Crafting Software

Some thoughts on feedback

In this article, I'm taking a look into why I believe the word "feedback" has developed the bad reputation many people associate with it.

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A guide to better feature demos

Maybe you love showing off your work, or maybe you dread the times when you have to present a new feature or release. In this article, I want to point out why it's a good thing if you have the chance to showcase your work, and why it's important to do it well.

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Five things I've learned by moving from senior developer to junior product designer

We sometimes feel a need for a change of pace or a fresh challenge but don't want to move away from our product, our teammates, our company. Have you ever considered what other roles your skillset recommends you for within your current project?

The Art of Celebrating Too Early And Backtracking to Save The Day. A Scraping Story.

How we doubled our data with a simple backtracking trick.

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A quick intro to Regular Expressions (RegEx)

Ever wondered how something as obscure and obfuscated as this ^[(]{0,1}[0-9]{1,4}[)]{0,1}[-\s./0-9]$ could be useful? This article is for you.

Adrian Magdas on Crafting Good Software

Podcast: Adrian Magdas On Crafting Good Software For Even Better ProductsAdrian is the CTO and Co-founder at Crafting Software. He is a speaker, trainer, and local community leader regarding functional

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Handling REST errors with RxSwift and RxAlamofire

Use enums and extension functions to simplify consuming REST APIs with RxSwift and RxAlamofire.

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Angular Meets Phoenix/Elixir

I recently started working on a Phoenix/Elixir based project. Well, I’m too rusty for that, I said to myself. After many years of OOP, I was about to

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Why a mobile app for ordering and paying in restaurants is not a good business idea

Dining out is not always a great experience. Sometimes you have to wait too much before ordering, wave your hands desperately to get another glass of wine, wait for the

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What Product Designers can learn from the Kinder Egg

One quiet winter evening, while I was reading a goodnight story to my 3 years old daughter, she suddenly started kicking and screaming that she wants a chocolate egg. That

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Is going remote a viable solution for your company?

Greetings from my home office,I'm Darius Baba from CraftingSoftware and I want to share with you our personal experience and insights on working fully remote in the last 2