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Collecting flowers, arguing over gifts for children, and endless “pluses” on Viber are the nightmare of any parent committee. Software developer Roman created the web application “Na Shtory”, which replaced the chaos in messengers with a structured bulletin board and transparent reporting. The site is visited by about 3,500 unique users every day, and not only schools, but also kindergartens and volunteers are already interested in the functionality. We talked to Roman and tell the story of the project’s creation.

Apple unveiled HomeView, a $299 smart display that can recognize family members by face, control home devices, and answer questions using AI. Along with it, the company showed off new speakers, a set-top box, security cameras, and even a lock that unlocks itself.

In the face of a full-scale war, the public sector is forced to evolve, transforming digitalization from a tool for routine optimization into a matter of national security. The State Emergency Service has also undergone a significant transformation in recent years, from integrating the latest warning and emergency response systems to creating large-scale industry registers and implementing artificial intelligence solutions.

Ukrainian defense-tech has moved into mass production, but the enemy is also adapting, taking technological warfare to a new level. To create advanced complexes, Ukrainian developers no longer have the right to design at random. Basic 3D models do not show how the product will behave in conditions of severe vibrations or extreme overheating, which leads to the loss of equipment and lives. Trying to fix it at the test site is a waste of months and wasted investments. Let’s talk about four hidden physical problems that are killing drones and ground robots.

Glovo co-founder Sacha Michaud is one of the few top managers of large international companies who, despite the full-scale war and security risks, is a frequent guest in Ukraine. But this time we had the opportunity to talk to him not here, but in Barcelona, ​​​​namely, at the Glovo headquarters.

Due to enemy attacks, water supply problems are occurring in the capital and other Ukrainian cities. The dev.ua editorial team has collected online resources where you can get water in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odessa, and Dnipro during outages. Special maps and chatbots are available for convenient search in some cities.

As we read in the news this morning, Cloudflare Radar has detected a sudden and critical drop in automated bot traffic coming out of Russian tech giant Yandex’s networks. And this happened right after Ukrainian drones successfully attacked the company’s key data centers in Sasovo (a cool name) and Kaluga.

How text-based social networks are changing and why the old rules of the game no longer work

Ukrainian Buntar Aerospace raised $16 million in investment last week. The company develops Buntar-3 reconnaissance drones and Buntar Copilot software, which helps automate some of the crew’s work. Now the main task is to scale production to meet growing demand from the front. The company says that its solutions have already proven their effectiveness in combat conditions. In particular, Buntar-3 helped strike a Shahed warehouse at the Donetsk airfield. The funds raised will be used primarily to expand production capacities, develop software and an engineering team. Other areas include developing solutions for anti-drone defense, precision strikes, and developing the production of medium-range drones. dev.ua spoke with Buntar Aerospace co-founder Bohdan Sas about why the company is attracting investment right now, what is holding back its growth, and what role algorithms already play in combat missions. Also, how quickly developers are adapting technologies to new threats on the frontline, whether they plan to enter international markets, and what results they want to achieve in the next two to three years.

The author of the on-board software for Apollo has passed away at the age of 90. Her code helped land on the moon, and her approach to reliability still underlies mission-critical software.

Development engineer Ivan Ursul, who has almost 15 years of experience and recently defended his PhD in Computer Science, told dev.ua about Svitgrid. This is an application for monitoring and controlling home solar power plants, which he develops himself. The project began as a pet-project, and now, according to the author, it already works on more than a hundred stations in Ukraine and several abroad (a map of stations can be viewed on the service’s website).

A few years ago, a significant part of a creative’s value was tied to what they could do with their hands: write a text, draw a visual, find the right reference, put together a storyboard, edit a video, build a complex scene in 3D. Today, some of this work can be done in hours, and sometimes minutes. And it would be strange to pretend that this will not affect the profession in any way. It will. It already does.

The main demand from entrepreneurs is shifting towards simplicity and automation. According to the global Mastercard Dreamonomics study, small and medium-sized enterprises already use an average of five digital business tools, 89% want to use them even more, and 78% consider the integration of such services with each other to be critical.

In the 3rd episode of our partnership project with Google Ukraine — "AI to the rescue" — we took a look "under the hood" of Daylight, a premium supplier of interior textiles and wallpaper. The company's CEO, Yulia Bakun, shared her practical experience of integrating Gemini into workflows and talked about how automation is changing the routine of the B2B segment.

Denis Voznyuk works in the corporate security department of EPAM, and at home he has four 3D printers named after Air Force aircraft. He prints parts for FPV, caps for Stinger missiles, pillboxes for first aid kits, and even elements of lamps for operating rooms in Kharkiv and Dnipro hospitals for the Defense Forces. It all started with a collection for a thermal imager for a relative from the border detachment. Denis told dev.ua how the community of printers emerged, why he calls 3D printing "a rabbit" of volunteering, and what should not be allowed in helping the military. Below is his direct speech.

