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How efficient is pair programming? Will it work on your team?

How efficient is pair programming? Will it work on your team?

It is quite easy to see pair programming as using double the resources for writing the same piece of code. If wrongly applied, this might even be the case, so why do experienced pair programmers feel like it is more efficient than working on their own? Let’s take a...

Company benefits in 2019 at madewithlove

Company benefits in 2019 at madewithlove

Back in 2016, we wrote about our company benefits for the first time. With being honest as one of our fundamental company values and the impact of employee benefits on happiness, we don’t see a reason in keeping them secretive. Here is a detailed and updated look at the...

What if... you're the only non-tech guy in a tech company

What if... you're the only non-tech guy in a tech company

For the record: I started writing this blog post laying next to a nice blue pool. The pool and the rest of the quite amazing resort is situated in Kos, Greece. Together with the rest of the company, I was enjoying the retreat that madewithlove organises each year for its...

Re-evaluating the need for estimates

Re-evaluating the need for estimates

In an ever-changing industry, it’s important to constantly keep re-evaluating your own methods and processes. Do they still serve the needs of today? Are you trying to solve yesterday’s problem? Are you setting yourself up to tackle tomorrow’s biggest issue head first, or are you digging yourself...

How to keep pair programming digestible

How to keep pair programming digestible

Most software engineers are aware of the fact that pair programming can have some huge advantages. It’s one of the most efficient ways to share knowledge, it gives you an almost instant feedback loop, and it results in higher quality, less error-prone code. Pair programming can be draining though....

How I fell for madewithlove in 30 days

How I fell for madewithlove in 30 days

My name is Vicky Jáuregui, I am a passionate software engineer from Argentina who matched with a one-of-a-kind company. Here is the story on how I started working at madewithlove. The remote job hunt I have been working remotely for the past four years with international teams, and I do...

Three steps to hiring: how we attract talented developers

Three steps to hiring: how we attract talented developers

We really care about everyone that works at madewithlove. So we want to be doubly sure your core values will match (or add to) our company culture, before you even open your madewithlove-stickered MacBook the very first time. Most of our developers are here to stay… and that’s a...

Working remotely: a new user’s perspective.

Working remotely: a new user’s perspective.

I have a history of working in companies where you were expected to be in the office or at the client 95% of the time. Working at home or from another place was seen as ‘weird’. So switching to madewithlove, which advocates remote work, sounded fun and scary at the...

My first day at madewithlove and a strange white box

My first day at madewithlove and a strange white box

A recap of my first month at madewithlove Hi, my name is Gabriel Martinez. I’m a last-year student in Computer Graphics Design, option Web, at Haute École de la Province de Liège in Belgium. My internship at madewithlove started on 5 February. Here’s a recap of my first...

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