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Server actions look like React compiler magic, but underneath they are a name mapped to a function behind one endpoint. You can build the same shape in Django, call it from React or a plain HTML form, and keep validation at the boundary.
As a non-technical founder, it can be difficult to determine if your development team is composed of engineers that are on a staff engineer,
Rationale I love React and I love Redux, but one of the things I struggle with a lot is how complicated the latter can make
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
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
The madewithlove team dives into their first Between Us session where they discuss problems that they encounter through their daily work. Today’s topic is
Tune in for spicy and insightful conversations on all things SaaS, products,(technical) leadership and product. In Pulse, the podcast, madewithlove’s Vincent Battaglia talks
Tune in for spicy and insightful conversations on all things SaaS, products,(technical) leadership and product. In Pulse, the podcast, madewithlove’s Vincent Battaglia talks
So you’ve decided to switch from one branching model to another. Did GitFlow catch your eye? Is it time to tackle feature flags with
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
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
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
I started a greenfield project this week. I knew it was coming after one of our product managers told me about it during lunch a
ChangeHub has been part of our madewithlove family for a long time. The first-ever commit dates back to November 8, 2014, during our team
Building software isn’t easy. Add the opinions and needs of multiple people into the mix and it can feel almost impossible at times. Learning
While snapshot testing has been around for a while in the form of visual snapshots (used in visual regression testing), it’s clear that the
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