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Everyone has their own set of tools. As a PHP developer, one of my favorites is a Rapid Application Development framework called “Nooku”. In the words of the development group: “Nooku is more of a web development toolkit than a framework” In case you are not familiar with it, have a look. It’s an open source project that makes heavy use of industry accepted design patterns to produce highly componentized applications that are easily extensible and reusable (initially created by one of the lead Joomla developers). Out of the box, Nooku gives you a great deal to help get projects off the ground faster. A small, but strong sample:

Porn is a big industry. There aren’t many sites on the Internet that can rival the traffic of its biggest players. And juggling this immense traffic is tough. To make things even harder, much of the content served from porn sites is made up of low latency live streams rather than simple static video content. But for all of the challenges involved, rarely have I read about the developers who take them on. So I decided to write about my own experience on the job.

Some of the world’s biggest companies are adopting remote work policies. Here’s how 10 of them stack up.

My small business providing criminal background checks was cruising along in 2007. We weren’t the biggest provider, but our reputation and sales had grown enough in the six years since our inception to let us compete in local and national markets.

The COVID-19 tragedy demonstrates our exposure to rare, high-impact events and offers lessons for the next disruptive occurrences. Standard business practices exacerbate these events—here’s how businesses can position themselves for positive, seamless responses in the future.

Deloitte conducted a survey among employees in the workforce and found a startling fact. More than half of millennials (56% to be exact) would consider leaving their employer if flexible working conditions aren’t made a priority within the next two years.

There is a solution to weathering this crisis. It just requires a pivot in your approach to hiring and getting work done.

How can someone successfully lead a remote team? Michelle Labbe had never heard of a fully-remote HR role before becoming Toptal’s VP of People. Here, she reveals the keys to remote hiring and retention, culture, and equipping team members with the right tools and technology.