Dan Croitoru

Dan Croitoru

Articles written by Dan Croitoru

Read MoreHow an Assessment Engine Works and How to Build Oneassessment engine Product Strategy Software Engineering How an Assessment Engine Works and How to Build One An assessment engine is software that stores a test’s questions, selects which ones each test-taker sees, scores answers, and reports results. It is the part of an education or testing platform that decides what a candidate sees, in what order,... By Dan Croitoru Oct 23, 2026
Read MoreDesigning a Community Mapping Platform: Geospatial Data, Field Usability, and Offline-First DesignCommunity mapping platform architecture: on-device store, a sync layer, and a field client, with the network as an intermittent link Company News Designing a Community Mapping Platform: Geospatial Data, Field Usability, and Offline-First Design A community mapping platform is a system that lets a distributed group of people record, share, and find geographic information in one place, combining a spatial database, a map interface, and a field-friendly capture tool. Building one is a specific... By Dan Croitoru Oct 14, 2026
Read MoreIntegrating With Government Digital Infrastructure: Interoperability Platforms, eIDAS, and National IDIntegrating With Government Digital Infrastructure: Interoperability Platforms, eIDAS, and National ID Product Strategy Integrating With Government Digital Infrastructure: Interoperability Platforms, eIDAS, and National ID Integrating with government digital infrastructure means connecting a new public-sector system to the three shared layers on which a modern digital state runs: the interoperability platform that enables government systems to exchange data, the electronic identity and trust layer that... By Dan Croitoru Sep 25, 2026
Read MoreBuilding a Well-Mapping App for Bengaluru: Designing for a CommunityBuilding a Well-Mapping App for Bengaluru: Designing for a Community Company News Building a Well-Mapping App for Bengaluru: Designing for a Community The Million Wells App is a community map of Bengaluru’s wells, built by Atta Systems as a pro bono development partner for Biome Environmental Trust, that lets contributors record and find the city’s recharge wells in a single shared database.... By Dan Croitoru Sep 14, 2026
Read MoreAI in EdTech Under the EU AI Act: Which Features Are High-Risk and What to Build by December 2027AI in EdTech Under the EU AI Act: Which Features Are High-Risk and What to Build by December 2027 EdTech AI in EdTech Under the EU AI Act: Which Features Are High-Risk and What to Build by December 2027 Under the EU AI Act, AI used in education is high-risk when it performs one of four specific functions: screening admissions, evaluating learning outcomes, assessing a person’s appropriate level of education, or monitoring students during tests. The heavy obligations that... By Dan Croitoru Sep 4, 2026
Read MoreDORA Compliance for FinTech Vendors: What Selling Software to EU Financial Firms Now Requiresdora compliance fintech vendors FinTech DORA Compliance for FinTech Vendors: What Selling Software to EU Financial Firms Now Requires DORA, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554), is the EU regulation that requires financial entities to manage the risks of their information and communication technology (ICT) systems and, critically for software vendors, the risks posed by third parties... By Dan Croitoru Aug 28, 2026