure automation. Learn more on how it can transform Dubai for the better.
Skcript
March 15, 2020
Who are these 6 key stakeholders of an RPA project?
Implementing RPA project can be a daunting task, if you have not assigned corresponding stakeholders for the project. Here are the six important stakeholders for a RPA project.
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 15, 2020
How Email Query Processing Works in RPA
Learn how RPA integrates with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning to process the e-mail queries with efficiency and speed.
Skcript
March 14, 2020
RPA's Future with Software Testing & Quality Assurance
75 percent to 85 percent of the software testing is done manually in the IT sector, and the rest is carried out by traditional automation testing tools, which may be vice-versa in the future. Is RPA the new reality?
Skcript
March 13, 2020
What is MIS Reporting? Everything you need to know
Learn about how MIS Reporting can help your business do data capture, data processing, information storage, information retrieval, information propagation and more.
Skcript
March 12, 2020
Unleash the power of RPA & Analytics with Skcript
RPA implementation is a total package with continuing services 24x7, truthfulness, scalability to any number of robots, time-saving, improved efficiency to alleviate human employees of their repetitive tasks. Read on to learn how Skcript provides a successful RPA implementation in your organization
Skcript
March 11, 2020
Trade Management Optimization in Dubai
Built on the back of an oil and real-estate boom, Dubai is now recognized as the globalized financial capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE); a hub for trade, tourism, and banking, according to the World Economic Forum. Here are the Trade Management Optimization use-cases of RPA.
Skcript
March 9, 2020
The New React Native Command - Doctor
In React-Native, the command react-native-doctor is used for troubleshooting and automatically fixing errors in the development environment. Learn More.
Skcript
March 8, 2020
What is Hyper Automation. Everything you need to know.
By 2024, organizations will lower operational costs by 30% by combining hyper-automation technologies with redesigned operational processes. Learn more.
Skcript
March 7, 2020
The Future of RPA - The Dawn of Hyper Automation
Robotic Process Automation has revolutionized the way businesses operate. But it is just the beginning. Let us tell you everything about Hyper Automation and where you can use in your business. Learn more from our consultants.
Skcript
March 7, 2020
How to run a Product Discovery Workshop at your company (Includes Workshop Agenda)
Detailed discovery workshop agenda, plan and everything you need to know to run your discovery workshop at your organization. Learn more or hire us to run the workshop for you.
Karthik Kamalakannan
February 26, 2020
Using RPA to automate Credit Card Processing to Enhance Customer Banking and Shopping Experience
Automating your bank's credit card transaction processing using tools like UiPath, Automation Anywhere or Blue Prism could give you huge gains. Here's what we found with our experience. Learn more.
Skcript
February 15, 2020
Debit or Credit Card Fraud Detection Processing using RPA
There is a prevailing fraudulent rate of 72.8 percent per $1000, reflecting the growing growing trend of online card fraud and cybercrime. With such figures, there has never been greater need and justification for early fraud detection and fraud prevention mechanisms in the banking industry. See how RPA can help us here.
Skcript
February 13, 2020
Payroll Processing using Robotic Process Automation for Enterprises
Upon entering the technical information on payments, tax calculations, and verified hours of work, robotic process automation has the potential to handle payroll administration. Read on to learn more about the use cases.
Skcript
February 12, 2020
How the KYC Process can be Automated using RPA in the Banking Industry?
KYC in the banking industry is a major cause of increasing costs day-by-day in efforts to comply with regulations. Here are the major processes of KYC and how RPA makes a difference.
Skcript
February 11, 2020
How Attendance Management can be Automated using RPA in Education Industry
Institutional heads today are missing an integral part to simplify the administration process, and better late than never. With intellectual awakening, welcome to the world of robotic process automation (RPA)
Skcript
February 10, 2020
Benefits of RPA in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) for the Healthcare Industry
RPA and Artificial intelligence is the man of the hour and the technological advancements in this field are must know-how for people for all walks of life!
Skcript
February 9, 2020
Speed up your Banking Auditing Process with RPA
RPA assists in all the stages of internal audit in banks and helps reduce the completion time, without compromising on efficiency and accuracy. Find out more.
Skcript
February 8, 2020
RPA can make a difference in the Education Industry
We often tend not to realize the time, energy, and effort for repetitive mundane tasks. If technology can boost the accuracy of the otherwise mundane administrative work and makes it more efficient, then the question is, why not?
Skcript
February 7, 2020
How RPA can help in Customer Onboarding for Banking
'The customer is always the king of the market' and 'the customer is always right' are the watchwords in every business. However, what's in store for a customer who walks into a bank and waits in long queues just to catch sight of customer service representatives (CSRs) for various processes?
Skcript
February 6, 2020
AI with IT Automation for a better Digital Society
Is AI a labor-displacing technological change that overtakes and outpaces human intelligence? Will it lead to the enslavement of the human race by super robots?
Skcript
February 3, 2020
Use of RPA in Enterprises to create huge business impact
Deploying RPA bots in finance, HRM, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and other companies can add a huge value to the company and their customers. Learn more.
Skcript
February 3, 2020
Why every HR Professional should use RPA in their organization
Using Robotic Process Automation for human resource and talent management in companies could be groundbreaking. Use-cases, case studies and more are here. Learn more.
Skcript
February 1, 2020
Influence AI has in Insurance industry in 2020
The value and the change artificial intelligence can bring to the insurance industry is huge. Let us help you analyze, implement and create an impact for insurance using AI. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 16, 2020
10 Business Cases of RPA you can adopt today in your business
A list of 10 real-world business cases for RPA implementation in your organization. Right from RPA for finance to RPA for administrative tasks, everything you need to know. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 8, 2020
Best Practices in UiPath Part - 2
In this second part of Best Practices in UiPath, we will see some more useful tips that can help you while developing automation in UiPath.
Skcript
January 7, 2020
Best Practices in UiPath
Need help with using UiPath? Here is the first part of the groundbreaking practices you can follow in UiPath which will help resolve issues, even more, faster and provide intelligent and robust solutions.
Skcript
January 6, 2020
Things to remember while using UiPath
We've all heard stories about how UiPath automated and improved the performance of various processes that were tedious and inefficient when executed manually. And this article is to help you get the best benefits out of using Uipath. Here are a few important points to remember while using UiPath.
Skcript
December 13, 2019
How automation can help telecom industry
Different ways of how RPA helps the telecom industries to overcome its challenges.
Skcript
December 10, 2019
A Guide to Extracting Multiple Tables from Web Page with UiPath
Data scraping is transforming the world with its applications. Digital businesses, Marketing and researchers are highly benefited by data scarping. Here is how to extract multiple tables from single webpage using Uipath.
Skcript
October 24, 2019
Protobuf with GO
In this second post of Go series, we will see what Protocol Buffers are, data format and how to implement it in a Go-based application. We will also see how protocol buffers are effective over XML and JSON.
Skcript
October 16, 2019
Things to know before using Android Studio
This blog series is for those who want to start their adventure in android development. Moving from Eclipse to Android Studio? Just installed Android studio? Confused on how to start? You're in the right place! Learn how to use Android studio for your glory!
Skcript
October 13, 2019
Go for Go
Among the number of programming languages out there, Go or Go language is gaining traction in recent times for numerous development tasks. If you want to develop distributed networked services or cloud-native applications, Go lang will be the best choice. Start with this blog. This article explains the basics of Go Language from setting up workspace to executing a simple Go program.
