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A Rubber Duck’s Guide to Better Engineering: Part 2

A Rubber Duck’s Guide to Better Engineering: Part 2

Professor Quacks is back with five more principles for better engineering: build tools that help, move with healthy urgency, plan wisely, work well with others, and lead by example. These aren’t just coding tips, they’re culture-shaping lessons.

What should tech companies do to hire a more diverse workforce?

What should tech companies do to hire a more diverse workforce?

Building diverse tech teams takes more than good intentions. From job ads and interviews to flexible work and international hiring, discover how we try to embed inclusion into every stage of the hiring process, subtly, sustainably, and deliberately.

You can't delegate accountability: what the NIS2 directive means for boards

You can't delegate accountability: what the NIS2 directive means for boards

Here’s an uncomfortable truth: board members can’t delegate accountability. Not for budgets. Not for legal compliance. And no longer for cybersecurity.

Learning from OSS: configuring your Link component via a Provider (Braid)

Learning from OSS: configuring your Link component via a Provider (Braid)

Learn how SEEK’s Braid Design System uses a linkComponent provider to flexibly support routing across React apps. A great pattern for design systems, and one madewithlove engineers keep coming back to when building scalable front-end libraries.

Smart is not enough: three criteria to select AI tools

Smart is not enough: three criteria to select AI tools

When selecting AI tools, companies must go beyond productivity and consider compliance, community support, and team management. Discover madewithlove’s pragmatic approach to responsible, scalable AI adoption.

Using Cursor background agents

Using Cursor background agents

Cursor’s new background agents feature lets Pro users spin up cloud-based environments that clone your repo, complete small tasks in parallel, and create PRs without touching your local setup.

Redux is legacy - modern ways to approach state in React

Redux is legacy - modern ways to approach state in React

Stuck in Redux boilerplate for a simple React task? You're not alone. Learn how tools like Tanstack Query, nuqs, and react-hook-form help you replace Redux with simpler, more maintainable solutions—backed by madewithlove's engineering expertise.

Your next hire will use AI in their technical test. Obviously.

Your next hire will use AI in their technical test. Obviously.

As AI becomes a standard part of every developer’s toolkit, tech hiring needs to evolve from policing its use to understanding how candidates apply, evaluate, and collaborate with it.

Claude as tester using Playwright and GitHub MCP

Claude as tester using Playwright and GitHub MCP

Claude can now test your frontend. With a bit of config, the Playwright MCP server lets Claude run browser tests, find bugs, and even generate reusable test code. This could be a game-changer for startups without QA.

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