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Connecting devs & product: Key lessons learned
In early 2020 we decided to kick off a series of events bringing insights from engineering leaders at Czech tech scaleups (as we like to call companies already past the initial startup phase). Up to now, we have organized three TechUncovered panel discussions. The previous two events focused on scaling
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Delivering payment requests: one of our killer features
In this article, I would like to reveal how software development works at MEWS. The development team is product-oriented, meaning that we focus on a single product and do not build applications on demand. We provide multiple applications for hoteliers and other providers whose services can be booked for certain
Leadership
Manage people like a boss: how to guarantee fair salaries
It is duty of a manager to treat everyone fairly and in timely manner. Compensation should be given for the work and contribution that the person delivers to the company. It should not depend on negotiation skills and boldness of the employee to ask for more. Unless their job is a negotiator :).
Leadership
How to excel in engineering management
For a Software Developer, it can feel unrealistic to think of being the Engineering Manager of, say, dozens of people in the future. Time passes by. The future turns into the present. One day you realize that being a manager has the potential to dramatically increase the influence you have.
Backend
Composition over inheritance: road to algebraic data types
How many times have you worked with inheritance hierarchy, which was almost impossible to change? Which made you feel like you are not the one in control, but just plugging bits and pieces into this big colossus? If you make living out of programming for some while, chances are you
Data
Bookmarks in Power BI: how to create a clean, one-page report
Whether you’re a Power BI developer or simply build a report here and there to visualize your data, you’ve probably seen it before. Reports can get easily crowded with visuals, as space on the canvas is limited, and they end up being hard to understand and navigate. But
Frontend
How to get your cross-references in redux straight
Here at Mews, we have, as any other diligent react/redux developers, followed the redux documentation's recommendations on shaping the redux store. Thus, our state ended up being (somewhat) shaped in such a manner that it references data from one (sub)state to another. While the documentation has good reasoning
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Cracking UnCrackable Android apps: step-by-step guide (part 2)
Level 2 looks and feels like CRACKME level 1, but it is more difficult to crack for two reasons: First, the place where the secret is stored. This time, it is hard-coded in native code.Second, the app also employs a technique that makes attaching a debugger to it a
