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Software Entropy Explained: Causes, Effects, and Remedies

In this article, Toptal Freelance Developer Adam Wasserman explains what software entropy is, what causes it and how it manifests itself, and what can be done to prevent it or mitigate its effects.

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Adam Wasserman

Adam Wasserman

Adam is particularly interested in multi-threaded programming and distributing computing and considers himself an excellent communicator.

Why More Entrepreneurs are Choosing To Build Search Funds over Startups

Search funds, though once an esoteric asset class and model for entrepreneurship, have seen a substantial rise in popularity in recent years. They can often represent a superior alternative to the venture-backed startup route especially for a select cohort of formally trained entrepreneurs, most of all those who deeply understand their motives, risk appetites, and contextual/financial encumbrances.

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Orinola Gbadebo-Smith

Orinola Gbadebo-Smith

Ori an investor cum entrepreneur with experience across M&A, PE, VC and startup operations. He most recently founded a VC-backed startup.

Angular 4 Forms: Validation and Nesting

Validating user inputs is an essential part of any robust web application. Angular 4 makes it especially easy for both template-driven and reactive forms.

In this article, Toptal Freelance Angular Developer Igor Geshoski walks us through the different approaches in Angular 4 form validation and shows how even complex form validation can be done easily.

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Igor Geshoski

Igor Geshoski

Igor has been honing his algorithms and problem solving skills on large-scale Java based enterprise applications for about five years.

Workplace Efficiency: Think Consumer, Not Business Technology

Why use enterprise tools when consumer technology gives workers what they want, when they want it? Alvaro Oliveira, VP of Talent Operations at Toptal, explores the tools and processes that best allow companies to operate remotely and securely.

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Alvaro Oliveira

Alvaro Oliveira

Alvaro is great at matching technologies and people to projects. At Toptal, he successful matched thousands of developers with clients.

How to Choose the Best Front-end Framework

No single front-end framework will fit every web project. Compare React, Vue.js, Angular, and Ember.js so you can choose the best one for your needs.

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Giorgi Bakradze

Giorgi Bakradze

Giorgi is a full-stack developer with deep expertise in JavaScript. He has diverse project experience, including creating multilanguage UIs, multiplatform apps, CI/CD pipelines, video tutorial REST APIs, and large-scale SPAs for e-commerce sites.

Button Design Over the Years – The Dribbble Timeline

Digital design and UIs are evolving at an incredible pace, and the styling of buttons along with it. The Dribbble Button Timeline shows us how button styles have developed over the past decade.

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Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech is a product designer and web designer with eight years of experience. He’s passionate about typography and sound design.

The 10 UX Deliverables Top Designers Use

Regardless of the environment, UX professionals need a set of deliverables to help facilitate communication, document work and provide artifacts. Here are 10 of the most common UX deliverables.

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

Miklos is a design leader, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.

Why Top Professionals Prefer Agile Work

As the demand for greater flexibility and variety in the workplace continues to rise, explore why top tier professionals are turning to agile work to advance their knowledge, expertise, and careers.

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Sib Mahapatra

Sib Mahapatra

Sib Mahapatra is a growth consultant and entrepreneur with a keen interest in the future of work.

Implementing Serverless Node.js Functions Using Google Cloud

Serverless computing is an architecture style in which the code is executed in a cloud platform where we don’t need to worry about the hardware and software setup, security, performance, and CPU idle time costs. It’s an advancement of cloud computing that goes beyond infrastructure that abstracts the software environment as well. It means no configuration is required to run the code.

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Vignes Aruljothi

Vignes Aruljothi

Vignes specializes in web technologies and has many years of experience in building scalable applications using JavaScript and Node.js.

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