Originally published at Scalable Path by Fabio Ferreira on April 7, 2020. Mobile applications have traditionally been written in native languages. Lately, however, hybrid cross-platform frameworks have been gaining market share. …

The sudden shift towards remote work is accelerating the shift toward modern practices like staff augmentation. According to Deloitte’s 2020 study on the state of remote work, companies are now prioritizing cost-efficiency and agility as their top business objectives to stay ahead of constantly evolving requirements and maintain a competitive…

It’s no surprise that North American companies are starting to see the value in hiring technical talent from Latin America. …

Originally published at Scalable Path by Abdurahman Adilovic on January, 11th 2021. Just like all software, Android apps should adhere to common architecture rules and patterns. Android apps that don’t follow the right architecture tend to become unmaintainable through cluttered Activities and Fragments lacking a consistent design or set of…

The last decade has seen a huge boom in U.S. companies hiring Latin American developers. Through this, it’s become clear that one of the most important skills LATAM developers can develop to further their careers is a great level of English. As an Argentinian in the upper quadrant of the…

Understand how the TDD methodology works and tips to implement this practice into your development process. — Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development practice that has been steadily growing in popularity. Its three-step process can give you the confidence to refactor and improve your code using a workflow that’s proven to boost your team’s productivity in the long run. While it sounds promising in theory, many…

7 qualities that set a great programmer apart from the crowd — Great programmers are rare. Their productivity is 3 times that of an average developer and 10 times that of a bad developer*. The top 1% of developers in the world don’t just write solid code but have important intangible traits. “The best programmers are up to 28 times better than…

Is Svelte the next big thing in JavaScript frameworks? — Over the years, JavaScript development has gone through several paradigms: from raw AJAX in vanilla JS to a long reign of event-driven frameworks such as jQuery and Mootools, to the current state-driven approach of the current champions such as React, Vue, and Angular. But in an era where everyone is…

“Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth. Hiring was — and still is — the most important thing we do.” — If you’re in the market to hire a software developer, you have likely discovered — or will discover — some of the challenges associated with acquiring tech talent. The demand for freelance software developers is at an all-time high, making it especially difficult to find and hire the best people…