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My personal journey in IT
“Why did I become a software engineer?”, people ask me. I doubt I would have chosen the software engineering career in the first place if
Keeping your team healthy and more productive using remote work
When managing any team, remote or not, one of your primary concerns as a manager is making sure your team can be as productive as
Leadership dinner
It was already past midnight when I drove home on my bike. The stormy weather earlier that evening had calmed down, but the broken branches
My female perspective at madewithlove
Who hasn’t heard the quote “We only hire the best candidates?” How many of those teams only have straight white men? I’ve been
Our htaccess tester tool has new features
Writing .htaccess files can be an annoying task. There’s a lot written about it, but it remains a hard topic to get right, especially
We are not a remote-first company
Although we have employees in 7 countries — not bad for 20 people! — madewithlove is not a remote-first company. Yes, we work remotely, but there are
Sit down! Why you are wasting time with standups
Just like any other agile team, we meet each day to discuss blockers and what we planned to work on. The goal of the meeting
Have you seen our new haircut?
When you all were eating turkeys and busy handing out cleverly found gifts to celebrate the birthday of this Bethlehem born rising star, we quietly
Never talk to strangers
Talking to strangers in 1930s Moscow was not a smart thing to do. Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz (chairman of the management committee of one of the
Attend our first workshop: Why remote companies are winning
What does a great workplace look like in terms of collaboration? How are communication and process affected by working remotely? Can remote teams really function
I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him
Would you trust Ferris Bueller to work on your project? Probably not. But how could he earn your trust? When joining a new project, there
I need a vacation: madewithlove company retreat 2019 (Italy)
Every year, team madewithlove goes on a secret mission. We spend a week together in a cool location during our company retreat. This year was
Releasing with confidence
Still scared to ship to production on Friday afternoon? Even after reading our previous post on maturing your release process? Here’s some practical advice
How to be an asshole when testing bugs
Ugh… I can’t believe it! How did he find that? This is my goal when I test for bugs. I want to find the
Typed property must not be accessed before initialization
PHP7.4 introduced this cool new feature called “typed properties” which add the existing PHP type system to class properties. This means that you can
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