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Keep It Tasteful: A Guide to Food App Design
The pandemic has intensified the demand for online food ordering, and businesses are rushing to meet the need. With food apps increasing in popularity, providing an exceptional user experience is critical.
Pili Fernandez Davila
Pili is a UX, UI, and product designer who has led teams at Clearco and Compass Digital Labs. At Compass, she worked on the Thrive app, which facilitates ordering from cafes in office buildings. She is an Associate Professor of Brand Design at Universidad Anáhuac in Huixquilucan, Mexico.
Using RTK Query in React Apps With Redux Toolkit
Have you ever wanted to use Redux with features like React Query provides? Now you can, by using the Redux Toolkit and its latest addition: RTK Query. This article demonstrates how RTK Query is used in real-life scenarios, complete with detailed code examples.
Gurami Dagundaridze
Gurami is a full-stack developer for the healthcare, gaming, and entertainment industries. As a Senior Front-end Engineer at the Bank of Georgia, he redesigned internal bank software systems. His redesigns leverage AWS, Node.js, GraphQL, and React.
Stakeholder Management: The Art of Saying No
To execute on product strategy, product managers must know when and how to reject stakeholder requests while still fostering an atmosphere of openness and innovation. Here’s how to do it.
Felix Reiners
Felix is a senior product manager specializing in SaaS, mobile apps, and machine learning. He has led innovation initiatives at Deutsche Bank and defined product strategy at IDEO, where he also led product teams.
The New Trend in UI Design: An Overview of Neumorphism
Neumorphic design is a visual trend that has gained traction with UI/UX designers and become a popular aesthetic choice for contemporary software, websites, and mobile apps.
Kayode Osinusi
Kayode is a designer with extensive experience leading creative teams and helping startups build and launch successful digital products in industries such as e-commerce, finance, and entertainment.
How to Build a Basic Python Cash Flow Model for a Loan
Python has taken the financial programming world by storm, and demand for finance experts who can use it is soaring. Here, a Toptal finance professional and Python expert shows beginners how to build a loan payment cash flow model with Python.
Miklos Lukacs, CFA
Miklos is an expert in cash flow modeling and Python programming, and has worked for Morgan Stanley and DBRS Morningstar. He is a Toptal finance expert and the director of the structured finance consulting company Pylink Ltd.
Graph Data Science With Python/NetworkX
Data inundates us like never before—how can we hope to analyze it? Graphs (networks, not bar graphs) provide an elegant approach. Find out how to start with the Python NetworkX library to describe, visualize, and analyze “graph theory” datasets.
Federico Albanese
Albanese is a developer and data scientist who has worked at Facebook, where he made machine learning model predictions. He is a Python expert and a university lecturer. His PhD research pertains to graph machine learning.
Secrets of a Successful Hybrid Work Model
There is no one-size-fits-all structure for hybrid companies. Here, the CHRO of Nationwide and other business and thought leaders share their strategies for setting up the model that’s right for you.
Audrey Goodson Kingo
Audrey Goodson Kingo is a renowned career expert and book author. She has advised insurance giant Aon on work-life balance and shared her expertise with CNN, Good Morning America, MSN, and more.
Cash Flow Optimization: How Small and Medium Businesses Can Unlock Value and Manage Risk
Cash flow optimization requires a disciplined approach that anticipates liquidity shocks and allocates windfalls strategically in order to maximize opportunity.
Emilio Parente
Emilio is a former Deloitte consultant and CFO with experience in optimizing finance departments, supporting growth plans, and creating strategic roadmaps for start-ups and small and medium enterprises. He has worked with and advised more than 50 clients around the world, including global corporations such as Swissport International in Switzerland.
Gain a Competitive Edge With an App Review Analysis
An analysis of your competitors’ app store reviews can provide valuable insight into what your potential customers value, enabling you to define your positioning and strengthen your product offering.
Daniel Lipton
Daniel is a strategic product manager with 20 years of experience working with clients such as JPMorgan Chase and Fox Corp. Originally a software engineer, Daniel has led product development in various industries, including media, gaming, marketing, and finance.
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