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In the Ukrainian tech sector, it is not uncommon for startups to be co-founded not just by business partners, but also by life partners — married couples or people in relationships. Sometimes such projects have grown into powerful players or even leaders in their market — examples of Rozetka, founded by Vladyslav and Iryna Chechotkin, or Mate Academy, co-founded by the couple Anna and Roman Apostol, are illustrative. Much has been written about these businesses, but right now, let’s focus on marriage-partner startups with Ukrainian roots. Whether they will ultimately be truly successful or will end up in the «startup graveyard» is a matter of personal preference. After all, our selection includes startups at various stages, founded by couples or people in relationships, without analyzing their existing background, prospects, business models, and amounts of funds raised.

This afternoon, July 1, drones attacked the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant «Kupol» in the Udmurt Republic, 1,300 km from the border with Ukraine. It is one of the main producers of the Tor and Osa air defense systems and the Harpy strike UAVs for the enemy army. One of the videos of the «Fluty» drone flight published on Russian resources shows that the drone does not have a chassis, which means it is launched not from the road, but from a stationary catapult or a special mobile transport platform. This improvement is likely to improve the aerodynamic characteristics of the strike drone and allow it to consume less fuel, which would increase the drone’s flight range or allow it to install additional payloads, as well as reduce radar visibility. In addition, the more streamlined shape of the «Furious» could increase the drone’s speed. We remind you of what is known about the most ferocious Ukrainian drone.

The world is once again on the brink of economic turbulence. A recession in the US, the likely return of Donald Trump to the White House, a weakening dollar, and heightened geopolitical risks are creating a perfect storm for financial markets. And at the same time, they are giving a new impetus to cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.

PMO and Odoo engineer Anastasia Myroshnyk complained in Threads that she has a developer on her team who writes all the code using artificial intelligence. However, this does not add dynamics to the project — the code often does not work. She asked the community if it is normal for AI to do all the work of a programmer. Here is what IT professionals think about this.

I communicate with dozens of candidates every week. On the outside, everything is familiar: experience, resume, salary expectations. And most live in a country where war is ongoing. Where the background level of anxiety has long been off the charts. And that’s why something deeper is often hidden under classic career questions.

Every newly created system is unstable. Is it impossible to accept it or not? Remember the first airplanes — they were unreliable and, as a result, unpredictable. In 1903, the Wright brothers lifted their plane into the air for about 12 seconds. In 1908, one of the demonstration flights ended in the death of a passenger. At the beginning of the 20th century, accidents were commonplace. But everything has changed, and thank God.

C++ Developer Vyacheslav S. asked the community whether it is necessary to add information about the military accounting specialty and deferment, if any, to the resume. The community is considering this issue — the conclusions are disappointing.

Interviews with AI recruiters are no longer a movie script or someone’s fantasy. Today, it is already a reality, as evidenced by the confessions and discussions of IT professionals on social networks. dev.ua found out whether AI recruiters exist on the Ukrainian IT market and what AI tools local recruitment specialists use. We interviewed specialists from several dozen companies. Here are the most meaningful answers.

Starting July 1, 2025, the voltage standard in the electrical network will officially change in Ukraine. What does this mean for consumers? Do I need to change my devices? And who is responsible if the voltage «jumps»? Let’s break it down point by point.

Ukrainian business has repeatedly tried to abandon 1 °C. Dozens of «Ukrainian alternatives», information campaigns, but it still remains the main accounting system at most Ukrainian enterprises. What is the real reason for this «resistance» to change? Is it just a lack of modern solutions or caution on the part of business? In fact, the problem is deeper. It is rooted in traditional approaches to management that have been formed over the years. And these approaches do not automatically change with the transition to a new, even more modern product, but with the same functionality.

How Favbet Tech, Boosteroid and «Lanet» withstand peak loads and prepare for highload in an adult way

Docusign — глобальна компанія, що займається електронним документообігом. Її продуктами користуються такі величезні компанії, наприклад, як Shell. Українець, принципал-інженер Микола Савенко працює тут майже рік і відповідає за стратегічні задачі, які покращують систему для більше мільярда користувачів по всьому світу. Ми поговорили з ним про нестандартні задачі в компанії, процес найму на дев’ять місяців, роботу в monobank, культуру роботи в США, мрії та роль менторства у житті.

Kyiv-based company BeesAgainstMines is working on modular drone-based platforms designed to clean up territories from the consequences of war. dev.ua spoke with the startup’s CEO Oleksandr Plakhtur and learned more about how the BeesAgainstMines artificial intelligence model and SWARM system work.

Recruiter Margarita N. shared on LinkedIn a list of the strangest situations she’s had to interview candidates in. In the comments, hiring experts and IT professionals added to this list, and dev.ua also asked recruiters from large companies about the most interesting interviews they’ve had in their practice over the past year.

The massive attacks that the enemy is carrying out on Ukraine are becoming more frequent. In particular, the capital of our country has recently been experiencing significant destruction: missile strikes on residential buildings, combined strikes, fires. In addition to various shelters arranged in public places, almost two years ago, woodworking equipment manufacturer Serhiy Zakharin developed and began manufacturing a metal structure for the «Life Capsule» shelter, which can be installed inside an apartment, house, or office. He told dev.ua what is currently happening with production, how large-scale shelling affects the process and volumes, and what changes the capsules may undergo.

