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What Happened to BlackBerry: Zombie Stock or Comeback King?

What happened to Blackberry? The company, once the most valuable in Canada, has effectively been a zombie stock for a while. Is the picture painted by the stock a fair one, particularly for a company whose revenues are up 20% YoY?

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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.

The Future of UX Is Our Humanity

The future of UX lies in the ability of UX professionals to work at the intersection of technology while also mastering the craft of important human-centered design techniques.

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Brian Pagán, EngD, MSc

Brian Pagán, EngD, MSc

Brian is a human experience designer with over 17 years of experience focusing on digital products in healthcare, blockchain, and fintech.

Stay Cool: How to Take Design Feedback Strategically

Giving and receiving feedback—without losing one’s cool—is an art. It’s incumbent on designers to encourage others to give them quality design critiques on their work that cultivates constructive discussion.

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Bree Chapin

Bree Chapin

Bree is a product designer and design manager, a creative problem-solver with a decade of experience in all facets of digital design.

Integrating Stripe and PayPal Payment Methods in Ruby on Rails

Secure payment processing is a key prerequisite for any eCommerce operation. If it fails, the consequences can be catastrophic for any company, big or small.

In this article, Toptal Ruby on Rails Developer Henrique Reinaldo Sarmento outlines how you can create a Ruby on Rails eCommerce app, leveraging PayPal and Stripe for reliable and secure payments.

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Henrique Reinaldo Sarmento

Henrique Reinaldo Sarmento

Henrique is a passionate full-stack developer and cloud computing enthusiast with experience in Ruby on Rails, Flask, Javascript and React.

Maximalist Design and the Problem with Minimalism

We live in an era that exalts minimalist design above all other forms of creative expression, especially maximalism. But what is the cost of our obsession with graphic simplicity?

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Danae Botha

Danae Botha

Danae is an experienced designer who has developed digital products for international clients such as the Cambridge Dictionary and Subway.

The 6 Most Recession-Proof Industries

Recession-proof industries either provide an absolute necessity that consumers will always keep purchasing, or have characteristics that are conducive to experiencing increased demand in downturns.

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Machines and Trust: How to Mitigate AI Bias

Unwanted AI bias is already a widespread problem. Machine learning models can replicate or exacerbate existing biases, often in ways that are not detected until release. So what can be done about it?

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Michael McKenna

Michael McKenna

Mike is a data scientist, data ethicist, and machine learning engineer specializing in health and retail. He currently serves as the Director of Data Ethics at Services Australia. As a senior data scientist at CVS, Mike led COVID-19 vaccine demand forecasting, liaising closely with the White House and the CDC as part of Operation Warp Speed.

Introduction to Functional Programming: JavaScript Paradigms

Functional Programming is a paradigm of building computer programs using expressions and functions without mutating state and data.

In this article, we will talk about doing functional programming using JavaScript. We will also explore various JavaScript methods and features that make it possible. In the end, we will explore different concepts associated with functional programming and see why they are so powerful.

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Avi Aryan

Avi Aryan

Avi is a full-stack developer skilled with Python, JavaScript, and Go and is also a multiple-time Google Summer of Code participant.

WordPress Continuous Deployment and Version Control with Bitbucket

WordPress developers spent years struggling with sub-optimal solutions for CI/CD. Despite the fact that they were using the most popular CMS on the market, they often had to improvise and resort to time-consuming practices.

In this article, Toptal WordPress Developer Alexa Green shares her approach to WordPress deployment using Bitbucket and some straightforward code.

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Alexa Green

Alexa Green

A veteran web developer, Alexa focuses on WordPress, Shopify, and React to create everything from landing pages to sophisticated storefronts.

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