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Democracy at Frappe - Electing the Leadership Council
Over the past year, Frappe has become a more democratically run company. In June 2021, we elected the first Leadership Council. Here is the story.
Be an Artist
Why everyone should aspire to become an artist.
The Sandwich Organization
Both flat organizations and hierarchical ones fail, time to try something new?
Creating impact in the post-COVID world
How should be company growth in the post-COVID world? Is money and size the only measure of a growing company? It is time to look beyond.
What if you could choose your own raise? 2021 appraisal at Frappe.
Challenging and breaking ‘industry practices’ takes an open mind and more importantly, courage. Sometimes it’s chaos, other times…
Pune Trip: Live Another Day
Frappe team trips are usually an emotional affair. This time things were different.
My second year at Frappe
As I learn to write better with every piece
Amidst uncertain times at Frappe
Covid demanded the well-being of teammates be set on a high priority and enhanced the work ethics at Frappe
Frappe Redesign 2020
Frappe Redesign 2020 is the culmination of an 18 month effort. The biggest and longest project we have delivered to date.
Open Source is not Freemium
By restricting others from hosting their service, projects like Elastic and MongoDB miss the point of open source.
The Muddling Road to Success
Starting from first principles makes progress seem slow, uneven and complicated. Is it worth it?
Frappe + Zerodha
Zerodha's (Rainmatter) investment into ERPNext signals a massive acceptance of Open Source in enterprise software. Here is why it matters.
Frappe and ERPNext at IFF
Automating memberships at IFF with ERPNext, so they can focus on keeping the Internet free and healthy.
Flat organization vs hierarchical job titles at Frappe
Two Fridays evenings spent on deciding what the job titles at Frappe should reflect
Surviving Remote Work
Remote work is nothing like working in an office. Will we ever adapt to it or will it force us to become someone else?
Open Day - July 2020
A summary of activities in the month of July in Frappe
Why Pay for Support Subscription?
One of the most common objections potential customers have is that they don't want to pay per user, but only for services. Our view on why this is not ideal for anyone.
Open Day - June
A peek into the Frappe Team Activities for the month of June 2020
Why it's important to object, compromise, and a small example at Frappe
There was some debate/banter around a topic between two colleagues at Frappe in July. One of them decided to write about it.
Winning in the Software Products Business
A really simple model on how you can really win in the software business