At Zaengle we have built a number of web-based software applications over the past 12 years. Some have been transient, only serving a specific purpose for a window of time, while others have persisted for years on end. We've learned a number of key lessons while building and maintaining these long-term applications and we wanted to share them with you.

At Zaengle, we usually build things for other people. We've done it for ten years, and it's our bread and butter. Occasionally, we build things for ourselves. Doing so opens new sources of potential revenue and helps us sharpen our skills for future projects. This is a story about one of those things.

The process to rebuild Workify and Growth Geeks had its fair share of ups and downs. Today we’re hitting a few highlights of the lessons we learned along the way.