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Bartosz Blimke, creator and maintainer of Webmock, said at the Ruby Warsaw Meetup (16th of May): "During my over 20 years of building software, one thing I have learned is that the most important factor for your growth is the people you work with and what you learn from them. So, when Linus Torvalds said, 'the Ruby people, strange people,' I took it as a compliment because there is indeed something unique about our community. To me, Ruby has always been not only about the nice syntax, not only about Rails, but it has been mainly about the people. People who share their passion. People who are friendly to each other. People who inspire and motivate each other. And people who are nice to each other. And I'm very happy to be with all of you today, celebrating our shared passion for Ruby, here at the Visuality office." I was jealous of how Bartosz built this message 😁 Beautiful statement and I fully agree with it. What is your experience? Link to the full video in the comments. Deep dive into Webmock, highly recommend.

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If you want to learn more about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG for short) and its growing impact, I recommend my article on the subject: #WCAG #Positioning #Fabrity https://lnkd.in/dq6KHSwd

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Geeknauts switches to Apropo for their project estimates! 👏 👏 👏 ➡ Geeknauts, a custom software development company based in Krakow, Poland, can be definitely counted among t͟o͟p͟ 5͟ ͟#S͟a͟a͟S͟ ͟s͟p͟e͟c͟i͟a͟l͟i͟z͟e͟d͟ ͟d͟e͟v͟e͟l͟o͟p͟m͟e͟n͟t͟ ͟c͟o͟m͟p͟a͟n͟i͟e͟s͟ ͟i͟n͟ ͟P͟o͟l͟a͟n͟d͟. They know very well all the different aspects of #SaaS business - both technical and business. ➡ What I however like the most about them, is their strive for perfection. They are not satisfied with solutions that are “𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥-𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩”. 🔶 That’s one of the few things that I always find common for all the A-Performers - they N͟E͟V͟E͟R͟ tolerate mediocrity. And that’s the main reason why Geeknauts switched from Google Spreadsheets to Apropo - they didn’t agree for mediocrity in their estimates and proposals. 📣 Here’s what Borys Z., Frontend Developer & Sales Representative at Geeknatus, says about the impact from implementing Apropo: “Apropo 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 thanks to creating estimates that look 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 than Google Spreadsheets. The way how estimates done in Apropo look also massively helped with communication with our clients and 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁. Our 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 which further helped us increase the profitability of our projects” 🤝 Thank you Borys and Geeknauts Crew - it’s a pleasure to have such A-Players like yourselves as our users. We wish you tons of time saved, accuracy increase and deals won with Apropo!

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Can you solve the 25 horses riddle? The last part of my interview is a quick brain teasing question. This helps me understand how interviewees think under pressure, and deal with unconventional challenges. The horses riddle is what I use in every interview - with developers, we usually dive into complexity and bucket sorting, sales positions try to sell me their answer (whether it’s good or not), customer success makes sure I understand their explanations, etc. Did you solve it? Maybe your next job is with Ubeya! Check out our open positions: - Full-Stack Developer (NodeJS, ReactJS) - Account Executive - Sales Manager  - Office & Recruitment Manager - Customer Success Project manager https://lnkd.in/dKTWC9qd P.S. - I need a new brain teaser now. Any suggestions? 

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TechChill Highlights #3 - Bright Future One of the most exciting moments was the spectacular launch of StartSchool 🚀 I truly believe it will be a game-changer for Latvia. It is also bittersweet as I suddenly would really want to be 10 years younger and be in the front seat of this spaceship to the brighter future. I hope it will be so hard to choose just 100 from thousands of applications (open till May 31st). A deep respect for everyone who made this happen! 🙌🦄 And of course, I was greatly impressed with the top 10 battling founders. A high level of pitches, ideas, and business execution was a great example of how one should always strive for greatness. 🏆 Till today I brightly remember astonishing business results by Salesforge 🔥 (congrats on securing funds👏) and Legal Nodes, so tiny and beautiful yet so intelligent and ambitious CEO, I am sure you will move mountains! Affire.ai hats off for pulling this off last minute, I simply 🫶 your team and am rooting for your success! 🚀 SUBmerge Baltic your pitch is one I remember the most, probably because of the presenter’s posture, voice, and confidence! Good job 👏 Overall, seeing the quality of founders and start-ups, I see a bright future for our region 🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 #TechChill2024 #StartSchool #FiftyFoundersBattle #BrightFuture

