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The End of Web Forms

Reflections on the disappearance of web forms. How mobile biometrics could unlock a personal data vault that provides what’s necessary, killing forms entirely.

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

Miklos is a UX designer, product design strategist, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.

Creating an Employer Brand for Freelancers

As organizations turn to blended teams to achieve business goals, executives must demonstrate that freelancers are a valued element of their workforce. Jon Younger, founder of the Agile Talent Collaborative, explains how to create an effective employer brand for agile talent.

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Jon Younger

Jon Younger

Jon is the founder of the Agile Talent Collaborative, a non-profit cooperative that leads research to define best practice for agile talent.

Death to the Wireframe. Straight to High Fidelity!

In many product design scenarios, wireframes may not be necessary, and skipping them altogether may cut down on confusion and save a lot of time.

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Jen Randolph

Jen Randolph

Jen has a decade of experience designing award-winning experiences for top agencies, brands, and startups such as Nike, P&G, and R/GA.

Is a Cashless Society the New Reality?

A cashless society is approaching, with progress particularly pronounced in certain parts of the world. This piece examines global payment trends, as well as benefits and drawbacks of a cashless economy. It also includes case studies on India and Sweden, two countries already transitioning to a cashless future.

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Melissa Lin

Melissa Lin

Melissa has worked in ECM, tech startups, and management consulting, advising Fortune 500 companies across multiple sectors.

How to Create Custom Magento 2 Widgets

Widgets play a pivotal role in Magento development, as they’re often used to display targeted content and provide crucial front-end functionality. Magento 2 offers a lot of widget possibilities out of the box, and also allows developers to unlock more features using custom widgets.

In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Vivek Khatri provides an overview of widget implementation in Magento 2, starting with the basics and culminating in custom widget design.

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Vivek Khatri

Vivek Khatri

Vivek is a Magento certified developer with over 6 years of experience. He focuses on the business needs of clients when creating solutions.

How C++ Works: Understanding Compilation

Compilation and linking are two fundamental processes during C++ development. But how exactly do they work? Discover how C++ compilers operate, including basic language constructs and common mistakes to avoid.

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Daniel Munoz

Daniel Munoz

Daniel is a data structures developer with more than 10 years of experience in C++. He has worked on high-performance applications in C++ for large companies such as Meta, Dreamworks, and Motorola; he also has experience at Amazon using Ruby. Daniel specializes in C-family and assembly languages.

The State of Fintech in 2017

The financial services industry is seeing a wave of innovation that is bringing with it new technology, but also a need to attract and develop talent that have the skillset needed to operate in this changing environment. This article delves into some of the most important trends affecting the industry.

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Rajeev Jeyakumar

Rajeev Jeyakumar

After working as a management consultant with clients like AIG, Ameriprise, and Santander, Rajeev successfully founded and sold a company.

Aurelia vs. Angular 2 — A Code Comparison

Angular and Aurelia are fierce competitors developed and released at approximately the same time. They have a similar philosophy, but they differ in a number of key ways. This article does side-by-side comparisons of those differences in features and code.

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Alexander Mikhalchenko

Alexander Mikhalchenko

Alexander is the full-stack developer you bring in to rescue a project with tight schedules. Usually, he prefers less extreme development.

Convince Your Team to Go Remote: FAQ

Going remote can be a big decision. Julia Stanaro, Manager of Enterprise Account Solutions at Toptal, shares her responses to the most common questions posed by executives about the value of remote work.

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Julia Stanaro

Julia Stanaro

As a Toptal Sales engineer, Julia is constantly interfacing with clients in order to help them achieve their goals.

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