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Using Claude Code as the orchestrator and Codex as the engine gives you the best of both tools: Claude's UI, Codex's depth, and minimal Claude token spend. The economics only work when the task is big enough to justify two layers.
A company should have a vision, but a product should also have one. A product vision may sound like something large corporates work on. It may sound like a waste of time. However, a good product vision helps your team make the right choices while building your product.
Sometimes, the most minor details can make the most significant impact. As an established company based in Belgium, we have always embraced our madewithlove.be domain name, despite our global reach. But a revelation during an annual retreat discussion on diversity changed everything.
When applying for a new job, it is tough to understand the culture of the team you are about to join. Use The Steve Test to evaluate the team culture.
Have trouble documenting your infrastructure? Infrastructure as code might be the solution you are looking for.
MongoDB supports full-text search. The word stemming, which it uses under the hood, may be quite useful in some cases. However, MongoDB FTS has a non-obvious limitation, which can leave you confused while producing empty search results instead of errors.
Where is your documentation kept? Is it one tool that everyone has access to? Here's why you should consolidate your documentation.
Once considered a dying programming language, PHP has undergone a massive transformation in recent years, evolving into a powerful and modern web development tool.
Do you have an employee handbook? Are senior people required to spend hours answering questions of colleagues? Here's how documentation can help.
Evaluate your team’s culture with a simple test. For managers, learn how you can improve your team. For individual contributors, learn what you’re missing out on when it comes to team culture.
Listen to this new Pulse podcast episode on technical debt where Jonas and Andreas discuss managed vs unmanaged debt, legacy code, code rot and give some tips on how to work with technical debt in any given circumstances.
Teams of all experience levels can improve their way of working, but only if they take a moment to retrospect.
Here we address some common excuses about why remote work doesn't work.
Discover the advantages of remote audits vs on-site audits. Learn how to improve interview quality, reduce costs, and boost flexibility.
Microservices are a very popular architectural approach — maybe too popular! Here's why it might not be ideal for your organization.
Do you perform exit interviews when people leave the team? Here are some of the reasons to incorporate this feedback moment.
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