Skcript
October 11, 2019
Ownership & Borrowing in Rust #RustWorthy Part 3
On my last article, we discussed ownership in Rust. This article is an extension of the previous one which includes how ownership happens with functions and we'll also look at borrowing.
Skcript
October 4, 2019
The Best times to Post on Social Media
Time is an important factor in social media communication. Being timely is critical for reaching your audience and building brands. Here is a list of tested timings you can follow to increase your social media engagement and improve your relationship with your audience.
Skcript
September 26, 2019
Django for Rails Developers
Are you a rails developer? Do you want to get started with Django? Django which is a free and open-source web application framework uses a collection of modules written in python that helps you ease the development process. Using this article you can easily port over to Django. Read to kickstart your journey on Django!
Skcript
September 25, 2019
Project Management: Part 1
Projects face a lot of roadblocks, changes, and issues during development. This can be controlled and managed better by introducing project management techniques. In this blog, we will be discussing in about the different project management technologies and an overview of agile methodology. In the series, we will see about other handling projects better and introduction to some tools that can help!
Skcript
September 24, 2019
What's new in Android Studio 3.5
The New Android Studio 3.5 is awesome with a whole lot of improvements, enhancements, and fixes. It is faster, more memory efficient and more performant. We will see about the two core improvements, System Health, and Feature Polish in this blog
Skcript
September 20, 2019
Ownership in Rust #RustWorthy Part 2
In the second part of the Rust Series, we look at ownership in Rust and how ownership helps Rust to handle memory allocation at runtime. Learn more.
Skcript
September 18, 2019
Top 7 iOS 13 features
A shout out to all iPhone lovers, iOS 13 offers greater performance along with a wide range of new features that will be compatible with iPhone 6S and all the later versions of the iPhone. Check out the best 7 features of iOS 13.
Skcript
September 17, 2019
Getting started with Svelte JS
Svelte is a powerful compiler which any developer can choose for building UIs for the web. Ready-to-use web applications are easily created at a faster pace using svelte as it compiles the code while building the app instead of compiling the code during runtime.
Skcript
September 16, 2019
How to render a list and Navigate between screens in SwiftUI
In the previous blog on SwiftUI, we saw a basic tutorial of how SwiftUI works now we will see about rendering list and navigation with SwiftUi.
Skcript
September 13, 2019
Rust is Simply Awesome #RustWorthy Part 1
In this first article of a series, sathish talks about what he thinks about Rust programming language and what you can do with it.
Skcript
September 13, 2019
The Top 7 Android 10 features
Android 10 got released! It has plenty of new features and also fixed some major annoying aspects of file sharing and privacy! Check out the 7 coolest features of Android 10! Dark theme, smart replies and lot more.
Skcript
September 9, 2019
Benchmarking UiPath Performance using Multiple Bots
In this second part of benchmarking UiPath performance, we will see how UiPath reduces the execution time of processing several huge files. Learn how to implement multiple bots and use them at the same time to execute a single process.
Skcript
September 5, 2019
Perfect SEO Meta Tags with Hugo
Do you want to be found easily on web? Read this article to learn how to effectively do SEO in Hugo.
Skcript
September 3, 2019
Skcript's Favorite Podcasts
Everyone has a busy life, and podcasts are one of the easiest ways to acquire extensive source of information for updating your knowledge. Here is a list of our favorite podcasts. And I'm sure, after listening, the list can become your favorite too.
Skcript
September 2, 2019
PDW's are so important that we created a compressed version for the busy bees
To all the busy CXOs and teams, here is a version of the PDW that is compressed but with the full impact.
Skcript
September 1, 2019
How to build iOS apps with swift UI?
Here is a quick tutorial to get started with building iOS applications with SwiftUI and XCode11. This method removes the inefficiencies in moving between code and visual layouts making it more beneficial and easier for the developers while building apps.
Skcript
August 31, 2019
How we Automate Android App Distribution with Fastlane
Last time we saw how to deploy iOS apps with FastLane, now let us see how to use FastLane to push Android apps to Google Play Store.
Skcript
August 30, 2019
How we Automate iOS App Distribution with Fastlane
Fastlane provides an effective and automated way of pushing a build to TestFlight, App store and more. Find out how right here.
Skcript
August 29, 2019
How to make a Circular Image View in Android without Third-Party Library
If you are an android developer, chances that you have to create a circular image view is always high. It was never a piece of cake to choose the best method for achieving it. This article is especially for solving this challenge. We have curated the best method for you, where you can create a circular image view easily without using third-party libraries.
Skcript
August 29, 2019
Why we love Rasa more now
Rasa is an open-source chatbot framework that we have been using for designing and building our on-premise chatbots. Recently Rasa released a series of updates and also a new addition to the family- Rasa X, which works independently on top of the Rasa Stack. This article tells you the issues we faced and how Rasa has become more helpful now with the new updates.
Skcript
August 27, 2019
Tamil Web Fonts: Beginner's Guide to CSS Font Family Declarations in Tamil
Learn how to include Tamil fonts to your website in the correct way. Find out about the font-face property, link the font from Google Fonts and see how to optimize it for performance also.
Skcript
August 22, 2019
Finite State Machines In React JS Using xstate
Learn how to use xstate a state machine interpreter package with React JS
Skcript
August 19, 2019
Product planning cycle and the role of product managers through it!
Product managers and products go hand-in-hand. The cycle of the product and how the manager is involved in each phase is what we are reading below. This is a duo read on the product and product manager!
Skcript
August 17, 2019
Rails 6 is here!
Ruby on Rails gets better with its 6.0 release. Here are three of our favorite features in this release.
Swaathi Kakarla
August 12, 2019
Dummies Guide to Delegation in Swift
Want to know how delegation in swift is implemented? Here is the step-by-step process you can follow to implement and know-how delegation works in swift
Skcript
August 11, 2019
Power Pivots
Power Pivots
Karthik KamalakannanAugust 11, 2019
The pitfalls that makes great strategies go bad
A good strategy is about consciously choosing a particular set of activities to deliver a unique set of value to the customers. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 7, 2019
Factors to evaluate if RPA can be implemented in a business process
Let's walk through the major factors to be considered and analyzed when starting a new RPA project.
Varun Raj
August 6, 2019
How to add Header to Recyclerview in Android
In this article, we will try to develop a model that can be used for adding a header item to recyclerview for android applications.
Skcript
August 5, 2019
Quick guide on requirement gathering phase in an RPA project
RPA projects have a pattern and here is a curated set of questions that can be asked for every RPA project. You are almost set to rock and roll on the project if you have got answers to some of these questions.
Skcript
August 3, 2019
Create a Microsoft Teams Bot with Ruby on Rails and REST API
We made a Microsoft Teams Bot with Ruby on Rails, here is how you can do the same easily.
Skcript
August 1, 2019
Best Figma Plugins of 2019
Here are the list of 10 best Figma Plugins ever designer should install.
Karthik Kamalakannan
July 27, 2019
How to create a Simple Physics Engine - Part 2
In this second part of creating a Simple Physics Engine, we dive into some advanced topics like Acceleration, Velocity and Force. Read on to learn more
Skcript
July 22, 2019
What is TCA in RPA and the importance of RPA CoE
What is the total cost of automation, how to calculate TCA and how to establish an RPA Center of Excellence. Know more about how Skcript can help you with that.