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Yesterday at our Platform conference 💫 my teammate Viktor Pikaev did a nice talk about how to drive changes in the team workflows. His experience in that area is based on his previous job when he was hired as a technical director for a development department in a medium-sized business. Here are the most important things that I learned from his talk: 1. Make Changes Gradually: Implement changes slowly and naturally to avoid overwhelming the team and ensure smooth transitions. 2. Understand Existing Processes: Don't destroy current processes until you fully understand them and have a solid plan for improvement. 3. Prioritize Essentials: Start with the most critical processes, such as task tracking and quality control, before moving to less urgent ones. 4. Build Trust and Credibility: Gain the team’s trust by demonstrating the benefits of changes and maintaining open communication through regular meetings. 5. Delegate and Involve the Team: Ask trusted team members to help introduce new processes and involve the team in discussions to prioritize solutions together. Thank you Viktor Pikaev for sharing it! 🙏 #boozt #boozttech #TeamWorkflow #ChangeManagement #Leadership #TeamSuccess #GradualChange #ProcessImprovement #TrustBuilding #Delegation #TeamInvolvement #QualityControl #TaskTracking #OpenCommunication #ProfessionalDevelopment

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TEACHER-GPT? Practicing first-grade English with my son using ChatGPT app powered by GPT-4o with multimodal capabilities. My quick thoughts and observations: 1. it took me 15 seconds to prompt for this exercise. Perfext UX. 👍 2. very often you just get the message that the servers are overloaded🫤 3. Slovak support is still not perfect yet (in both recongnition and synthesis). Czech impressed me more. English is out of question - insanely good. 4. you reach the cap (limit) of 80 queries per 3hrs very soon 5. although the model supports vision (video), the app does not have any option for camera input, yet (please let me know in the comments if you know more when could we expect this)? 🤔 6. I don't recommend to let your kids to play with it unsupervised (for safety reasons).

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WarsawJS Meetup #114 is fast approaching, so let's get to know the second lecture of the upcoming event. It's safe to say we're not letting off the gas pedal! 🚗 Presenting the second talk is Michał Trojanowski - Product Marketing Engineer at Curity. Michał has over 10 years of experience working as a programmer in various technologies and programming languages. He's no stranger to topics related to backend, frontend, API interfaces, or mobile applications. It's precisely these experiences that have allowed him to transition to his current position, where he helps people better understand authentication, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and JWT. He eagerly shares his knowledge on identity and security-related issues. What knowledge will he share with us? 👨‍🏫 Securing Single Page Applications Using The Token Handler Pattern 👨‍🏫 Single Page Applications may seem simple at first glance. Web developers provide a superb user experience, and it's relatively easy to implement token-based security in the browser. However, this goes against current best practices for browser-based apps, and security concerns can become a significant issue. Instead, it's recommended to implement a Backend for Frontend (BFF) to mitigate browser threats. Yet, this often leads to adopting website technologies to issue secure cookies, which may conflict with other web architecture goals. In this talk, I will demonstrate how separating web and API concerns can lead to the best solutions. I'll introduce the Token Handler pattern — Curity's variation of the Backend For Frontend approach. Additionally, I'll showcase the open-source projects we've created to facilitate the implementation of this pattern. Social media 🖱 ➛ https://lnkd.in/d5tFVUVf  ➛ https://lnkd.in/dUiMZtb8 🔖 Registration — https://lnkd.in/dhXVXwpf  👉 Livestream — https://warsawjs.com/live Michał Trojanowski will be speaking on Wednesday, May 8th, at 18:30 🕡 at our Meetup. You can't afford to miss this! 🎉 #WarsawJS #Meetup #WebDevelopment #WebArchitecture

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New post on the Holycode tech blog is up! This time, I have written about the framework that we use at neon for evaluating architectural solutions and general system improvements.

