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Industry Perspective: Salesforce On Team Alignment And Agile Talent
L. David Kingsley describes how teams align on goals at Salesforce, and how the blended workforce provides the agility that organizations need to compete in a fast-changing world.
L. David Kingsley
Senior Vice President of Global HR Strategy and Operations.
How Bridgestone Keeps Trucks On the Road, Digitally
Learn how Bridgestone, the world’s largest tire manufacturer, is using digitization to streamline the tire retreading process globally.
Toptal Research
Toptal is an exclusive network of the top freelance software developers, designers, finance experts, and project managers in the world.
Server-side I/O Performance: Node vs. PHP vs. Java vs. Go
Understanding the Input/Output (I/O) model of your application can mean the difference between an application that deals with the load it is subjected to, and one that crumples in the face of real-world uses cases. Perhaps while your application is small and does not serve high loads, it may matter far less. But as your application’s traffic load increases, working with the wrong I/O model can get you into a world of hurt.
Brad Peabody
With almost two decades of business software development, Brad’s led web teams, been a Linux sysadmin, and developed a storefront in Go.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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