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Fintech insights straight from Helsinki I recently had the opportunity to attend the 2024 Nordic Fintech Summit in Helsinki and it was truly fantastic! The event was not only packed with valuable meetings and discussions but also incredibly enjoyable. With approximately 660 participants, mostly business professionals from the Nordic fintech sector, the summit provided insights […]

Why implementing the rules of accessibility of digital products is so important from a business and social point of view. Accessibility – what is it? In general, accessibility means the level to which a given thing/functionality can be used by the largest possible group of people. In the case of accessibility, it is not so […]

From Figma to React: Introduction Recently, within our team, a discussion emerged about converting designs made in Figma into React code. This conversation was sparked due to the constant evolution of tools available for developers. While the possibility of converting design to code has existed for some time, its implementation has been, frankly speaking, suboptimal. […]

Event-driven Newsletter Welcome to our May 2024 edition of Scalendar! As we move into a bustling spring, this issue brings you a compilation of the most anticipated frontend and software architecture events around the globe. With a particular focus on Scala conferences in May 2024, our newsletter serves as your guide to keep you updated […]

Scala is well-known for its great functional scala libraries which enable the building of complex applications designed for streaming data or providing reliable solutions with effect systems. However, there are not that many solutions which we could call frameworks to provide every necessary tool and out-of-the box integrations with databases, message brokers, etc. In 2022, Kalix was […]

Test automation is great. Nowadays, it’s become a crucial part of basically any software development process. And at the unit test level it is often a necessity to mimic a foreign service or other dependencies you want to isolate from. So in such a case, using a mock library should be an obvious choice that […]

Introduction: Is ducktape still all duct tape under the hood? Or, why are macros so cool that I’m basically rewriting it for the third time? Before I go off talking about the insides of the library, let’s first touch base on what ducktape actually is, its Github page describes it as this: Automatic and customizable […]

Event-driven Newsletter Another month full of packed events, not only around Scala conferences in April 2024 but also Frontend Development, and Software Architecture—all set to give you a treasure trove of learning and networking opportunities. There’re online and real-world events that you can join in order to meet colleagues and experts from all over the […]

What is a VPN, and why is it important? A Virtual Private Network, or VPN in short, is a tunnel which handles all the internet data sent and received between Point A (typically an end-user) and Point B (application, server, or another end-user). This is done with security and privacy in mind, because it effectively […]

Introduction – Artificial Intelligence in Application Development When a few years ago the technological world was taken over by the blockchain trend, I must admit that I didn’t hop on that train. I couldn’t see the real value that this technology could bring to someone designing application interfaces. However, when the general public got to […]