When it comes to the development environments, every single detail matters. Starting from budget planning and a careful approach to business requirements to pure development procedures - like regular quality assurance testing or prototyping. … Read more
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Common Mistakes when Building Developer Communities
Building tech communities is hard work. There's organising events and meetups, enlisting volunteers, finding venues, enlisting speakers, and connecting with sponsors. You're often working in an unpaid capacity. Even if you are paid, you have to … Read more
Thinking Like a Founder – meet Chad Arimura
At Codemotion we're fortunate to speak with a range of thinkers, leaders, and changemakers. At Codemotion Madrid 2019 we had a presentation by Chad Arimura. He's a three-time entrepreneur, most recently as co-founder and CEO of Iron.io where he grew … Read more
5 Ways to Foster Collaboration between Developers and Marketers
The dynamic between marketers and developers can have a huge impact on business outcomes. Whether it’s due to a lack of respect for the other’s expertise, disagreements about deadlines, or frequent miscommunications, the relationship between … Read more
Ever Wondered How a CTO Masters Leadership and Strategic Planning?
Leadership and strategic planning are considered essential soft skills for a successful CTO. Some are naturals, some learn through experience how to smooth the edges to make the most of their natural inclinations, and others may be good at either one … Read more
Learning About Community Outreach with Simon Johanning
Simon Johanning is the Head of Outreach of Code Camp Leipzig. He is said to be a jack of all trades because of his many educational backgrounds and career experiences—Computer Science, Mathematics, Energy Economics, and Music Technology just to name … Read more
Scott Chacon: Chatterbug CEO Talks About His Accidental Entrepreneurship Journey
Scott Chacon is the CEO and co-founder of Chatterbug, a San Francisco and Berlin-based online platform for language learning. Aside from Chatterbug, Scott is a renowned entrepreneur, known for his numerous achievements, keynote talks, and speaking … Read more
Dealing with Trolls in Your Community
An internet troll is someone that adds posts to your community with the deliberate intention of starting arguments. The aim is generally to emotionally provoke, although this is not always the sole motivation. Internet trolls often verbally attack … Read more
5 Easy Ways to Improve Software Dev Team Communications
Does your workplace suffer from bad communication? If your answer is no, you may find you need to take a closer look. A recent study by Queens University of Charlotte found that: Only about 27% of employees receive any kind of training in … Read more
Flutter: Falling in Love Again with Mobile and Web Dev
Lara Martin is a Berlin-based Android developer. She is a Flutter user, and is also very active in the programming community. She has been sharing her knowledge worldwide through online platforms and speaking engagements. Her goal is to give access … Read more
Web Development and the Future of Progressive Web Apps
If you have been to any conference in the last five years, you have probably heard about Progressive Web Apps (PWA). Web sites that can progressively turn into app-like experiences and be installed on your devices. Kenneth Rohde Christiansen is … Read more
What Is the Value of Fun in Business Transformation?
With innovation constantly changing the world of business, large corporations can find themselves lagging behind as they struggle to rapidly enact change and implement practices such as cloud transformation and DevOps. It frequently falls to external … Read more
Considering remote work as a digital nomad?
With the coronavirus pandemic sending the world into a spin, with much of the corporate world scrambling to facilitate the immediate need for long-term remote work capabilities, some companies were already successfully remote. Moran Fine is a … Read more
How to Build Your Path to Become a Lead Developer
Sooner or later, developers who fear that their career is at a dead-end will want to make sure they have better opportunities. When setting goals for promotion to the next level, lead developer, it is useful to understand what skills and experience … Read more
How To Measure Success in DevRel Between Companies and Communities
Developer relations, or DevRel, is not a new concept. The principle is to build relationships with developers that are beneficial to both parties. As an online community manager, you may think that DevRel is something that companies need to … Read more
Why Developer Ethics Matters
Software is eating the world. We, developers and architects, are a major force influencing software, technology, and the world it creates. We don’t have the privilege of being unaware of our actions. If we really want to create a better world, we … Read more
6 Soft Skills Every Tech Community Manager Should Have to Succeed
To be an effective tech community manager you need to be more than just knowledgeable about your niche, you need soft skills and hard skills and the ability to use them all at the right time. A community manager is tasked with building the online … Read more
How Extended Reality is Fusing Life and Advertising
The fusion of the physical and virtual worlds has impacted many aspects of our lives, including entertainment, how we interact with live sports and fitness, navigation, architecture, healthcare, and training. Extended reality aims to create higher … Read more
Design Thinking – Ideas to Implementation
Over the last couple of decades, we've seen concerted efforts in organisations to apply new philosophies about workflow and organisational processes to improve efficiency, increase employee satisfaction, enable scale, and increase customer … Read more
DEVS FOR HEALTH: a Hackathon for Good
Hackathons have had a long history of bringing people together to develop technological solutions in response to specific problems and challenges. Hackathons can be in-house, focused on a particular technology, a social issue, or policy challenge. … Read more