Karthik Kamalakannan
July 17, 2019
10 Gems in Ruby that you will love
Let's go back to basics with Ruby on Rails and see some of the Gems that we use everyday at skcript. #StartWithSkcript
Skcript
July 16, 2019
11 Questions you should ask before building your own chatbot in 2019.
A list of questions you need to get answers for before you start writing a single line of code for your chatbot for your business. Here is everything we learnt from all our chatbot implementations over the years. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
July 5, 2019
Top 6 use cases of RPA in the Healthcare Sector
RPA can help healthcare sector increase operational efficiency, lower costs and limit the possibility of human error. Read on to find out the best use cases of RPA in the Healthcare
Skcript
July 2, 2019
RPA: History, Growth and Future
Do you want to know how RPA started? How RPA grew? And where it is heading to? This article is to address all these questions. Gain new insights and use RPA accordingly for your organization.
Skcript
June 29, 2019
Definitive Guide on Migrating from Dialogflow to Rasa
Migrating from Dialogflow to Rasa is definitely not a piece of cake, except for training the Rasa-NLU. There are a few things that you should know about when you prepare to make this move.
Skcript
June 27, 2019
Game of Thrones Ratings: A Case Study
The Game of Thrones series has been a part of our lives for 10 years now and they recently lowered the curtains on Season 8. Everyone had an opinion from who should've killed whom to who should've sat on the throne. Like the geeks we were, we dug into the GOT data to understand the highs and lows of one of our favorite shows. So, read on to find out more.
Skcript
June 25, 2019
We're building small tools for small businesses. And it is necessary.
We are a small business, and we needed some tools. So we started building them for ourselves. Nothing complex, just small tools that does one task really well.
Karthik Kamalakannan
June 6, 2019
Getting your Dataset ready for Machine Learning
Have a large dataset in your attic and don't know how to use it for Machine Learning? Well, let us show you the way.
Skcript
May 28, 2019
5 Lessons we learnt from our large-scale enterprise AI implementation
Implementing an AI solution is not just about deploying the code and handing it off to the client. It is more than just that. Here are a few lessons we learnt from one of the largest AI implementation we have ever done. Case study.
Karthik Kamalakannan
May 27, 2019
Guide Building a Design Language System - Part 1 #DLS
Working in the design industry for the past few years, I have learnt to work with different departments towards the same goal. A complete fully functional product that is easy on the eye and provides a pleasant, if not out of the world, experience. Key to this is following a design language. Read along to find out about Design Language Systems and how can you begin to curate one.
Skcript
May 12, 2019
Dockerize a Rails App with MySQL and Sidekiq
Docker Compose offers a seamless way to build containers and orchestrate their dependencies, and helps lower the learning curve to build Dockerized apps. In this article you will learn how to dockerize a Ruby on Rails application with the help of MySQL and Sidekiq.
Skcript
May 11, 2019
How to create a Simple Physics Engine - Part 1
We use physics, we see physics in action, we experience physics in everything we do in our day-to-day life. How do you add physics to your code and make your code also experience nature's forces? That's what I'll be explaining to you on the article about physics engine.
Skcript
April 24, 2019
Job Scheduling with Node JS Workers and Bree or Redis and Kue
Since workers are now readily available in LTS versions of Node, we'll learn how to do job scheduling with Bree package. You will also learn how to use Redis along with a Node JS package called Kue for a simple node js application. Read more.
Skcript
April 12, 2019
5 Tips to use DialogFlow the right way
This article covers 5 simple yet essential tips to save your time from making the beginner's mistakes in Dialogflow
Skcript
February 15, 2019
What I learnt about obsessing over my competitors
What I leant from watching my competitors in the market closely. Let me help you find your focus when watching your competition.
Karthik Kamalakannan
February 6, 2019
Hyperledger Fabric Disaster Recovery Methods
Are you using Hyperledger Fabric to develop your blockchain idea? Go a step further and learn how to make it truly foolproof with this article.
Skcript
January 5, 2019
Three things that matter for an RPA Success Story
RPA is a powerful technology. Here is how to make sure your RPA implementation is a success story for your company. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
November 1, 2018
I run a technology company, and I moved to Pen and Paper
How a move to tracking tasks on Pen and Paper changed my life in a way I never thought it would. Learn more about how I use Pen and Paper to manage my task every two hours.
Karthik Kamalakannan
October 8, 2018
Setting up a multi node Hyperledger Fabric network with Docker Swarm
A must read guide about creating a real distributed hyperledger fabric network with docker swarm architecture deployed in multi host infrastructure.
Varun Raj
August 5, 2018
How to create Custom Component in React native?
Learn how to make a custom component to satisfy both the design language and make both look similar to a native application with React Native
Skcript
July 5, 2018
Protocol buffers may be the next data serialization game changer
From the messages you send to the program you design, use data serialization for reliable communication and persist an object state across an independent architecture. A very common example used in daily life is JSON. However, it becomes an expensive task when the volume of data is huge. Protobuf is a perfect solution to such problems and in this article, we will embark on a journey to dive into what data serialization is, the standard methods and how Protobuf is conquering its drawbacks.
Skcript
July 3, 2018
Using EmoDet for Emotion Classification in Text
We built a tool using natural language processing techniques that can help classify emotions involved in a text. In this article we introduce our tool EmoDet and share our experience in building it.
Skcript
June 13, 2018
Hyperledger Fabric: Transitioning from Development to Production
Hyperledger Fabric is a complex framework, that has components that require different configurations for development and production. Lot of considerations and rules have to be taken care of when deploying to production, and this article briefs some important points to keep in mind.
Skcript
June 7, 2018
The ABCs of Kafka in Hyperledger Fabric
When we talk about enterprise level Permissioned blockchain networks, it is important to have fault tolerance systems. Hyperledger Fabric v1 introduced the implementation of Kafka and Zookeeper based consensus, which ensures this. Let's take a deep dive into how all of it works.
Skcript
May 23, 2018
How to Build an End-to-End encryption in Hyperledger Fabric
Blockchain goes hand in hand with cryptography, so it is important that we maintain security and privacy of data. Extending the principles of blockchain, learn how to implement end-to-end encryption in smart contracts for the Fabric framework.
Skcript
May 14, 2018
Designing a new app? Do this first!
Building an app can never fall out of trend but to attract users to your app, you need efficient design. Our designer talks about what to remember before designing an app with some crazy examples.
Skcript
May 12, 2018
Setting up a Hyperledger Fabric Network with Multiple Chaincodes and Multiple Channels
When your Blockchain network grows, it will need much more flexibility. With Hyperledger Fabric, this is introduced with multiple chaincodes and multiple channels.
Varun Raj
May 8, 2018
Gamification in Design - The Last Part
In the last part of this series, we will look into the last two core drives of the Octalysis framework which can be applied to gamify your app!
Skcript
May 2, 2018
Gamification in Design - Part Three
In the part 3 of this series, we will look into 2 more core drives of the Octalysis framework which can be applied to gamify your app.
Skcript
April 25, 2018
Gamification in Design - Part Two
In the part 2 of this series, we will look into 2 more core drives of the Octalysis framework which can be applied to gamify your app!
Skcript
April 18, 2018
Gamification in Design - Part One
We all love games - Super Mario, being the all time favorite for the most of us. What we didn't know was the game mechanics of the games which can be applied to design digital applications. It's time to learn more about gamification!
