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Perfect Pizza: Using a Digital Customer Research Tool to Measure Taste

By Anna Shcherbakova

Customer research in the food sector is expensive and time-consuming. Here’s how one global pizza company used its own food-ordering app to get new levels of insight into its products—for free.

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Demystifying Debugging With React Developer Tools

By Teimur Gasanov

Browser console logging is a hassle. Discover how React Developer Tools and third-party libraries make inspecting components, states, and props and tracking rendering and performance so much easier.

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Kotlin vs. Java: All-purpose Uses and Android Apps

By Gabriel Gircenko

Kotlin and Java are two powerful general-purpose languages popular for Android and beyond. We’ll discuss their top features and differences, then focus on how to smoothly transition between the two.

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3 Trends Shaping the Future of Tech Venture Capital in Asia

By Alec Tseung

Asia is one of the hottest venture markets in the world right now. Find out what savvy investors must understand about this culturally and economically diverse region in order to succeed.

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4 Keys to Remarkable Brand Storytelling

By Dayo Tinkerman

Storytelling is a compelling way to communicate brand value—but only if you’re telling stories that resonate with your audience. Find out how to craft authentic brand stories that captivate customers and build lasting loyalty.

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How to Deploy Django on Heroku: A Pydantic Tutorial, Part 3

By Arjaan Buijk

Heroku makes deployment—and redeployment—incredibly simple. Explore Heroku’s Django hosting in this tutorial, and see for yourself.

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Investing in Unit Testing: Benefits and Approaches

By Dacian Florea

Stakeholders demand quick fixes for a buggy app release. Such patching is costly, and does not always offer a complete solution. Break the cycle with unit testing, a worthwhile investment in project quality.

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Two Roadmaps Diverged: Strategic and Tactical Routes to Product Development

By Jerry Gutierrez

Product professionals are often called upon to act as both product owner and product manager. The key to doing that well? Maintaining separate strategic and tactical roadmaps. Here’s how.

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