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Optimizing a Figma Project Using a Banking App as an Example

We’ll explain how we optimized and sped up large Figma files by three times. This effort was prompted by slow and sometimes unopenable files on the project team. The problem was particularly noticeable for team members with less powerful hardware: files were loading for five to ten minutes.

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” as a Path to IT

One day, our Middle Developer Vitalik decided to rewatch Spider-Man and realized that the main character’s journey was remarkably similar to his own. The next day, he excitedly told us about it, and we asked him to write an article. So, why are IT specialists a kind of Spider-Man too?

7 Principles for Effective Testing

Hi, my name is Vladimir Serov, and I'm a QA engineer at Mish. I'm sharing with you the testing principles that we use in our work.

How AI Turns Designers into Creative Multitools

Hi! I’m Sergey, a graphic designer at Mish Product Lab. At some point, I was replaced by neural networks or maybe I just learned to work with them. In this article, I’ll share how I tamed artificial intelligence, multiplied my own efficiency, and stopped fearing that one day I’d be out of a job because of a machine.

Comparing Mobile Banking Apps for SMBs: Key Takeaways

A mobile application is not just an alternative to internet banking. For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), it's a workspace that's always in your pocket, providing access to account management, document signing, payment monitoring, and urgent transfers. Everything should be as accessible and intuitive as possible. We conducted a comprehensive study of mobile banking apps to test how well they handle these requirements in practice.

Convincing the Team Lead: The Power of Server-Driven UI

Hello, my name is Andrey Goncharov, and I’m a Frontend Developer at Mish Product Lab. Today we’ll take a close look at what Server/Backend-Driven UI is, how it works, and why it matters.

Outstaffing: Mish experience

My name is Misha, and I've been running the design studio Mish for almost three years. When I started my studio, I dreamed of big, exciting projects for my team. The thought of having to "rent out" any of my designers to client companies seemed completely unacceptable to me. But one practical experience completely changed my perspective on outstaffing.

Resume Tips for Designers: Presenting Yourself the Right Way

At Mish, we receive dozens of resumes every day. Reviewing them and finding suitable candidates takes a lot of time, so poorly formatted emails often go unnoticed. To help you avoid being overlooked, we’ve put together a few recommendations.

GOST Busters: How We Developed a Custom Version of “Start the Game”

A story about how we created a GOST-compliant version of a website in collaboration with Goose Gaming. All for a competition by the presidential platform "Russia — Land of Opportunities" for gaming industry talents. We share the pitfalls that arise when adapting a website for people with disabilities.

How to Choose the Right Respondent for Digital Research

Research, data analysis, processing results, and integrating insights into workflows — all of it can turn into a waste of time and money if you start with the wrong respondents. So how do you make the right choice? Who should you talk to, when, and how do you build rapport? Let’s figure it out together with Mish’s research experts.

How to Help a Business Earn 10 Million Rubles in 20 Seconds

We’re Mish Product Lab, we research, design, and build digital products that make businesses money. One day (not around New Year’s), we built a high-performance landing page for a Christmas ornament factory in Nizhny Novgorod. This factory sells hand-painted ornaments all year long. They came to us in the spring with a goal: launch and sell their spring collection. Spoiler: we did it — fast, efficiently, and very profitably.

Solving Pug and Vite Project Chaos: A Practical Guide

Hi, I'm Andrey Benner, a frontend developer at Mish. Today I'll share our experience in optimizing chaotic processes using our own custom solutions. If you've ever worked with projects using the Vite + Pug + SCSS + TypeScript stack, you've probably encountered chaos in file structure and routine tasks that prevent you from focusing on what matters most — solving business problems and creating user-friendly interfaces. In this article, we'll share how we faced this problem, created a solution that made the development process more efficient, and made the project structure intuitively clear. We'll also tell you how this solution was born within our team and became part of our contribution to open source.

10 Figma Hacks to Make Your Workflow More Efficient

Last year, we fully switched from Sketch to Figma. Since then, we’ve settled in and absolutely love it. This article will be useful for both newcomers and experienced users alike.

Structure of a Component Library in Figma: Banking App Case

In the previous article, we talked about our experience optimizing a Figma project using a large banking application as an example: the file started to slow down significantly, and over time we came to understand how to solve this problem.

The Hidden Power of Business: Who Needs Account Management and Why

Hi there, this is Mish Product Lab, and me, Nikita, an account manager. I’ve been part of the team for two years now, doing what I love and making it count. In this article, I’ll share how account management works inside a digital lab, how to build expertise, and how to bring real value to the business

Proxying Out of the Box: A Comparative Analysis of HAProxy, Envoy, Nginx, Caddy, and Traefik

Hi everyone! I’m Stas, a tech lead at Mish Product Lab. This topic didn’t come out of nowhere, we’ve had plenty of debates inside the team about which proxy and SSL termination tool performs best in different scenarios. At first, our assumptions were based mostly on personal preference rather than data. After a few rounds of arguing (and hoping our favorite tools would win), we realized there was only one way to get an objective answer: run the tests ourselves.

A Small Solution for Big Goals

Remember when business chatbots were the trend, and every company rushed to launch its own digital assistant on Telegram, VK, or other platforms? Today, chatbots are just a basic cog in the customer communication machine. Users, meanwhile, have become more demanding — functionality alone isn’t enough anymore. They also expect great design and a pleasant experience. That’s where mini-apps come in. Let’s talk about what they are and how they help businesses grow.

The Hidden Power of Daily User Scenarios in Digital Services

We started researching online banks three years ago with one clear goal, which we still pursue today: to produce work that helps identify the strengths and weaknesses of online banks and understand how they impact the everyday tasks of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).