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Why I’m excited about Self-Sovereign Identity

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) promises to solve a bunch of security problems. Here’s how I’ve made sense of it for myself — and why I’m excited about it.

by Phillip Gibb

Topic: tech insights

How Playing Games Inspires My Software Development

Playing games is directly useful to my job as a software developer. Here's how.

by Jacob Clarkson

Topic: tech career insights

My Strategy to Beat Procrastination

Procrastination can be quite a big problem for software developers facing difficult or new tasks. Here are the techniques that helped me overcome it.

by Johan Heymans

Topic: tech insights

OfferZen Bug Refactoring: How We Implemented A Triage Process

Our old process for handling bugs at OfferZen wasn’t optimised, so we set out to design and implement a new bug-solving process. Here's what we learned.

by Clive Corbishley

Topic: tech insights

Mob Programming Memoirs: Agile Collaboration On Steroids!

How can developers solve problems collaboratively? Mob programming is an interesting way to solve this. Here's what I learned from two years of mobbing.

by Riaan Nel

Topic: tech career insights

How I Got Started With XAML And WPF As A Front-End Developer

As a front-end developer used to HTML, CSS and JS, redesigning a Windows app was out of my comfort zone. I opted to learn XAML and WPF. Here's why — and how I g...

by Louw Hyman

Topic: Uncategorised

How I “UX” My UX Presentations

Presenting UX is hard because there is never enough time to explain the deep thinking that goes into the small details. Here, Zandre Coetzer explains how he "UX...

by Zandre Coetzer

Topic: tech career insights

How I Got Started With UX Design [Q&A]

It's sometimes hard for new UX designers to figure out how to get started. We asked Nicole Bergstedt from the Thomson Reuters Innovation Lab how she moved into ...

by Nicole Bergstedt

Topic: tech career insights

How I Got Started With Data Visualisation [Q&A]

We humans aren't wired to draw useful conclusions from complex data. Data visualisation helps us get around the problem. Shiraaz Mollatjie, an avid data visuali...

by Shiraaz Moollatjie

Topic: tech insights

Writing Better Code: Why I'm Excited About Laravel [Q&A]

We are asking SA's software makers: What exciting frameworks, architectures or languages currently influence your products, coding and mindsets?

by Richard Klugman

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