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Software Development|Apr 8, 2026

Making Interfaces Feel Fast and Intentional: UX Patterns Beyond Raw Performance

Your interface may look right in a static mockup - but users don’t experience static pages. They see content appear, load, and shift. Perceived performance often matters more than raw performance metrics. A page that loads in 800ms but shows a blank screen feels slower than one that takes 1.2 seconds but shows skeleton placeholders from the first frame.

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Software Development|Apr 8, 2026

UX through a Frontend Developer’s eyes - practical UX protips for FEDs

Shipping a working interface has never been easier. Design tools, AI, component libraries, and modern scaffolding have dramatically lowered the barrier to getting something on screen. This article is a practical, hands-on collection of workflow improvements, UX patterns, and implementation-level pro tips - all from a frontend developer’s perspective. No lengthy theory lectures (though a few concepts need a quick explanation to make sense). Jump in and try these techniques in your own projects to measurably improve how your interface feels.

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Software Development|Apr 7, 2026

When TypeScript becomes the language of contracts. Specifying intent in practice.

Discover how TypeScript is becoming the language of intent, reshaping engineers into system designers who define contracts while AI handles code.

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Software Development|Apr 7, 2026

Beyond the Mouse Cursor: Interaction Patterns for Touch and Assistive Technology

All the interactions discussed so far need to work across devices - and on mobile, they face a different set of constraints. More than half of all web traffic comes from mobile devices, yet many developer-built interfaces are designed cursor-first and touch-optimized as an afterthought. Mobile isn’t a smaller desktop - it has its own interaction model, constraints, and opportunities.

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Software Development|Nov 18, 2025

TypeOps evolved: Scaling type-safe infrastructure to microservices

We’re taking the next step in the evolution of TypeOps: bringing type-safe integration to the level of full microservices. This generalization of the original design opens the door to something larger – a platform that can grow into an ecosystem of SDKs, plugins, and protocol connectors.

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Software Development|Sep 24, 2025

Gradle vs. Bazel for Android projects: A deep dive

Discover how Gradle and Bazel compare for Android builds, from IDE support to scalability. Learn which tool suits your team’s size and project goals.

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Software Development|May 7, 2025

Why Java on ARM is gaining momentum

Java has come a long way on ARM. Runtime improvements, smarter garbage collectors, and better vector performance now make it a solid fit. CI/CD pipelines work without extra effort. This guide walks through: - real-world benchmarks - examples from AWS and Google Cloud - gives hands-on advice for tooling, deployment, and compatibility If you're weighing cost, speed, or sustainability, this will help you judge whether a move to ARM makes sense—and how to pull it off cleanly.

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Software Development|Jan 8, 2025

Overcoming monorepo challenges with Bazel for your projects

In this article, we will examine common monorepo challenges and show how Bazel helps turn a large codebase into a more manageable, efficient ecosystem. Also, we included a link to a working repository where the ideas described here are implemented.

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Software Development|Dec 11, 2024

What is platform engineering and its role in modern IT

Platform engineering builds Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) to simplify infrastructure management, improve developer experience (DX), and boost productivity through self-service capabilities.

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Software Development|Nov 28, 2024

9 Developer Experience (DX) tools to use in 2025

Being software engineering consultants we have a unique perspective on how different developer experience tools work with our client’s tech stacks. We have gathered a collective experience of our engineers and prepared this list of 9 developer experience tools that our clients and their developers found helpful.

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Software Development|Nov 26, 2024

Bazel-fueled monorepos for microservices

Code organization is easy when work is done in a small team, and the codebase is not yet extensive. However, as the project's scope grows and new sub-teams appear, the question of how to subdivide and manage the growing codebase becomes increasingly important.

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Software Development|Nov 13, 2024

Deep dive into Bazel queries: from basics to advanced use cases

This article will guide you through a notable subset of Bazelʼs querying features backed by examples. These are useful for debugging, exploration, and tooling. We’ll start with basic Bazel queries with target patterns, then we will move on to demonstrating Bazel aquery and cquery.

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