Significa Blog

Project Management lessons from a spare bedroom

It's coming up to one year since I joined Significa and took on the role of Project Manager here. I started this exciting role in March 2020, a month that will forever be associated with when the world came to a halt.

Alec Norton·Strategy·March 2021

Getting started with Interface Design — Tips & Challenges

I would have loved to have discovered an article like this when I was starting out. As I couldn’t find such, I wrote this one for those who are learning how to leave the Graphic Design world and discover the magic of thinking about users’ interests.

Lisa Cosme·Design·February 2021

Beginner Guide: where to start testing in JavaScript

A methodology or mental model for those who aim to start writing unit tests in Javascript, but still doesn't know where to start. This beginner guide will allow you to begin writing decent unit tests from a sane path.

Danilo Woznica·Development·October 2020

A Beginner's Guide to Javascript Conditionals

Learn and understand the different Javascript conditional functions - like if/else and swith/case - and how to use them in everyday scenarios

Joaquim da Rosa·Development·August 2020

Generating TypeScript types and React Hooks based on GraphQL endpoint

Autogenerate Typescript types and custom React hooks in React applications with GraphQL Code Generator.

Danilo Woznica·Development·July 2020

The main challenges you're likely to face when creating a crypto wallet on React Native

A humble perspective of what it was like to create a Crypto Currency wallet using React Native and its main challenges during the planning and the development stages.

Danilo Woznica·Development·March 2020

Deploy Previews with AWS and Github Actions

Build Netlify-like Deploy Previews with AWS and Github Actions

Pedro Brandão·Development·February 2020

10 Essencial Sketch plugins

From one Sketch aficionado to another Sketch aficionado, a bunch of life-changing plugins.

Mário Rodrigues·Design·January 2020

We created a Handbook

We love Handbooks but we never needed one. Now that we do, we might as well share it.

Rui Sereno·Strategy·January 2020

Function over emotion

An iceberg sank the Titanic. But what’s that got to do with text hierarchy?

Pedro Teixeira·Design·July 2019

Automating releases for UI Kits

How to automate release logs and builds for your style guides.

Isabel Sá·Development·July 2019

Advanced blog system in Gatsby

Create a complete blog from scratch in Gatsby with pagination, categories, featured post, author, SEO and navigation.

Danilo Woznica·Development·May 2019

Episode 1. Kicking-off Oopsie

First article on a series of … I don’t know how many yet, about Oopsie and how it became our longest running project. We’ll cover problems we had, successes we’ve accomplished and other I’m-not-sure-about-what stories around Oopsie and the awesome people behind it.

Rui Sereno·Strategy·February 2019

On creating synergies

Significa is a design-led company that takes on product creation from concept to launch. Sounds simple, but behind the scenes there’s more to it: we currently share office space with 2 other…

Pedro Brandão·Strategy·January 2019

Dark UI — Why, When & Where?

After defining the product structure, it’s time to start working on the look and feel. At this point the designer should think, amongst other things, on the appropriate color scheme to target the product’s audience.

Filipe Almeida·Design·July 2018

i18n with Gatsby

Taking advantage of Gatsby nodes to add internationalisation to a Gatsby project.

Pedro Brandão·Development·July 2018

ERGO — Interview with Head of Mobile Innovation

An interview with the Head of ERGO Mobile Innovation, Markus Kiessling.

Rui Sereno·Interviews·January 2017

CSS Only Slider

Today I’d like to guide you on how to create a responsive card slider using CSS and HTML only — not a single JavaScript line! On this tutorial we’ll make use of radio buttons to achieve a fully-working CSS only slider.

Rui Sereno·Development·January 2017

We’ve made it! Now what?

Facebook is an intrinsic part of our daily routine, and it has been since 2004. As of the time of writing this article, it’s on version 62.0 (and counting), ever-changing and constantly adapting to present days, yet always prepared for the days to come.

Pedro Teixeira·Design·December 2016

Snipl’s Book covers. Illustration by Mother Volcano.

Snipsl — Founder’s Interview

An interview with Max Schulze, the founder of Snipsl

Rui Sereno·Interviews·November 2016