Software Development

Why being a developer is frustrating — and why we do it a...

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How to become a programmer: Kirill Zonov’s story

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Professional quirks, systemization, and the death of crea...

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React shortlist for a Junior dev

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How to switch to a career in programming

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ngrok — When you need to expose your service to the Internet

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How to become a PHP-developer: Ruslan Kuptsov’s story

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Learn React templates in 5 minutes

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Why and how mkdev switched to Fullstaq Ruby

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Fundamentals of Front-End Django

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How to understand the code of the Aliens and refactor pro...

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How to use new Stripe Checkout with Ruby on Rails applica...

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How to cover Django application with Unit Tests

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How to run a Python script

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How we were looking for a chat for students and mentors a...

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Internship at mkdev: What it includes and the feedback fr...

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How to send SMS Messages with AWS Lambda, SNS and Python 3

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The top 3 CV mistakes: our findings

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How to use Command pattern with the help of Dry-transaction

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How to create an API with Django

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What programming language to learn in 2024

What is dry-rb and how it might help solve problems with ...

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Javascript Framework Comparison: Vue, React and Angular (...

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How to launch an app with dry-system

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How to become a QA Engineer: Pavel Konev’s story

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How to write an Intercom Messenger App with Ruby on Rails

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Which framework to choose for Ruby API

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Top 5 PHP frameworks: Laravel vs Yii vs Zend vs Phalcon v...

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How to become a Java & Spring Developer: Rinat Muhamedgal...

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Introduction to MongoDB

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How to quit your job and become a freelancer: 3 rules on ...

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5 ways to make your work more fun

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How Russia's government blocked our business - and how we...

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Thin and maintainable Rails mailers: how we refactored Ra...

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How to use Query Objects to refactor Rails SQL-queries

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How and why mkdev moved to Vue.js

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5 recommendations on how to maintain the code quality and...

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Three reasons to learn C in 2024

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How not to screw up the job interview

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How to become a programmer: Kirill Shirinkin's story

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How to become a Python Developer: Aleksey Kurylev's story

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How to become a RoR Developer: Stas Mehonoshin’s story

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Where to begin as a programmer: Ilya Konovalov’s story

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How to become a RoR web developer: Ivan Takarlikov’s story

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Services for Online Education Startup

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Google Pixel vs. iPhone 7 or how programming languages ar...

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Rails 5 & Vue.js: how to stop worrying and love the frontend

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How to choose a programming language?

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Writing an API gem: What is Hypermedia API and how to mak...

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Writing an API gem: how to write tests for an external API

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A review of a book "Confident Ruby"

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A guide on vacancies in web-development

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Writing an API gem: the final metaprogramming

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How to create a gem for working with an API

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How I became a Junior Ruby Developer

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Writing an API gem: choosing the structure and the tools

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How to write an MVC framework in Ruby

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How to put questions to a mentor or a senior developer

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How to become a programmer? 12 interviews with russian ex...

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The best resources for studying programming

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Not the full truth about decorators

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A couple of words about interactors in Rails

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Tylor Steinberger on learning programming, streaming and ...

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