Recently, we took another peek into our Software kitchen. As we have already received feedback from more than 30 participants, we can share their general impressions with you. Due to COVID-19 measures and to ensure the safety of all participants, we decided to hold the event online. Despite initial concerns (personal interaction is always better), we are delighted we made …

It has been ten years since I joined Profinit as a junior Java developer. Because of the work I had done while studying at the Czech Technical University Faculty of Electrical Engineering, I already had four years of work experience under my belt at the time. However, it still seemed somehow logical and right for me to apply as a junior developer. You may say …

The current global situation is enough to make anyone sink into a state of depression and helplessness. It has even happened to me, but for entirely different reasons than one would expect. Over the last month, more often than not, I have encountered very strong opinions on so-called self-documenting code. It was either in interviews with potential employees or when reading articles …

“Ahead through knowledge” isn’t our slogan just by chance. We are very well aware that the fruit of our work can only be as good as the people who do it, so we make sure the employees we hire have a quality education. And education definitely doesn’t end when someone gets a job. We have our own education system here at Profinit …

Even though Hadoop is still a relatively new technology compared to established data warehouse products, it has found a way into many companies in recent years, where it plays an irreplaceable role in the processing and analysis of massive volumes of data. Apache Hadoop is an open platform with an active community of developers, who in addition to maintaining and optimizing existing …

Financial accounting is an information system. This was true already many years (maybe centuries) before we came up with the term information system and started using it in connection with computer technology. Information because it processes data and gives its users useful information—for example, about whether their “business” sufficiently assesses invested funds or whether their company is unduly over-indebted despite …

We get often asked if we are open for business and how we deal with COVID-19 pandemic. This blogpost says ‘we are open for business’ and provides more details about the local situation, our projects and international business. The situation in the Czech Republic Similar to other countries facing COVID-19 epidemic, the Czech government put in place number of measures …