Design Brutalist design is the bad influence we all need By Maria Grilo Like it or not - personal opinions and memes aside - brutalist design is moving from something edgy and almost punk, to something very mainstream and commercially viable. read more
Development Boosting the development environment with Vagrant and Ansible By André Santos Boosting your development environment is as easy as working Vagrant and Ansible together, allowing to switch between different projects without worrying about different versions, gems or operating systems. read more
Development What are Waterfall and Agile methodologies By Sandro Cantante When it comes to software development, the most popular methodologies are Waterfall and Agile. Everyone has an opinion about each, but few really know how to define them. read more
Development The don'ts of Software Engineering By Tiago Franco Different software engineering processes have different particularities, but there are always a few practices that should be avoided at all cost. read more
Design Improve yourself with good user experience By Sandro Cantante Some call it UX design, others call it magic. In either case, it's all about understanding the very basics of what makes us humans. read more
Development JavaScript async patterns quick guide By Joel Reis Patterns and libraries have emerged in the JavaScript ecosystem to handle asynchronous programming. Here I'll provide a quick guide to some of our top picks to deal with async patterns. read more
Design Videogame's onboarding experiences are a lesson to design By Sandro Cantante Onboarding experiences are essentially a UX design challenge that consists in getting the player to understand the game's mechanics before opening the whole lot of possibilities they provide. read more
Design The never-ending user journey through ads By Sandro Cantante Have you ever felt stalked by a product for which you barely showed any interest? Yes, we're all going through it too. Find out exactly why that's happening to everyone. read more
Development Learning JavaScript: tips and resources to get started By Nuno Castro Get started with JavaScript with a few tips and resources that we've put together for you. You'll be developing full stack JavaScript apps in no time! read more
Development SnapTrash: get rid of plastic waste with your phone By João Rodrigues A small app with a huge purpose. That’s the best way for us to describe SnapTrash, one of our latest projects that seeks to keep the oceans plastic free. read more
Development Why we’re ditching Ruby on Rails for Javascript & Node.js By Tiago Franco We've stopped using Ruby on Rails for our new projects, embracing JavaScript & Node.js as a better choice. Find out exactly why we've done it. read more
Design Design planning: making a stylish difference By Sandro Cantante Different styles can provide very different experiences. It's up to designers to plan the best strategy to make the product reflect the desired image. read more