After a few days at an AI conference, I found myself thinking that we might be asking the wrong question about AI and the future of PR. We keep asking: Will AI replace communications professionals? But what is much more interesting is this: why do we need PR in a world where AI can already do a significant part of the work we used to call PR?

System administrator Timur Morozov developed a specialized Android application Azimut GPS, which detects problems in satellite navigation and transmits the user's real coordinates directly to Waze or Google Maps.

Ukrainian defense tech is developing rapidly, but companies are faced with an increasingly difficult task: not just to create a technological product, but to bring it to mass production, train the military to use it, provide service, and constantly improve the system based on the results of combat use.CEO of ARX Robotics Ukraine Igor Kornilov believes that scaling remains one of the biggest problems of Ukrainian softtech today. At the same time, he warns against excessive expectations from AI: in his opinion, the technology does not yet mean full autonomy, and human control remains critically important.

On June 30, 2026, MetaMask launched Money Account. A separate account based on the stablecoin mUSD on the Monad network appeared inside the familiar wallet: the balance automatically generates returns, it can be spent via MetaMask Card, transferred or used to replenish accounts for trading perpetual futures and prediction markets. The base variable rate is stated at up to 4% per annum, and a promotional period with a return of up to 6% is valid until the end of September.

How much does artificial intelligence cost a business when it stops being an experiment and becomes part of daily processes? dev.ua asked the Master of Code Global team about this — the questions were answered by Iryna Nikulina, Delivery Operations Director, Iryna Shevchuk, Information Security Officer, and Bohdan Sergienko, Chief Technology Officer.

YASNO implements projects for businesses with solar power plants, energy storage, and backup generation. But after the equipment is launched, another task arises: to transform a set of energy assets into a single system that helps the enterprise reduce costs and effectively manage electricity consumption. The answer was EMS YASNO Power — a proprietary energy management system (Energy Management System), which helps businesses manage electricity generation, storage, and consumption as a single system. We tell you how an energy company became a developer of its own software product, why it abandoned ready-made solutions, and what challenges it faced when creating the platform.

Ukraine is developing its own satellite system similar to Starlink. Frankly, yesterday’s news surprised and made me think.

Massive attacks on energy and infrastructure, including data centers, communication hubs, etc., have returned to our reality. According to Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky, such a massive and combined attack has not been observed since the end of the last heating season. Moreover, local governments have already been instructed to urgently check the readiness and complete the connection of backup power systems for critical facilities.

Product Designer Vitalina Padalka created her family tree website over the weekend without a single click in Figma or writing any code by hand: all design and development was handled by AI. Now all family members can view their family history directly from their smartphones. Vitalina talked about the development process and shared advice, emphasizing that preserving memory is critically important now, "when a Russian missile can burn family albums or take the lives of loved ones."

This time, the team of the show "Sho po Shi" went offline and recorded a special edition just during the main technological event of the year — IT Arena in Lviv!

Predictions that AI will massively reduce the need for programmers have yet to be borne out by hiring data. Tech companies are once again adding to their hiring pipeline, and demand for software engineers remains high.

The digital asset market dictates new requirements: people are no longer satisfied with a simple button for quick exchange in a messenger — they need deep transaction analysis, private banking-level security, and a convenient infrastructure for business. The Ukrainian service 001k.bot, which started as a Telegram bot, has grown into a full-fledged web platform with synchronized accounts, commission-free swaps, and corporate tools. In an exclusive interview for dev.ua, 001k.bot brand ambassador Serhiy Gutsu told why the team was not afraid to introduce KYC, how a business functionality like Multi-send saves hundreds of hours, and why the future of crypto services is not just "pictures and ecosystems," but solving everyday practical problems.

Lately, I’ve been finding myself thinking more and more that Reddit has developed a myth of its success. Looking at the news, it might seem like the platform is going through one of the best times in its history. Reddit is talked about a lot, its discussions dominate Google, brands are paying attention to it, and marketers around the world are trying to figure out how to work with it.

According to government and military forecasts, the winter of 2026–2027 may be much more difficult than previous ones — with longer and more widespread power outages. dev.ua asked several IT companies in Ukraine — ZONE3000, EPAM, Ciklum, Railsware, and Appflame — how they are preparing: is there an action plan in case of prolonged blackouts, backup hubs in other cities, and relocation programs for employees.

Today, Natalia Mykolska announced that she is ending her work as executive director of the technology alliance Diia.City United.