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In the Spotlight: The Principles of Dark UI Design

Dark themes can be dramatic and elegant, but crafting them comes with many hurdles and potential pitfalls. Following the principles of dark UI design will help designers achieve successful results.

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

Miklos is a design leader, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.

Apple M1 Processor Overview and Compatibility

The Apple M1 processor represents a significant step forward for Apple, but what does it mean for developers, designers, and other professionals using Apple hardware?

In this article, Toptal Engineering Blog Editor Nermin Hajdarbegovic outlines what makes the M1 different and what professionals need to keep in mind should they choose to upgrade their hardware.

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Nermin Hajdarbegović

Nermin Hajdarbegović

A veteran tech writer, Nermin helped create online publications covering everything from the semiconductor industry to cryptocurrencies.

The Definitive Guide to DateTime Manipulation

Time and date manipulation is notoriously difficult. Developers encountering time zone rules, leap seconds, differences in locale-specific formatting are wise to resort to popular time and date manipulation libraries. But without thinking about how exactly they work, it’s still easy to create all sorts of obscure bugs.

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Punit Jajodia

Punit Jajodia

Punit is a versatile software engineer and entrepreneur. He has worked on big data and real-time 3D simulations and is a MEAN stack expert.

Landing Page Best Practices for Boosting Conversions (With Infographic)

Follow these landing page best practices to generate leads, inspire action, and increase conversions.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah is a digital designer who has worked with clients such as Google, Deloitte, and Autodesk. He is also the Lead Editor of Toptal’s Design Blog, and his design expertise has been featured in Fast Company, TNW, and other notable publications.

Showcase Your Skills: How to Make a Portfolio

Many designers grapple with how to create the perfect portfolio. By following best practices and the advice of industry professionals, they can craft portfolios that make their skills shine.

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

Miklos is a design leader, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.

Enhanced Git Flow Explained

Git provides basic branching operations, but advanced patterns are left up to the user. The popular “Git flow” branching model helps, but can also complicate some common procedures.

Thankfully, a new variation retains the benefits, while streamlining everyday work.

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Daniel Ivanov

Daniel Ivanov

Daniel has helped startups bring products to market for more than a decade using best-of-breed approaches to HTML/CSS, JS, Python, and C#.

A Field Guide to DesignOps

DesignOps is a mindset that frees designers to focus on problem-solving. The approach allows staff to optimize processes and ensure that design is an integral part of organizational strategy.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah helps businesses craft meaningful connections through branding, illustration, and design.

Productive XD Prototyping: An Adobe XD Components Tutorial

Adobe XD components empower designers with powerful features. Still, they’re quirky and need special care. This Adobe XD prototype tutorial shows designers how to leverage them to streamline their workflows.

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Edward Moore

Edward Moore

Ed is focused on UX design for the emerging VR/AR sector. He has designed award-winning projects for Google, Sony, and Electronic Arts.

On-demand Reactivity in Vue 3

The release of Vue 3 brought about substantial performance improvements, but they should not overshadow the introduction of new features and paradigms.

In this article, Toptal Full-stack Developer Luka Mikec introduces you to the new Composition API and explains what Vue 3 means for code expressiveness, organization, and reuse.

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Luka Mikec

Luka Mikec

Luka has extensive experience in academia and full-stack software development. He is a cotutelle Ph.D. candidate in mathematics and computer science.

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