Skcript
April 13, 2018
Participants at Usability Tests
Our designer writes about common personalities of participants that you might come across in usability tests. This is not an exhaustive list but I am sure it will come in handy.
Skcript
April 9, 2018
Flutter or React Native: A comparative study
Facebook's React Native has existed without any competition for a few years, until Google came out with Flutter. Will Flutter give a tough fight for React Native? Let's explore!
Skcript
April 3, 2018
Learning Design from the Real World
You're in for a really eccentric journey into the mind of our designer. P.S - He wasn't high on anything 'illegal'.
Skcript
March 31, 2018
Peanut - An EDC Case Study
Our first project in the Experience Design Center @ S/LAB is complete. This is a detailed case study of Peanut, a project management tool.
Skcript
March 28, 2018
What-not-to-do before a meeting
There are a ton of things you should do before a meeting. But there are few things, that we tend to miss before a meeting which in-turn may lead to bad impression. Risking in meetings might reflect badly on the profile of your organization or on your personal image and here are few not-to-do points before a meeting.
Skcript
March 23, 2018
How are Smart Contracts Executed in Hyperledger?
How are Smart Contracts Executed in Hyperledger Architecture?
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 23, 2018
Office Space and Productivity
With the new initiative S/LAB in place, our office is swarming with a lot of ideas. One such idea that struck me was how much office space mattered to have a productive day. After reading few blogs, here is what I have to say on this.
Skcript
March 21, 2018
GBUX - Make bad user experiences good and good user experiences better
Everyday, everything you touch and use is designed by someone. Some are good, some are bad but still they work. In our daily life we carry out a lot of tasks with these things, how many of them are easy to use? and how many of them are hard and completing the task is a nightmare solely because the experience sucks? How many times do we cringe to do a task just because it is unpleasant or frustrating to complete? GBUX - Good and bad User Experiences, this new project aims to tackle this issue. Read to find out just how.
Skcript
March 20, 2018
Designing Chatbots: 5 things to keep in mind
We have heard a lot about building a chatbot, and the tech used to build one. And, here's our designer explaining how he designed a chatbot. He goes on to share some key points that all the designers should keep in mind while designing a chatbot.
Skcript
March 16, 2018
Top Women in Tech Communities To Follow
If you're a women programmer, here's your exclusive access to the best developer communities across the world.
Swaathi Kakarla
March 16, 2018
How to teach Neural Networks to detect everyday sounds
How to build a Sound Classifier from scratch using Neural Networks. Recognizing day-to-day sounds using Artificial Intelligence. Learn more.
Skcript
March 13, 2018
Why are we hooked to social media?
Do you call yourself a Facebook addict? Are you hooked to your Instagram scrolling through pointless feed? Our designer read an amazing book by Nir Eyal and went on a spree noticing such addictive behaviours across many applications she uses on a daily basis. Read to find out.
Skcript
March 12, 2018
Skcript Announces S/LAB - A nested Startup Within Skcript
S/LAB, a new nested startup inside Skcript that aims to explore the possibility of technologies like never before launches today. Learn more.
Skcript
March 2, 2018
Quick Guide To Writing Emails
Writing emails is something that has been taught to us in high school, yet, most of us don't seem to get the hang of it. Probably because the formats used in school are of no use in the real world. When it comes to professional emails, there are few things to bear in mind. Let's get to it!
Skcript
February 27, 2018
A Design Language System Example Part 3 #DLS
This is the third part in the Design Language System. In this series we analyze how companies like Atlassian, Polaris and many other companies maintain their design language system. Learn more.
Skcript
February 20, 2018
Designing Human Behaviors: Part One
Humans are intellectual beings. The way we see and perceive things, shapes our thought process. Drawing parallels from Cognitive Science and Human Behavior, learn more from our designer.
Skcript
February 19, 2018
Lifecycle of Hyperledger Fabric Chaincode Development and Deployment
This article is focused on understanding how Hyperledger Fabric Chaincode development is done and how to easily deploy it whenever you update the chaincode.
Varun Raj
February 16, 2018
Getting smart with React Navigation
The React community brought out ReactNavigation and it's already said to be the best out there - learn more.
Skcript
February 14, 2018
Benefits of a Design Language System Part 2 #DLS
In the last DLS post we saw how we can build a Design Language System. Now lets see what benefits it brings along.
Skcript
February 9, 2018
Rails strategy for reusing common behavior in models
This strategy is a must have when you're considering reusing some of the modules that you'd written earlier. Quick and easy to build, this works like a pro - learn more.
Swaathi Kakarla
February 8, 2018
Grafana + InfluxDB setup using Docker for real-time analytics dashboard
Get a Grafana and InfluxDB stack up and running with Docker to monitor multiple servers across instances. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
February 8, 2018
Confessions of a Marketer
It's time you knew how a marketer's day goes by (since it's slightly less talked about). Leaving aside SEO and word of mouth, the lesser known contributors to website traffic have an eventful schedule - this is the secret to how they make that schedule work.
Skcript
February 7, 2018
Introducing BRG, an exclusive Blockchain division at Skcript
The new division, BRG will focus on reimagining the supply chain network across multiple sectors.
Skcript
February 6, 2018
Sketch Plugins you cannot live without
Sketch. Enough said. You may hate it for the recent onslaught of bugs it's riddled with but you cannot live without it. Here's a list of Sketch plugins that I use quite frequently and I think you should give it a shot as well!
Skcript
February 1, 2018
Must have Management tools
Everyday essential tools or tools to save your time - there are tons and tons of blogs on what tools to use and the best of all of them. I decided to write one too, given that my everyday tool list is stable now.
Skcript
January 30, 2018
What should go into your meeting agenda?
Every meeting has to be precise and to the point. A meeting that does not end with action point is not a meeting at all. They're just people talking. Learn more.
Skcript
January 30, 2018
The perfect Design Handoff workflow for Small Businesses
Whatever the digital product, design matters. And design by extension goes onto User Interface and User Experience. Yet, how do we bring these experiences to life? By developing them of course and that's where the Designer-Developer handoff figures.
Skcript
January 25, 2018
5 reasons why your business needs a good design language
Every business needs a design language under their belt. But how do you know which design language best suits your business needs? Here are 5 things that you have to look for in a design language before adopting it.
Skcript
January 22, 2018
CLI-PR; A simple bash script for issuing Pull Requests to Github over Command Line
Create a Pull Request on Github from Command Line interface with this simple bash script. Open Source.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 17, 2018
Testing React-Native Apps with Appium - The Ultimate Guide
You can now test your native apps on Appium. The platform is flexible and can be used to test both iOS and Android applications. Our developer tested it out and here's a simple way in which you can test your apps too.
Skcript
January 16, 2018
Designing for Goldfish
Is the title making you curious? Well, it should! While we're designing for ourselves, how often have we thought about designing for others? Just like design is universal, users are too. Here's how we can design and touch base with every type of user.
Skcript
January 16, 2018
Simple Steps To Run Hyperledger Fabric Composer Network With Multiple Organization
In my previous article, I wrote about how to run Hyperledger Fabric with multiple peers running in different physical machines. And in this article it's more towards setting up Hyperledger Fabric with multi organization configuration and deploying a composer network.
Varun Raj
January 12, 2018
Realtime Object and Face Detection in Android using Tensorflow Object Detection API
Computer Science has seen many advancements as the years go by. One such advancement is AI and in AI, Image Recognition is making waves. In keeping up with this tech, our AI team worked on a small image recognition project and find out what it is right here.
