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Pinterest for Designers – An Overview

When it comes to social media for designers, the first site that comes to mind is Instagram. But designers shouldn’t overlook the second-most-popular image-based social network: Pinterest.

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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.

NLP With Google Cloud Natural Language API

Natural language processing (NLP) has become one of the most researched subjects in the field of AI. This interest is driven by applications that have been brought to market in recent years.

In this article, Toptal Deep Learning Developer Maximilian Hopf introduces you to Google Natural Language API and Google AutoML Natural Language.

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Maximilian Hopf

Maximilian Hopf

Max is a data science and machine learning expert. He has helped to build one of Germany’s most highly funded fintechs.

Paying It Forward: Understanding Leveraged Buyouts

Fully leveraged buyouts are among the most mythical and highly touted transactions on Wall Street. Yet, their success is predicated on successful comprehension of a business’s potential and the ability to negotiate the right terms for a deal.

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Martin Kemeny

Martin Kemeny

Martin is a seasoned real estate and PE executive who has completed $200+ million in projects and advised a range of Fortune 500 companies.

Optimizing the Future of Global Humanitarian Efforts

The European and Americas winners of the Toptal Scholarship for Women are reinvigorating global humanitarian efforts by applying cutting-edge technologies to refugee relief and scientific research.

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Toptal Research

Toptal Research

Toptal is an exclusive network of the world’s top freelance developers, designers, management consultants, product managers, and project managers.

Form and Function: A Guide to the Top Wireframe Tools

Wireframes at various fidelities are an important deliverable that facilitate the UX design process as it moves through its phases. This guide provides an overview of the top tools most designers use.

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Shane Ketterman

Shane Ketterman

Shane comes from a background in architecture, information technology, customer experience, and UX design.

How to Approach Modern WordPress Development (Part 1)

It’s no secret that the WordPress codebase is a mess. Many developers use its legacy code as an excuse for writing sloppy code themselves, even if its newer additions follow best practices. If this is you, it’s time to level up your skills!

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Andrey Shalashov

Andrey Shalashov

Andrey is a full-stack web developer and WordPress expert. Lately, his focus is on serverless computing and JAMstack.

A Look at JavaScript’s Future

In the past few years, we’ve seen the introduction of a lot of new technologies in JavaScript, but we needed time to see how the market was going to adopt them.

In this article, Toptal Freelance JavaScript Developer Alejandro Hernandez takes a look at how popular JavaScript is becoming and the factors that may have affected this popularity, and he tries to predict what the future of JavaScript will look like.

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Alejandro Hernandez

Alejandro Hernandez

Alejandro is a full-stack architect working on JavaScript projects, where his experience and understanding of architecture is most impactful.

Product Management Empowered by the Entrepreneurial Mindset

Successful product managers channel their inner entrepreneur to deliver outstanding products. Sometimes referred to as mini-CEOs, product managers can learn valuable lessons from entrepreneurship.

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Steve Pomroy

Steve Pomroy

With 22+ years as an entrepreneur, Steve combines business & technical excellence to create winning solutions for pressing customer problems.

The Power of Choice: Bootstrapping vs. Venture Capital

As a founder, how should you fund your startup? Bootstrapping and venture capital both come with advantages and limitations, but this framework can help you compare the two options and make the best decision for your business.

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Pala Kuppusamy

Pala Kuppusamy

Pala is a seasoned finance professional with expertise in startups and their funding. He has served as CEO of several high-tech startups, and, as a successful IT entrepreneur, he has founded, grown, and exited two ventures.

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