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IRL#7: Ljubljana
Read more »: IRL#7: LjubljanaIt’s mid-year and it was time for In-Real-Life meetup in the hometown of Niteo, Ljubljana. Mid-year IRL is usually a bit more relaxed since there is no major reviewing or planning that needs to take place. Therefore we had a quick overview of the last half a year and then worked on a few important…
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Elm: A frontend story that a backend dev can love
Read more »: Elm: A frontend story that a backend dev can loveI’ve been doing Web development for about 15 years now. The first few years were mostly tinkering with PHP and doing basic changes via the browser using Plone. Very early into my career I co-founded Niteo. And got the first few clients. We were n00bs, so we decided to use Plone to build client websites…
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PyCon Thailand 2019
Read more »: PyCon Thailand 2019Website: https://th.pycon.org/en Talks: http://yt.vu/c/UCtHekbmBXtp5AYSVARFQQiw (to be uploaded) It is the first conference I ever attended, my first foreign trip, and the first opportunity to give a talk. In short, it was an incredible and unforgettable experience for me. Positives Friendly, energetic and very helpful people. Perfect venue: easy to reach technology park with dedicated rooms…
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KubeCon 2019
Read more »: KubeCon 2019This was my first time at a KubeCon conference. This year it was held in Barcelona with over 7.5k attendees! The conference was held at Gran Via which is a huge place. It consists of 8 huge halls and 3 of them were used for KubeCon. It could take you up to 15 minutes of…
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Robust REST APIs with Pyramid
Read more »: Robust REST APIs with PyramidIt’s almost a year since we started working on a new project: WooCart. Up until that point, all our projects were “backend-monoliths”, i.e. the backend rendered all necessary HTML and served it to the user. Some templates had some jQuery or Vue.js sprinkled on top, but that was about as far as we were willing…
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The Many Faces of AI Powered Marketing
Read more »: The Many Faces of AI Powered MarketingThis month I went to DigiMarCon in New York. I expected it to be a much bigger conference with more people, more talks to choose from and actual workshops. It was far from that but is a good conference to attend if it’s near you. I want to share here and expand on some AI…
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We got banned from PayPal after 12 years of business (updated)
Read more »: We got banned from PayPal after 12 years of business (updated)Update: PayPal restored our account, and they were as descriptive as when banning us. This was after a call and tweet confirming the “final decision”. We’re appreciative nonetheless. 🙂 Original post continues below You’d think that being a legitimate online business, having 12 years of history with PayPal, and hundreds of thousands of dollars processed,…
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Why everyone at Niteo loves checklists
Read more »: Why everyone at Niteo loves checklistsAt Niteo we love using checklists. We think they’re great because they: are easy to follow, remind you about the critical things that need doing, anyone can lead a meeting if they have a checklist. We use checklists for Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospectives: We use checklists for User Story Expectations (aka Acceptance Criteria): We…
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Why we are backing Earnest Capital
Read more »: Why we are backing Earnest CapitalI always had a vision for Niteo to grow into a factory of sane startups. A combination of internal spin-offs, an accelerator, and a VC fund. But with the emphasis on longevity rather than growth rate and unicorns. A little over a year ago in Lisbon, I had a very long evening conversation about the…