Skcript
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January 12, 2018
5 minute guide to deploying your first application using Firebase Firestore [How-to]
A beginner guide to building your first application using Firebase Firestore. Everything you need to know about Firestore. And understanding Collections & Documents on Firestore.
Varun Raj
January 11, 2018
The definitive checklist for a Product Launch
It's during a product launch that your audience gets the first glimpse into your product. The launch stage is a scary place to be in, but the nerves that build up right before the launch is probably way more scary - with this checklist stop being nervous and start being awesome!
Skcript
January 10, 2018
Top React-Native Components (January Edition)
Here are the top 5 React-Native components that have found a place on our developers' list of favorite components to use. As always, our MAD (Mobile Application Developer) likes counting down from five to one - you may even find a few popular ones here!
Skcript
January 10, 2018
These large-scale apps were built using React Native.
You have been using these apps at least once a day, and you had no clue?
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 9, 2018
How to build NodeJS application for your Hyperledger Composer networks
This article helps you to build a NodeJS based backend client that can communicate with your hyperledger composer network. We will be using Hyperledger Fabric Composer's Native JS SDK in this article - they are listed below.
Varun Raj
January 8, 2018
Why every TensorFlow developer should know about TFRecord!
Why waste time on maintaining your datasets and its respective labels on different files and why read it at different times, when you can do it in one place! This native file format used in Tensorflow allows you to shuffle, batch and split datasets with its own functions. Cool right?!
Skcript
January 3, 2018
December @Skcript
December is the decider on this side of the world, mostly because the city that we're headquartered in takes in a lot of brunt during this month. But December is also the month of celebrations and new milestones - see how the team marked new goals and braved the year end.
Skcript
January 3, 2018
Leadership starts within and goes beyond everyone…
Having a one-on-one with your boss can result in many things. Mine resulted in pushing me to write a blog post on what being a leader is!
Skcript
December 26, 2017
What I will be doing in 2018
Everyone has got a list of New Year resolutions that they write but may not end up following. With this, we're writing resolutions in a way that we get them done by the year end - find out how to be your best in 2018.
Skcript
December 14, 2017
Getting Started With Hyperledger Composer
This article is for those who are getting started with blockchain and trying to use composer for quick development.
Varun Raj
December 14, 2017
Using Artificial Intelligence to improve claims processing
AI is helping insurers get more done with better accuracy like never before. Here are some statistics and strategy for implementing AI for your insurance business.
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 13, 2017
Here's a very crucial thing people who build AI know, but you don't
The $39 billion market is something huge. But companies are mising to see a huge component when they are calculating the budget to implement a AI solution.
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 12, 2017
The ultimate inspiration hack for designers
Inspirations can be drawn from many places, in many different ways, forms and situations. Having enough inspiration supply is important, especially in a constantly evolving field like design. How do you this kind of inspiration? This will help you find out.
Skcript
December 9, 2017
Five use cases of Artificial Intelligence for the next decade
The market value of Artificial Intelligence is expected to reach $39 billion by the year 2025. Here are some of the use cases and industries that will be a part of this huge revolutoin. And how Skcript is taking the lead here!
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 8, 2017
The easiest configuration block for your Ruby gems
Allowing external configuration for Ruby gems has always been ugly. Both for the developer and the configure-r. However Ruby's metaprogramming and singleton classes come to the rescue. Read on to find out how to add the infamous configure block to your next Ruby gem.
Swaathi Kakarla
December 7, 2017
Why 90's kids are cool
Being a 90's kid is a lot of fun and with the entire world flooding social media with the perks of being a 90's kid, we wanted to contribute from Skcript as well. And to all the kids who aren't from the 90's, we're sorry and watch out!
Skcript
December 6, 2017
Our CTO talks at Ignite 2017
Swaathi Kakarla joins the panel and will be speaking at Ignite 2017 hosted by MOP Vaishnav College.
Skcript
December 5, 2017
How modern mobile apps influence the human behavior
Mobile apps somehow find a way into our everyday lives - right from the morning alarm to options for eating out, mobile apps always have an seem to have an answer. Do mobile apps change our behavior? Is this the right amount of influence? Well, this will help you find out.
Skcript
November 30, 2017
What 10 months at Skcript has taught me.
This might probably be the most honest and accurate recounting of a day (or rather most days) in the life of a Program Manager. Find out what her time at Skcript looks like and you could even take a bit of inspiration from this for your next project!
Skcript
November 29, 2017
3 days with iOS - the Android user's perspective
The title is very evident, but it's always difficult to convince an Android fanatic to use iOS on an iPhone. Adding more fuel to the Android vs iOS debate, we got our Mobile Application Developer to test iOS and see how it fares in comparison with Android - and here are his thoughts.
Skcript
November 25, 2017
AI's ROI grows with time. You just don't realize that yet. Let's call it ROA.
Artificial Intelligence is at the center of today's innovation. Thanks to the disruptive capabilities powered by scalable machines. Here is a quick guide to calculate the return on investment on Artificial Intelligence and the impact it can have on your business. Specifically for the Middle East markets.
Karthik Kamalakannan
November 25, 2017
10 security measures you need to implement in your app NOW
Hacking in any amount isn't too much of a good thing. That's why it's important to protect your data as and when you can. Here are the top 10 ways in which you can beef up the security of your app.
Swaathi Kakarla
November 24, 2017
How to make sure your AI initiative succeeds in your company
You need to know these strategies and answers to these questions before your Artificial Intelligence strategy succeeds in your organization. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
November 23, 2017
Is your business ready for AI adoption?
AI is more than just a buzz word now, it's here to take businesses and the world by storm. How powerful is AI when put in practice, how can it fast track businesses and should businesses consider AI? Well, all of those questions and more will be answered here.
Karthik Kamalakannan
November 23, 2017
Tailoring a Product Marketing Campaign
In Part 2 of the Product Marketing Series, find out about the essentials that you'll need to draft the perfect Product Marketing Campaign, how to go about the Launch and the other little pointers to keep in mind.
Skcript
November 22, 2017
How to structure Firebase database for a scalable chat app
There's always a new messenger that greets you with every passing day. And now you can also make a messenger of your own with Firebase - learn how to make that messenger right here!
Varun Raj
November 21, 2017
How to easily extract Text from anything using spaCy
Here's a new framework that our AI Developer just unearthed - with this framework you can now extract text in a jiffy and also do a load of other cool stuff. Read on and find out how!
Skcript
November 21, 2017
Land the perfect landing page.
Landing pages are designed for a whole lot of purposes - they could be to attract clients, close deals or can even be a form of inspiration. But a perfect landing page does all this and more, why don't you find out?
Skcript
November 11, 2017
This trick will make you perform async operation in Python like a pro
The hack to asynchronous operations explained by our AI Developer - with just the right amount of code, back your code and carry out asynchronous operations like a pro.
Skcript
November 9, 2017
A program manager's approach to design
While designing, we're all looking for that wow, X-factor - but it's tough to chance upon in the very first go. Our Project Manager unravels all the steps to follow that will ultimately lead you to that factor - and it involves a lot of detail. Why don't you find out!
Skcript
November 8, 2017
How blockchain can help with provenance? And what you should do about it?
Blockchain is disrupting industries today. Our experts say that the growth is exponential and here's how blockchain is disrupting provenance of any material. End-to-end.
