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Topic: tech career insights

Being a Terrible Technical Leader – The Inversion Mental Model

Looking at what terrible leadership looks like helps me to understand what to avoid at all cost. Here’s how I use the inversion mental model.

by Gys Muller

Topic: tech insights

Run to the Bills: The App That Helps You Save Money While You Exercise

The Run to the Bills app connects Strava with Investec's Transfer API, helping users automatically save money for running shoes. Here's how.

by Shannagh Hare

Topic: tech insights

How I Used Octane to Supercharge my Laravel App

When scaling requests, Laravel slows down significantly. Here’s how I used Octane to solve this and make my app perform 22 times faster.

by Alex Renoki

Topic: tech career insights

Guide to Working and Living in Dublin for Software Developers

In spite of offering promising opportunities for software developers, Dublin tends to fly under the radar. Here's all you need to know.

by Simone Markham

Topic: tech insights

How We Succeed as a Self-managed Team

My team joined a project after it started and needed to catch up. Here’s how we succeeded by becoming a more efficient, self-managed team.

by Andreas Nel

Topic: tech career insights

Template: Melio’s Machine Learning Ops (MLOps) Skills Matrix

Melio created a Machine Learning Operations engineer skills matrix. Here’s our template and how you can use it to guide your engineers' careers.

by Merelda Wu

Topic: tech career insights

Munich: City Guide for Software Developers

Munich is one of the biggest European tech hubs and pays some of Germany's highest pre-tax salaries for developers. Here's what you need to know.

by Simone Markham

Topic: tech insights

How Visma Nmbrs Implemented an API Design-First Approach

The API design-first approach is quite new, so has few use cases. Here’s how Visma Nmbrs’ product team moved from code-first to API design-first.

by Gabriela Brant Alves

Topic: salaries

Why South African Junior Software Developers’ Salaries Have Decreased Since 2021

Average salaries for South African entry-level and junior developers have decreased since 2021. Here we unpack the reasons behind this.

by Josh Nel

Topic: Uncategorised

Unpacking OfferZen's Svelte Origins T-shirt Design

Here's an unpacking of our Svelte documentary shirt design, a developer-must, for the swag lovers and private detectives.

by Alexandra Hanson

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