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Laravel Zero Downtime Deployment
Updating live applications used to be a tedious and somewhat risky affair, but with the emergence of modern development frameworks and tools, updates and deployment are becoming straightforward.
In this article, Toptal Java Developer Elene Latsoshvili explains how you can update a Laravel app with zero downtime, and how this can be done for most PHP applications.
Elene Latsoshvili
Elene is a full-stack developer with 12+ years of experience. She’s language/stack agnostic, but her primary fields are Java and JavaScript.
History of Augmented Reality: Glow Pucks to Immersive Reality
Andrew Graunke, Toptal Head of Enterprise Design, has implemented augmented reality (AR) design projects for dozens of enterprises. Here he outlines his pocket history of AR: from fighter jets to touchless computers to Glow Pucks, AR has already started making waves. Based on his current projects and pipeline, Graunke also blueprints his vision for AR’s future.
Andrew Graunke
As Director of Enterprise Design at Toptal, Andrew helps CEOs and FORTUNE 500 innovation teams scale easy-to-use, technology-sound, high-impact products. Andrew’s work has been featured in Wired, Forbes, and the Harvard Business Review.
7 Debugging Techniques To Speed Up Troubleshooting in Production
Providing production support to an application is one of the most challenging aspects of software development. In this article, Toptal Freelance Java Developer Flavio Pezzini shows us techniques that can prevent bugs and make finding issues in production much faster.
Flavio Pezzini
Flavio has worked on complex projects for several multinational, multicultural companies such as Dell, IBM, and Deutsche Bank.
How to Predict the Future: Mitigating the Impacts of Uncertainty
Strategic foresight has become an essential tool for any organization, but how does futurism translate to strategy? In this interview, Amy Zalman, PhD, founder of foresight consultancy Prescient, explains how to utilize strategic foresight and navigate the influx of artificial intelligence and other global transformations.
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Lessons from Warren Buffett’s Investment Strategy and His Mistakes
Warren Buffett’s reputation as an investor has become legendary. What can an individual investor learn from Warren Buffett’s investment style, his philosophy, and some of his past mistakes?
Natasha Ketabchi
Natasha transitioned to venture capital after a career in banking built at prestigious firms such as JPMorgan and HSBC.
How to Transition from UX Designer to UX Consultant
What does a UX consultant do? More importantly, what does it take for a UX designer to become a consultant and thrive?
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.
Design Foundations – A Guide to Visual Hierarchy (with Infographic)
Understanding and implementing visual hierarchy principles gives designers an advantage in creating persuasive designs that convey necessary information while creating a delightful user experience.
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.
KPIs for Success: An Overview of Project Manager Performance Metrics
Develop a high-performing team by empowering the project manager. A software project manager is the cornerstone in a product life cycle. Explore the six key KPIs that will inspire incredible results.
Laurie Harvey
Laurie turns ideas into results. She creates multi-million-dollar businesses in secure network and cloud service delivery.
Angular Components 101: An Overview
While components have been available in Angular since the beginning, they’re still easy to mess up with common mistakes like people not using them at all, creating components instead of attribute directives, and more.
In this article, Toptal Freelance JavaScript Developer Valters Valdersteins differentiates the correct and incorrect ways to use Angular components and illustrates them with examples.
Valters Valdersteins
Valters is a senior programmer with many years of experience working in companies and on projects of varying size and scope.
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