Karthik Kamalakannan
November 7, 2017
11 things I learned as Designer in 11 months
The trials and triumphs of a self-taught designer. This might even be your story too - why don't you read and find out.
Skcript
November 7, 2017
Best Mac Apps for a Web Designer
Every Web Designer and Developer has a stash of their favourite, go-to apps. Hear from our Web Designer about his list, and you might even find your favourite in here!
Skcript
November 6, 2017
Design should start from the top of the company
As a leader in your company, your willingness to invest in good design affects your company in a larger way than you think. It's just so important.
Karthik Kamalakannan
November 3, 2017
Announcing SAGE for Discord
When we made the move to Discord, the everything was new to us. We started off with setting up a few bots - and this is how we wrapped our heads around the concept.
Skcript
November 2, 2017
The myth behind Product Marketing
There's been a ton of myths said and heard about this - now let's see if the conventional psychology behind these two terms is true.
Skcript
November 1, 2017
What's React Native's new FlatList?
Are you dealing with a scenario where you want to show a lot of data in a list? You should probably check React Natives new FlatList Component.
Varun Raj
October 31, 2017
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) using Middleman
Learn about how to make AMP Pages using Middleman in this part 2 of Using Middleman Series!
Skcript
October 30, 2017
Sending push notification with Firebase, Firestore & Cloud Functions
After the launch of Firestore, a lot of people asked me about how to integrate push notifications for Firestore changes and new data additions, and here is the article explaining it.
Varun Raj
October 27, 2017
Rethinking a TV Remote for Senior Citizens ~ Skcript Research
We've been reading and reading. Here are some of our jottings on designing a TV remote for the elderly (aged 60 and above).
Skcript
October 26, 2017
Firebase Social Login With React Native
Firebase social logins have worked wonders when it's built for a browser environment. But where do we look to enable the same social logins and build it for a mobile environment? Well, look no further than this article!
Skcript
October 24, 2017
How we did a major brand redesign
The depth that goes behind the word 're-brand' has is a lot to fathom in a single shot. That's why we took a healthy amount of days to actually get this re-brand out, and here's how we pulled it off.
Skcript
October 20, 2017
Using AI to detect Facial Landmarks for improved accuracy
Using AI to detect Facial Landmarks for improved human face recognition accuracy. A complete tutorial on how we used AI to detect facial features of humans.
Skcript
October 20, 2017
How a one-time engineer became an all-the-time designer
There are a lot of us that get pushed into something just because everyone else is in it. But what if you wanted to do something different? Well, here's one such story about doing different and being different, because being different is good and rewarding.
Skcript
October 17, 2017
Steve - The simplest calendar app money can buy for iOS
Steve is the simplest iOS calendar app you can rely on. It is minimal, super fast, reliable and beautifully functional.
Skcript
October 16, 2017
Top 7 reasons why we moved from CircleCI to Netlify
At any organization, a rebrand calls for elevated performance and a more refined look when it comes to a website. While we underwent a rebrand, our own website was in need of the same - learn how we gave our site a much needed Netlify - uplift.
Skcript
October 7, 2017
Kind of Apps you can build with React Native.
Here's why, how and when to choose React Native before you build your iOS or Android application. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
October 6, 2017
The brutally honest question every CEO must answer.
Every CEO must answer this one honest question before stepping into a new idea for the company. She or he just can't escape.
Karthik Kamalakannan
October 6, 2017
Here's how to send Slack notifications using Firebase Cloud Functions and FireStore
With the release of FireStore we can now use it with cloud functions to do lots of wonders. Now, we are going to create a simple slack notification system via webhooks. Learn More.
Varun Raj
September 28, 2017
The Big 'D's - Design and Development
It's almost always a battle of ideas when a designer and developer talk - but how do we ensure that there's next to no blood shed at the end of this battle? We listen, process and then brainstorm of course! Here are some talking points to remember for your next designer-developer discussion.
Skcript
September 27, 2017
Not another iOS 11 Review
This isn't another iOS 11 Review, this is rather an 'uncovering' the Hidden Features snippet. With the new software update, there's a lot that Apple has in store, but what could we expect? This could be your first glimpse into what iOS 11 has to offer, get ready to be shook!
Skcript
September 14, 2017
Renovating our office - S(k)cripting
Making little changes to how our office was organized helped us work better - it has given us a new vision to work towards. We're now pushing boundaries more than ever, here's how it worked out.
Skcript
September 11, 2017
Spotlight - Sameer Narkar
Last week we met up with Mr. Sameer, a good friend to the Skcript family and also someone to whom we look upto. Here, Sameer talks about his early journey into the startup world and gives us a peek into what to expect while starting up. We couldn't think of a better way to start off the Skcript OG Series - now over to the man of the hour!
Skcript
September 5, 2017
How we improved our React/React Native project's performance by 250% with just a small tweak.
Are you a person handling a huge project based on React/React Native? If yes, this might help you.
Varun Raj
August 30, 2017
Products that run Skcript
Products drive and accelerate the company. Without the right tools, a company can feel incapacitated - we're here to help you rectify that. Equip yourself with the right tools and run a business that everyone looks upto.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 27, 2017
Android O
The new and upgraded Android, Version 8.0 was launched on Monday as the Solar Eclipse was under way and we played around a bit with the new version - and this is what we found.
Skcript
August 26, 2017
Being an Architect made me a better UX Designer
They say that UX Design is about designing by drawing inspiration from the things that surround you - hear about one such form of inspiration that turned this architect into a UX Designer at Skcript's core team.
Skcript
August 22, 2017
Are you a Designer? Here's how you can have a productive design day.
There are a lot of hacks that you can follow to have a fruitful design day - we're helping you with a few of those hacks. Take a look and start designing!
Skcript
August 20, 2017
Moving our comments to discourse
We are moving our Blog's discussion system to discourse to provide better interaction and develop better community, join us and find out more!
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 18, 2017
The key to building a great brand - Keep it simple, silly!
Good brands don't just happen, they're made to happen. It takes time, effort, love and trust to make a brand what it is. Here, let's try and decode what it takes to establish a successful brand.
Skcript
August 17, 2017
Apple Music, Gaana, Wynk, Saavn, Jiomusic and Google Play Music. Which is the best Music Streaming service in India?
I have tried and tested it all, now join me as I review all the music streaming services that are currently prominent in India which might help you choose an app that's reliable to use and which ones to stay away from.
Skcript
August 16, 2017
Send Emails with a Custom Domain Using SendGrid and Rails
A business is as strong as it's elements. Our CTO explains how you can send cloud-based emails to give your business the edge that it needs.
Swaathi Kakarla
August 14, 2017
i, Intern: Caroline Nivetha
This is Caroline, our Design Intern from the Summer of '17 batch. She might have been quiet, but her design spoke volumes. She chipped in with ideas whenever we had discussions and by the end of her internship she had reworked the entire design of one of our platforms!
Skcript
August 13, 2017
There is something awesome happening on Twitter right now. And you have to see it!
There is something very interesting happening on Twitter and you have to see it. Right. Now.
Swaathi Kakarla
August 11, 2017
We've hit 150 Followers!
We've hit 150 followers on our Meetup page and that calls for a celebration!
Skcript
August 9, 2017
Apache Spark - Which language to pick?
Every language has it's own pros and cons. Zeroing down on one single language to use with Spark depends on your own project needs. Pretty straightforward, right?
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 9, 2017
Few Hand Picked React Native plugins for your project
Bringing your React Native projects to life is going to much more fun and structured with this curated list of plugins. Learn and build great things!