OnlyFans models who received notices from tax authorities about additional tax assessments of hundreds of thousands of hryvnias are appealing these notices-decisions in court. So far, not everyone has been able to prove the tax authorities wrong, but there are already successful cases. Here are three stories with different endings.

Japan this week executed the «Twitter Killer» who killed nine people in 2017. It is the first use of the death penalty in the country since 2022.

A Ukrainian student team of four specialists founded the startup ExactOptiRoute and is developing a web application that allows you to travel around the center of Kyiv. The developers used operations research and artificial intelligence methods that allow the user to build unusual routes to visit not only historical and architectural monuments, but also enjoy delicious locations, see parks, and get to other useful and interesting places in the capital. The startup’s CEO, 23-year-old Mykola Korablev, told dev.ua what’s special about the application and how it differs from Google Maps.

Since artificial intelligence has become part of workflows, teams have a new set of tools to work more efficiently. It would seem that under such conditions, management should become simpler and the quality of management should increase.

“This is already a must-have, there are already cases where engineers are asked to write online coding prompts during interviews,” is one of the comments we saw on LinkedIn. It was written by Software Developer Viktor Svertoka after discussing such cases with colleagues during a meeting at the DOU Day IT conference. So we decided to ask team leaders whether they practice such a task, and vice versa — we asked developers whether they have encountered such a requirement. In addition, we monitored vacancies on jobs.dou to check how often employers require candidates to have such a skill. Here is what our small study showed.

Blockchain is a distributed ledger of data, the main feature of which is its complete independence from any centers. At the heart of this independence is cryptography, which ensures the authenticity and immutability of records, as well as decentralization, which eliminates the need for a central management body. But while the concept of encryption is understandable at a basic level, the question of implementing the second mechanism remains a mystery to most people.

For a very long time, the specialization of a tester was positioned as the easiest and fastest way to enter IT. And still, some courses and schools periodically speculate on this issue. However, it has already become clear to many that everything is not so simple and unambiguous. In addition, artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, thanks to the tools of which certain transformations are also observed in the work of testers and approaches to the selection of candidates. Serhiy Romanov, a tester with over 15 years of experience who currently works for Ukrainian company Brightgrove, which collaborates with streaming giant Pluto TV, owned by Paramount Global, shared with dev.ua his observations on changes in QA, as well as tips on AI tools and examples of how AI can be used in testers’ work, which can both help and threaten.

Over the past few decades, Ukrainian women have proven that their place and role in the domestic IT sector are beyond doubt. If we take the statistics from February 2024 to February 2025, then among new IT entrepreneurs, women generally made up 48%, almost embodying the same gender equality in practice. But is there a place in Ukrainian IT for purely female projects, which, moreover, declare themselves on the market with a slight touch of shocking? The girls from Sisi.Dev prove that yes. We spoke with Founder and Project Manager Yulia Mazhaeva, Co-founder and Head of UI/UX design Khrystyna Moroz, and Business Development Manager and Marketing specialist Alena Kukhtina to understand what services Sisi.Dev provides, what domains they work with, and what it’s like to run a women’s business during a full-scale war. In a conversation with dev.ua, they also told us how it all started, what business development plans they have, and how customers are reacting to their somewhat provocative «sign.»

Can player safety be developed through the architecture of IT solutions? Sweden and Finland have long stopped accepting responsible gaming as an option — it is a full-fledged ecosystem in which data, behavioral scenarios, and response algorithms work in anticipation.

Hello! This is Oleksandr Kryvotsyuk from «Just About Marketing», and in this article I want to share my own experience of building marketing in IT. Building a marketing department in an IT company is a complex process that requires a clear understanding of the industry, proper budgeting, and a strategic approach. Many companies simply don’t know where to start, which specialists to hire, and how much money to invest.

Since 2024, Ukrposhta has introduced the international practice of selling parcels that have been undelivered and unused for six months at auction through the Prozorro.Sales platform. The company explained how to participate in such auctions.

Hello, marketers and everyone looking for new ways to get closer to the customer! I know the word «personalization» sounds like a cliché from marketing presentations. But things are different now. Not because new ways of collecting data have emerged, but because the user’s mindset has changed — and decisions are often made not by a person, but by their AI-based agent. Have you talked to ChatGPT about buying a new laptop? Or asked Perplexity for advice on a Tesla alternative? If so, congratulations—you’ve experienced the beginning of the biggest marketing transformation since SEO.

The digital era has opened up a lot of advantages for us: the ability to buy anything, anytime and from anywhere, instead of wasting time traveling. Now you can quickly order the desired item to your home. However, cyberspace is an environment in which you need to be constantly attentive, because scammers can take advantage of your carelessness and lure confidential information, and with it, money. So, let’s look at how to shop online safely: without financial and information losses.

Men, trying to avoid mobilization, are looking for the most non-trivial ways to get a deferment. Here is one such case — here the defendant forged documents, allegedly becoming a programmer for the largest Ukrainian bank.

A team of students from Kyiv School No. 53, led by a computer science teacher, created an application that motivates users to do environmentally friendly things. We tell you how EcoReminder came about and what it is useful for.