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The Rise of Compact Small Language Models
October 20, 2025

The Rise of Compact AI: How Small Language Models Are Taking Over Tasks Once Reserved for Giants

The AI world has long been mesmerised by scale. Bigger models, more parameters, more compute โ€” that seemed to be the formula for breakthroughs. But now we are entering a countervailing era: Small Language Models…

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The Disappearing Species of Adulthood
October 8, 2025

The Disappearing Species of Adulthood

Sometimes it seems there are far fewer adults around us than we assume. People look like adults, they hold senior titles, manage teams, and use words like ownership and responsibility. Yet, when the moment of…

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September 30, 2025

The Remote Work Mirage: How IT Performance Has Quietly Deteriorated Since COVID

For years, the tech industry has comforted itself with a seductive narrative: remote work doesnโ€™t hurt performance, and in fact, itโ€™s the future. Add in the fashionable talk of a four-day week and youโ€™ve got…

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September 26, 2025

Delivering Value from the Very First Call

When we take the role of a client ourselves, we notice how often initial conversations with contractors feel like wasted time. You explain your problem, but nothing meaningful comes back. No insights, no new perspective,…

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September 17, 2025

The Rise of Code Cleanup Teams After Vibe Coding

Start-ups often thrive on speed. Founders sketch out a product idea, open their laptops, and start building with whatever tools are at hand. In recent years this style has gained a catchy name: vibe coding.…

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Why British Clients Gain by Working with Non-Native English Teams
September 15, 2025

“Mind the (Small) Gap”: Why British Clients Gain by Working with Non-Native English Teams in Ukraine

British buyers often hesitate to hire brilliant Ukrainian engineers because of one awkward truth: the English may be imperfect. Here's the equally important truth: the language issue is manageableโ€”and the upside for quality, success, cost…

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August 30, 2025

Why we chose Test Scenarios over endless Test Cases

When a new feature lands in the hands of testers, there is always a moment of excitement. Many testers enjoy exploratory testing โ€“ the freedom of clicking through the interface, trying different combinations, and discovering…

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How to Survive in the Upcoming AI Era
August 23, 2025

How to Survive in the Upcoming AI Era: A Student Guide

On 6 August 2025, Forbes published a piece about some of the top American students โ€“ particularly from MIT and Harvard โ€“ who chose to leave university, citing fears of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and…

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UI/UX design. User journey
August 19, 2025

User Journeys, UI/UX, and Why Every Project Needs a UX Designer

When people talk about โ€œUI/UXโ€, the two disciplines often get merged into one. Yet in reality, they answer very different questions. The User Interface (UI) focuses on the visual side โ€“ layouts, colours, typography and…

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How to build a product
August 2, 2025

Beyond Features: Why Your Product Needs a Soul Before It Gets a Body

Picture this: you're tasked with building a city. Do you start by laying bricks for houses, pouring concrete for roads, and installing street lamps? Most rational people would say noโ€”yet this is precisely how many…

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