Varun Raj
August 8, 2017
Cooking your App to Development
There's a lot that has to be kept in mind while building an app. The best apps are built keeping the user in mind - we tell you how to build some cool apps with the aspects that matter.
Skcript
August 8, 2017
How to compile a UX Case Study
When it comes to designing a product, every little factor that contributes to it's design should be taken into account. Our UX Designer tells you the steps to follow to bring out some of your best designs.
Skcript
August 7, 2017
Kotlin vs. Java
There's a plethora of different platforms available to build an Android app. Kotlin and Java happen to be our pet peeves as of now and we tell you how to build apps with both!
Skcript
August 7, 2017
The Best Boilerplate for Static Site Generators
We've curated a list of sources that will help you build a whole site in a jiffy. Take a look and start building!
Skcript
August 7, 2017
New - Skcript OG Series
Honouring people who inspire us begins here. Announcing the new Skcript OG Series - Season 1.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 5, 2017
You are the master of your tool!
When a project comes along, there's too much information that flows in. Our Program Manager tells you why it's important to use a product management tool to keep this information intact.
Skcript
August 4, 2017
Go from Zero to One in Productivity
There's a fine line of difference between busy people and productive people. Let me try and explore what those differences are, and how to stay productive.
Skcript
August 3, 2017
Things that could kill your outsourced IT Project
If you are a customer to a consulting company, you need to let go of these practices to make sure that you get the best product out.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 2, 2017
I was bored and I made a bot
Cryptocurrency happens to be the 'it' thing now. Join our AI Developer as he tells you how he made bot to kill boredom.
Skcript
July 30, 2017
Writing CNN from Scratch
Our AI Developer tells you how to get started with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and get beginners' view on the topic
Skcript
July 29, 2017
The other side of empowerment
Building a great team of people who are empowered to do what they think is right in the company is crucial. Here's how Skcript provides an unusual way of empowerment.
Karthik Kamalakannan
July 21, 2017
i, Intern: S Narayan
Say hello to Narayan, our AI Intern from the Summer of '17 batch. He would always sit in the AI room alone, scrunching his face behind his Mac, thinking, analyzing and at the end he built a sound classifier!
Skcript
July 19, 2017
i, Intern: Nikhil Kasukurthi
Meet Nikhil, our AI Intern from the Summer of '17 batch. He spoke AI, code, gaming and bitcoin 🤑 In a short time he's become an important part of the Skcript family, and this is how he lived.
Skcript
July 17, 2017
The Novices' Guide to Front-end Development in 2017
For anyone just starting out with Front-end Development this is your eye candy - we tell you all the tools you'll need to be a forerunner in Front-end.
Skcript
July 15, 2017
Adding more brains to the clan…
We had the best batch of interns this Summer! Join our Program Manager as she talks about how expanding Skcript's team was fearful yet fun
Skcript
July 6, 2017
Announcing Skcript Events
We are incredibly proud to announce our new initiative, Skcript Events. This one is for those crazy ones who love what they do.
Skcript
July 4, 2017
Train your Deep Learning models on the Cloud
Here's a quick fix solution for training your Deep Learning models on the Cloud - with a few tweaks, train the model to work your way!
Skcript
June 28, 2017
Meet the Nerd 2.0 - Hareessh Prabhu
Our next chapter of Meet the Nerd takes us into the world of design. Our Design Head, Hareessh Prabhu talks about his Design process and what Design means to him.
Skcript
June 27, 2017
AMP - Showing you the Need for Speed on your websites
We finally got behind the hype of AMP and tried it out, here is what we learned.
Skcript
June 22, 2017
Five App Store Optimization mistakes that you should avoid
App Store Optimization is something that many developers take it for granted. Here are some mistakes you should avoid.
Karthik Kamalakannan
June 22, 2017
Meet the Nerd 2.0 - Naveen Honest Raj
Get to know the good people at Skcript - get an inside view on what we do, who we are and have a little peak inside our world 🙂
Skcript
June 21, 2017
Deep Learning 101: How we design a Deep Learning Solution
Designing Deep Learning solutions for our customers have been super crazy. Here's a look at the process, expertise and stories from our AI room.
Skcript
June 20, 2017
Meet the Nerd 2.0 - Dikson Samuel
Get to know the good people at Skcript - get an inside view on what we do, who we are and have a little peek inside our world 🙂
Skcript
June 15, 2017
Static Sites with Blogs using Middleman - Part 1
We tell you how to create blogs with Middleman for static sites
Skcript
June 9, 2017
Leveraging on transfer learning for image classification using Keras
Supercharge your image classification tasks by integrating large pre-trained deep learning models with very little effort.
Skcript
June 9, 2017
Our Chief Architect talks at the JavaScript Chennai Meetup
Our Chief Technical Architect talks at the Chennai JavaScript Meetup this Saturday. Join us!
Skcript
June 9, 2017
Build your own Google Assistant Bot for your Firebase project Today
Build a Google Assistant Bot for Firebase application using Actions on Google and Firebase Cloud Functions as Backend.
Varun Raj
June 8, 2017
Design 101: How Designing is like making the perfect Biriyani
Our Design Intern shares her recipe to creating the perfect Design for your products, and how it resembles making a perfect Biriyani.
Skcript
June 6, 2017
Building a RESTFul API with Firebase Cloud Functions for your Firebase App
How to build a RESTFul API for your Firebase app with Firebase Cloud Functions in under 30 minutes. Learn more.
Varun Raj
June 2, 2017
Advantages of Progressive Web Apps and How to build them
Build Progressive Web Apps to improve speed, increase customer retention and increase users.
Skcript
May 29, 2017
I think Android is now mature.
Why Kotlin is the best thing that has ever happened to Android Developers and what it means to the future.
Skcript
May 28, 2017
What fonts can you use in your React Native project out of the box?
A detailed list of fonts that are available out of the box for your React Native project.
Karthik Kamalakannan
May 25, 2017
The Post-it Experiment
How I went from 100 Post-its to organizing my entire life digitally.
Skcript
May 23, 2017
How we designed a perfect indoor mapping solution for malls
A quick case study of an application that would help people move around malls easily.
Skcript
May 15, 2017
Why choosing CMS is not the only option to build your website
Confused about when and when not to choose a CMS for your site? Here's somethign you should know. Learn more.
Skcript
May 12, 2017
Addressing the gender pay gap at Skcript.
Let us address the gender pay gap at Skcript and how we handle it. Learn more.
Swaathi Kakarla
May 12, 2017
Announcing the De-clutter Project
List of apps that are clutter free for your iOS device to let you focus on your work. Learn more.
Karthik Kamalakannan
May 9, 2017
Why you should run a Product Review Workshop at your company.
Your product needs a product review workshop at your company at regular intervals.
Karthik Kamalakannan
May 5, 2017
Tensorflow Resources everyone should know
We curated the best Tensorflow resources every developer should bookmark today.
Skcript
![How to run a Product Review at your company. [Process]](https://assets.production.skcript.com/skcript/site-assets/svrmedia/heroes/product-review.jpg)
May 3, 2017
How to run a Product Review at your company. [Process]
Here's how you can run a good Product Review workshop at your company.
Karthik Kamalakannan
May 2, 2017
Important Leadership Principles at Skcript
From quality to keeping people happy, everything a leader should respect at Skcript.
