Enhancing software, elevating teams.

Leadership dinner

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 on the bike lane showed that the little sister of storm Dennis had passed by. However, it wasn’t the strong wind that kept me...

My female perspective at madewithlove

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 fortunate to work on diverse teams across various companies. Madewithlove is currently very dominated by men. Being the only woman in the team makes me...

Our htaccess tester tool has new features

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 if you’re only doing this infrequently. Testing those files can be hard because it requires a local Apache server running or to upload it...

We are not a remote-first company

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 6 traits that allow us to be a successful remote company. We are a knowledge-first company. What is a knowledge-first company? A knowledge-first company is...

Sit down! Why you are wasting time with standups

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 is to get everyone on the same page and make it clear when there is friction. We even tried async written standups. Then we cancelled...

Have you seen our new haircut?

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 launched a new website. We chose not to go for the big bang release and fill your walls and inboxes with dozens of notifications, so...

Never talk to strangers

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 biggest Moscow literary clubs – MASSOLIT) and his young companion, poet Ivan Nikolayich Poniryov (who wrote under the pseudonym of Bezdomny) knew that all too well....

Attend our first workshop: Why remote companies are winning

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 as if they are sitting next to each other? Which remote-friendly processes can I use for my colocated teams? Madewithlove has been operating as a...

I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him

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 are a couple of actions you can take in order to build up that trust. Here are some tips. 1. Commit and Disagree We’ve...

You’ve successfully subscribed to madewithlove
Welcome back! You’ve successfully signed in.
Great! You’ve successfully signed up.
Success! Your email is updated.
Your link has expired
Success! Check your email for magic link to sign-in.