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The token bill for an AI agent is the visible 10 to 30% of what it costs. Review, supervision, rework and ownership make up the rest, and unlike a salary, almost nobody forecasts it.
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12 Factors in the era of containers
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Querying your Redux store with GraphQL
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Smooth Sailing
Here at madewithlove, we don’t do design. We’ve been saying that in almost every sales pitch over the years, each time with the
Pulse: Episode 3 - Between Us - PHP
On this episode of madewithlove’s Pulse podcast, Vinch Battaglia, CTO in residence, welcomes Wouter Sioen, software engineer, and Jonas Drieghe, software engineer, all members
Pulse: Episode 2 - Between Us - Refactoring
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Pulse: Episode 1 - Jeremy Le Van (Cowboy)
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Pulse podcast - Pilot with Andreas Creten
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Pitfalls when switching branching models
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Remote onboarding: How madewithlove onboards (remote) employees
Onboarding can be a stressful time for a company, doubly so for a remote company. At madewithlove, we focus on proper documentation so that new
Serverless functions with Vercel
As you (might) know, our current website is built on Gatsby. I love the fact we’re generating a super cacheable, fully static site with
CPD method
I love DDD, not domain driven design but instead double diamond design. In fact, I even mentioned it in my colleague.readme. Double diamond design
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