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🎬🎙️ The next episode of the NoCodeMakers podcast is coming soon! This time, Aleksandra Bis and Ryszard Czernik talked about how no-code and Webflow are changing the work of 👇 designers. More specifically: 👉 Will no-code and automations replace "old" design methods? 👉 What about our creativity? 👉 How do we see the future of the Digital Designer profession under the "new rules"? 👉 Is it really possible to create a ready-made (functional and pretty) website in a few minutes? 👉 How do global companies and agencies approach the topic of no-code, automation and design? Be sure to keep an eye out for the premiere (and subscribe to DareIT the YouTube channel, because that's where the whole podcast will go live). 📹 https://lnkd.in/dgA_eaUn #nocode #webflow #relume #automation #podcast #dareit #nocodemakers

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“Yo!” – This is how I usually say “Hi!” to people around me, at least to the one's that I have a tiny bit closer relationship than a formal one. However, that had to be “adjusted” for the task I've put myself to. Last time I posted about my new position at Captomatic. Which might sound like “big news”, but in this post, I want to talk about something different. While having a glance at the post itself, to see how it was doing, I've noticed the something in the attached .gif image. There was a white plastic piece attached to my shirt. While everything was calculated and accounted for, noticing it for the N-th time inspired me to write this post, which is going to be about me stepping in front of a camera for the first time. There are 2 parts to this short story. Got a little too carried away while writing and the full story is too long to post at once, so it is a good thing it's split. Will start with the personal one, something tells me that this is what people here might be more interested in :) As mentioned before, this was first time for me stepping in front of a camera. It's not like I have never been filmed before. Let me specify – this was the first time for me stepping in front of a camera to deliberately deliver information to the audience. From the countless meetings and calls with clients, potential clients and “leads”, I've got an idea that it is much more efficient to show how one of our systems work in a video, rather than spending time at each meeting or drawing 1001 sales materials and diagrams, that each individual will interpret in a different way. This just seemed like a more appropriate way to deliver the information. I came up with a plan to film a video that I can easily send my colleagues at sales and my potential clients, where I showcase the new system. The concept is simple – me standing next to a screen and showing the viewer how simple it is to use our new app. On paper – simple, in practice – a little bit less that simple. Can't say that the filming process and video itself was perfect, nor can I say it was bad. All of it turned out the way I expected it to. I am more than satisfied of how the equipment worked, maybe except the color-grading between the iPhone main camera and the “3x zoom” one. The video editing process took a lot more time than expected, learned a lot during the process. The most challenging part was the “act”. I had prepared a script for the video. To be fair, mostly (underline this), the video follows the script, but boy was it hard to keep up. Note to self – read the script a couple of more times beforehand, while You can have takes during filming – the more You take – the more You will regret it during editing. I even thought of sending my colleagues a blooper, where I say "..with all of that.." 18(!) times. Great experience, lots of small know-hows learned. The next part for sure will be better. The video itself is available here: https://lnkd.in/d2kjT_cX

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On May 8th, we have WarsawJS Meetup #114 awaiting us, featuring Tomasz Ducin on stage with a fascinating presentation titled "Back in the game: Recent Revolutionary Changes in Angular"! But today, let's reminisce about his previous appearance at WarsawJS Meetup #108 💭 In that lecture, titled "Who needs Server Components?", Tomasz delved into the next step in the evolution of web architecture. After MPAs, SPAs, SSR, SSG/ISG, it's time for Server Components! Throughout the presentation, he asked himself many questions: Does this architecture fit the needs of my business and application? What are the benefits? And are we not stepping backward by moving more operations back to the server? Breaking down the hype around Server Components, Tomasz also introduced us to some technical details regarding React Server Components. By combining client-side interactivity with server-side efficiency, we can optimize web metrics and revolutionize website development. We invite you to watch that presentation, which opened our minds to a new perspective on web development! Enjoy watching! 🍿 🎥 Part 1: https://lnkd.in/dQ7G_jFZ  🎥 Part 2: https://lnkd.in/dJzQmsQD We encourage you to participate in WarsawJS Meetup #114, where you'll have the opportunity to not only listen to Tomasz's lecture but also to other outstanding speakers live. The link to tickets is below: 👇 🔖 Tickets: https://lnkd.in/dhXVXwpf #WarsawJS #Meetup #ServerComponents #WebDevelopment