Karthik Kamalakannan
May 1, 2017
A.I. Series Part 1 - Normalizing Data
Our CTO and A.I. Engineer explain how they normalized data for UnderstandEngines A.I. Brain.
Skcript
April 30, 2017
Awesome Design Books every designer should read.
At any point, these are the books you will find in a designer's bookshelf.
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 29, 2017
Authenticate React Native app with YouTube and list videos.
Authenticate your React Native app with YouTube and list down videos.
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 25, 2017
How we made our website offline first
This is how we made our website offline first and also into a Progressive web app.
Skcript
April 24, 2017
This is by far the most beautiful travel illustration by Niemann
Christoph Niemann made a beautiful online visual journal of his expedition to the Arctic for Natgeo
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 24, 2017
Open Source Gantt Chart library for D3.js
We found that D3.js does not have a Gantt library. So we went ahead, created one and open sourced.
Varun Raj
April 17, 2017
Have you tried UnderstandBetter's new feature yet?
We're introducing a brand new one-on-one on UnderstandBetter. A feature that our customers wanted so bad.
Skcript
April 17, 2017
How to create a landing page for your project in 30 minutes
Use this Gulp Nunjucks and NPM starter template to create your own landing page for hackathon in less than 30 minutes.
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 14, 2017
Awesome React Native Components you should checkout this weekend
Let us quickly take you through some of the best React Native Components you can checkout this weekend.
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 10, 2017
5 companies from Chennai that we think are changing the game
Get to know Klenty, PickYourTrail, Fizz and many other companies who're the best at what they do.
Skcript
April 8, 2017
The best Ruby on Rails Podcasts you can listen to right now.
We have contributed to Ruby on Rails, and these podcasts constantly feed our ears with some Rails Juice.
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 4, 2017
Making choices...
Everyday, you do two things. Saying yes to everything or saying yes to a few things.
Karthik Kamalakannan
April 1, 2017
Using Firebase Cloud functions for Sending Push Notification To React Native App.
Send and recieve push notifications on your iOS or Android devices using Firebase Cloud Functions.
Varun Raj
March 23, 2017
Firebase + React Native (A Quick Start)
How to build a React Native App using Firebase as the backend with very little cost.
Varun Raj
March 19, 2017
10 ways to create a friendly employee workplace
Successful companies spend a ton of time thinking about their employees. Here are the 10 ways to create a healthy employee workplace.
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 18, 2017
Signs that a good employee is about to quit.
These are the warning signs that you should look out for to have a healthy employee ecosystem.
Karthik Kamalakannan
March 16, 2017
Automate your front-end development with Gulp
Use Gulp, Nunjucks and NPM to automate your front-end development and deployment process.
Skcript
March 10, 2017
Building your own recommendation engine
A in-depth tutorial on how you can build your own Recommendation Engine in-house for your product/service. Learn more.
Skcript
January 28, 2017
Running the most efficient workshop for teams.
From our experience, here are some tips to run the best workshops.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 27, 2017
Through the eyes of an intern.
I was a marketing intern at Skcript. And this is how I lived.
Skcript
January 13, 2017
Five talks every designer must watch.
We promise you will change your thinking about design. Thank us later.
Karthik Kamalakannan
October 31, 2016
A list of things 'great' leaders says to their team.
A list of things leaders use to keep them fresh, motivated and to get the most out of them.
Karthik Kamalakannan
October 3, 2016
Make continuous feedback a part of your company's culture
Use simple tools to make continuous feedback easy.
Karthik Kamalakannan
September 28, 2016
Introducing Understand Better!
A powerful platform to let your people talk to you, the way they should.
Karthik Kamalakannan
September 28, 2016
Skcript announces Varun Raj as the Product Owner of Pollfury
Varun will be running the operations for our newest product, Pollfury.
Karthik Kamalakannan
September 25, 2016
Redirecting Device Users To Their Last Visited Page
It's always a nice gesture to redirect your users to the page they were the last visiting.
Swaathi Kakarla
September 20, 2016
GitHub's amazing UX
The next time you create something, even something insignificantly small, remember to deeply care.
Swaathi Kakarla
September 17, 2016
Sr. Architect talks at Chennai's Maker Party 2016
Varun is speaking at Chennai's Maker Party at SRM University.
Swaathi Kakarla
September 12, 2016
We're hosting Chennai Ruby Meetup
We are hosting Chennai Ruby Meetup - September. Join us.
Karthik Kamalakannan
September 11, 2016
5 ways to empower your team for success
The 5 tips below will help you empower your team for success.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 5, 2016
#100DaysOfCommits
Our CTO, Swaathi, talks about our commitment to the #100DaysOfCommit challenge. Join us.
Swaathi Kakarla
August 5, 2016
Sr. Architect talks at Chennai.rb
Our Sr. Architect, Varun talks about Browserify, Rails & React at the Chennai.rb User Group.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 3, 2016
Staying focused when working remotely
Our CEO writes about killing distractions while working from home or away from the office.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 3, 2016
Too many people are talking
Our CEO talks about the problems in the way we look at Slack as an email replacement.
Karthik Kamalakannan
August 2, 2016
Few development tools which every college kid should know before entering into industry
Here are some of the most essential tools, a college kid should know about.
Varun Raj
July 30, 2016
Setting up Browserify and React, on Rails
Our Sr. Architect explains how you can integrate Browserify and Rails with React.
Varun Raj
July 25, 2016
Minifying the mailers.
Our UX Engineer tells you how you can minify your mailers, with Inky and Foundation.
Skcript
July 25, 2016
Reducing your 'Big' Data
Learn how Shrink can help you reduce your Big Data's storage footprint.
Karthik Kamalakannan
July 23, 2016
Best advice for young designers from Ira Glass
Ira Glass, tells you exactly what you should know before you start working on your designs.
Karthik Kamalakannan
July 22, 2016
Offsetting Ruby Time
Managing local time is such a huge challenge when making web apps. Here's an easy way.
Swaathi Kakarla
July 21, 2016
Five things to consider when choosing enterprise productivity applications
Our CEO talks about what enterprises consider for productivity.
Karthik KamalakannanJuly 21, 2016
Skcript CTO talks at Chennai.rb
Our CTO, Swaathi talks about Rate limiting in Ruby at the Chennai Ruby User Group.
Karthik Kamalakannan
July 16, 2016
Scheduling Backup Jobs With Crontab
Scheduling database backup jobs are super easy and necessary.
Swaathi Kakarla
July 12, 2016
Useful Imagemagick Commands
It's such a nifty and powerful tool, there's so much you can do with it.
Swaathi Kakarla
June 27, 2016
Learning computer language
Our Sr. Architect talks about the way you should approach a computer programming language.
Varun Raj
June 18, 2016
If-ElseIf-Else-Ception
Our CTO talks about reducing painful conditional statements in your code.
Swaathi Kakarla
April 15, 2016
These are the only six tools you need to run your company
Our CEO briefs you about the six tools you need to run your company easily.
Karthik Kamalakannan
January 12, 2016
Enterprise Storage Problems #1: Increased Management Complexity & Decreasing Budgets
Handling the reduces budgets and improved management.
Karthik Kamalakannan
December 13, 2015
Leaders are not born. They're made.
Our CTO writes about how Leaders are not born and how they are made and their qualities.
Swaathi Kakarla
October 12, 2015
Here's our brand identity template. You can use it for your startup.
Our design team open sources the entire brand identity we use internally.
Karthik Kamalakannan