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05/09/2024

The concept of our biweekly briefings, which include all development teams, is that one person shares a valuable insight they’ve recently learned with the rest of the group — from solving specific bugs to new ways of doing things.

Last week, Ivana talked about the Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) book, a study guide for the same-name important certification for our devs — alongside Scrum Master, PRINCE2, or other Oracle certifications.

By revisiting key principles of object-oriented programming, and ensuring a solid understanding among the team, Ivana’s insights were especially useful to those currently preparing for the exam.

26/08/2024

The Software Craftsman: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride - our Tech Lead Ivan’s recommendation to add to your reading list. 📘

The book offers advice on how to be professional and pragmatic in software development, while still finding pride and purpose in the work you do.

As Ivan says: "Every developer should be striving towards excellence and take ownership of every final output. This book teaches you how to do so, highlighting the importance of quality, continuous education, mentoring, and embracing the developer community.”

14/08/2024

Say hello to our new team member! 😁

Filip has recently joined our Cybersecurity team as a Java Developer, and we're more than glad to have him on board. 🙌

01/08/2024

Transparency is one of the core values that we apply to every aspect of our work - from development to employee experience. For that reason, we put a special emphasis on being authentic and honest during the hiring process.

We firmly believe in a fair evaluation that brings value to the candidates, too. Here’s how we do it. 👇

A quality hiring process is crucial for both companies and employees, ensuring the right fit and fostering long-term success. In this blog, we'll discuss the

25/07/2024

For this month’s , our Frontend Developer Luka recommends The Odin Project, an open-source online learning website.

As Luka explains: “Its courses closely mirror real-world software development by frequently directing developers to read documentation, blog posts, or articles, which is exactly what we do in the field. Instead of providing a complete resource, it encourages the reader to explore various sources and synthesize this information into both knowledge and code — which is essentially how software is built.

Also, The Odin Project covers full stack for Ruby programming language with Ruby on Rails framework, but also Javascript full stack path where one can learn fundamentals, advanced concepts, Javascript, React and Node.js. It even has a “Getting Hired Course” that has some interesting readings for preparing for the market.”

23/07/2024

Our meticulousness and adherence to quality are embedded into everything we do, starting from the way we build code. And we do it by following these 5 key steps that help our teams work and grow in sync. 🤝

18/07/2024

Based on years of our own experience and internal coding guidelines, we recently published a Backend Handbook to round up best coding practices in one place.

Read the blog below to see why we felt the need to share these practices with the community, but also the advantages such a handbook has for the reader. 👇

Recently, we published our first Backend Handbook. Throughout a few months of working, our Development team has crafted over a hundred pages of coding best

12/07/2024

“If you've ever thought about switching from Java due to performance issues, think again. Java has evolved significantly, and with the right practices, it can deliver excellent performance. The problem likely lies elsewhere, and it's up to you to pinpoint and resolve it.”

In our newest blog, our Tech Lead Ivan, talks about bridging the gap between Java Memory and performance.

Learn how that translates into using clean code practices to maximize code performance. 👇

Get a better understanding of Java Memory Architecture and learn how to maximize code performance with clean code practices.

10/07/2024

In our latest session, our Frontend Developer Petar shared some insights into the IoT product we've developed, focusing on its frontend interface - to the audience of both frontend and backend developers.

He highlighted several key reasons why understanding frontend is essential, even for backend developers, and they absolutely agree: “Effective collaboration between both sides ensures a seamless and functional user experience.”

Read below why our Backend Developer Ivana thinks it’s important to nurture that collaboration.

04/07/2024

Recently we had the pleasure of taking a team building trip to Austria at the invite of our clients from cyan Digital Security.

It’s always important to step away for a second, and so we had a wonderful time, starting with a good hike and ending with even better food and drinks.

Thanks to cyan for inviting us, it’s always great fun!

02/07/2024

“It was just right for me!”

After college, our Frontend Developer Dorian was looking for an opportunity to kick-off his career in software development - and found it in our juniorship program. 🎓

It provided Dorian with a hands-on experience he was looking for, working on real problems and gradually growing his skill set.

Find out more about our juniorship 🔗 leapwise.co/juniorship/

➡️ The juniorship is coming back this year, so make sure to stay tuned for more details soon.

28/06/2024

As a software development company, you can have the right answer and the right solution - but what is it that gives you an edge over others?

The answer is credibility and trust. And to achieve both, you have to become authority in what you do and how you present it outwardly:

➡ Choose a field you excel at and have domain expertise in.
➡ Do your research and take ownership of your projects.
➡ Never stop learning.
➡ Engage with your community & showcase achievements.
➡ Stay honest - don’t oversell what you can’t deliver.

Read more about growing your authority in our newest blog. 💡

Establishing yourself as an authority in software development has become an indispensable part of success. Here's 5 ways you can build that authority.