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On May 8th, the WarsawJS Meetup #114 is happening, so it's high time to present the scheduled talks. The first one, opening the event, is a real gem! 🥇 The first speaker to grace our stage is the magnificent Tomasz Ducin! Tomasz is a developer, architect, and independent consultant at Ducin IT Consulting. He is a co-founder of the architekturanafroncie.pl website, which aids development teams in improving the overall quality and architecture of their systems. He is also the creator of the site. He advocates for sensible and long-term solutions for the JS ecosystem and criticizes the overuse of trendy terms. He has experience in both frontend and backend development. As a trainer, he is passionate about explaining how things work and focuses on questioning whether they are necessary or not. A former theater actor. Probably addicted to coffee, definitely addicted to music. And what will he talk about? 👨‍🏫 Back in the game: Recent Revolutionary Changes in Angular 👨‍🏫 Angular has been perceived as a rather complex framework by some, yet it's used massively by enterprise-scale systems. Whether we agree with the criticism or not, the framework is undergoing a monumental transformation. In recent months, Angular is experiencing a period of frequent and significant updates and - at least considering previous years of stagnation - groundbreaking changes. These include not only the features, public API and architecture, but also the mental models that developers come up with. Social media 🖱 ➛ https://lnkd.in/g8jG-UpB  ➛ https://github.com/ducin  ➛ https://lnkd.in/gF_qiyew  ➛ https://lnkd.in/gbbfneJN  ➛ http://ducin.it 🔖 Reservation — https://lnkd.in/dhXVXwpf  👉 Livestream — https://warsawjs.com/live Tomasz Ducin will be speaking on Wednesday, May 8th, at 18:30 🕡 at our Meetup. You can't miss it! 🎉 #WarsawJS #Meetup #Angular #API

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🚀 Courage is the number one step in the innovation process Had an amazing time at the URBIS The Smart Cities Meetup, joining a panel with brilliant minds like Jakub Rybar and Jaroslav Petrák from Brno, and Kamil Válek from Uherský Brod. We chatted about the exciting possibilities when startups and municipalities team up. 🤝💡 Here are a few highlights: 1. Be bold and innovative: Don't be afraid to embrace new solutions that can bring long-term benefits. Innovation is key to making our cities better places to live. 🏙️ 2. Support for testing and iteration: Cities like Brno are doing a fantastic job with their initiatives, offering a great space to test and refine innovative solutions. This hands-on approach really speeds up development and ensures practical results. 🧪 3. Taking initiative for innovation: Leaders like Kamil Válek from Uherský Brod are setting exemplary standards by taking responsibility and pushing for innovation. Their dedication to fostering collaboration between municipalities and startups is truly inspiring. 👏 Thanks to all the panelists and attendees for the great discussions. Can't wait to see these innovations in action and drive the future of our smart cities! 🌆

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Here in Poland, the long May weekend is ahead of us. Do you have any ideas for reading? We recommend another episode of our blog. This time, we will explore SEO from the perspective of a React Developer. 👇 https://lnkd.in/dvKwPQhi #coding #frontenddevelopment #frontend #techarticles #webdevelopment #it #code #software #reactjs #seo

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Join our own Bartłomiej Tomczyk for a pre-conference workshop on Testing Strategies for React & React Native Apps! 🧑‍💻 Discover how to keep your code bug-free with automated testing, ensuring your app stays perfect as it evolves. Whether you're working solo or in a team, this session will boost your confidence from development to production 🚀 Don't miss out! 🔥 Get your combo ticket: https://hubs.li/Q02CMX5q0 #Workshops #ReactUniverseConf #TestingStrategies #ReactJS #ReactNative #Developers #Coding #Onsite

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Another meeting and another book 😊 ... this time together with Marek Strachacki, Rafal Krzysztoforski, Pawel Sklarow, Konrad Leniec and Marek Spichalski we talked about "50 sentences that will make your life easier" by Karin Kaschik. At first, the concept of the book seemed very interesting. However, as I read, I changed my mind. These sentences, although they seem insightful at first, are of course not magic spells. They are a certain set of tools that can be useful if used properly by someone with high self-awareness, but they can also be harmful if use automaticly. We need to work on setting boundaries and self-confidence in a different way than just learning formulas. While some of these sentences could still be defended, the descriptions proposed by the author are completely indigestible. As for me, I do not recommend the book however the book wasn't totaly unuseful as we had great and deep discussion and I found two sentences which rezonated with me - let's agree to disagree - I do my best, but it only makes sense if you do it too. I believe that my colleagues also found something for themselves. #book #management #leadership #disagreement #bookclub

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