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How Open-Loop Processes Disrupt Information Flow in Business

The essence of a good process is very similar to the manner in which SQL-based relational databases were designed to ensure transactional consistency. Learn how closing open-loop processes saved tens of millions of dollars for a pharma company.

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Allan Milne Lees

Allan Milne Lees

Allan has over 25 years of experience in financial services, pharma, cyber-security, telecommunications, mobile apps, and biotech.

Case Study: Why I Use AWS Cloud Infrastructure for My Products

As a platform for running complex and demanding software products, AWS offers flexibility by using resources only when needed and scaling on demand.

In this article, Toptal JavaScript Developer Tomislav Capan explains why he uses AWS and what provisioned infrastructure can do for clients.

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Tomislav Capan

Tomislav Capan

Tomislav is a veteran software engineer, technical consultant, and architect. He specializes in highly scalable full-stack applications.

The Power of Touch – The Evolution of Button Design (with Infographic)

Today, buttons are darlings of the design world, and product teams obsess over their every detail. But 150 years ago, they didn’t even exist. Learn how buttons rose from obscurity to design stardom.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

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

Strategies to Recession-proof Your Business

Some industries like healthcare and utilities are naturally recession-proof. However, if you operate in more cyclical sectors, there is a range of initiatives that you can implement to make your business more resilient to economic shocks.

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Oracle to SQL Server and SQL Server to Oracle Migration Guide - Pt. 2

Migrating in either direction between Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database? This round of pitfalls to avoid includes coverage of sequences, identity columns, and filtered indexes.

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Leonid Draginsky

Leonid Draginsky

Leonid has 20+ years as a multi-platform developer and DBA, with special expertise in Oracle and SQL Server cross-platform migrations.

Building Reactive Apps with Redux, RxJS, and Redux-Observable in React Native

While Redux is a great state management solution, it doesn’t support asynchronous behavior by default. A way around this is to use redux-observable, based on RxJS - a powerful library for reactive programming in JavaScript.

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Sourabh Verma

Sourabh Verma

Sourabh has a broad and versatile skill set. His experience with mobile and back-end development enables him to build prototypes quickly.

Change for the Good or Bad? A Guide to UX Innovation

From the earliest text-based websites that effectively had no “design” beyond the default browser settings, to current design trends and standards, design constantly evolves and improves.

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Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman

Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.

What’s a Startup Worth? Guidelines and Best Practices

How do you value a startup or a scaleup? This is a question that plagues both founders and investors. Arriving at a figure all parties can agree upon is not very straightforward: ultimately, valuation is more of an art than a science.

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Natasha Ketabchi

Natasha Ketabchi

Natasha transitioned to venture capital after a career in banking built in prestigious firms such as JPMorgan and ESM.

Performance and Efficiency: Working with HTTP/3

HTTP/3 is on the horizon, but many aren’t even familiar with HTTP/2 yet. Find out what HTTP/3 means for web development, administration, and the internet.

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Brian Wojtczak

Brian Wojtczak

Brian was a system administrator and network engineer before turning to software development in an effort to automate himself out of a job.

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