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Voters in South Texas overwhelmingly approved the decision to create the city of Starbase around the SpaceX test site, which will be led by the company’s managers.

Timlid Yevhen Turovets raised an important topic in the discussion, which caused a resonance in about 100 comments. The discussion took place around childhood traumas, child-rearing strategies, and a discussion of whether traumas can really be a point of growth. What do IT experts think about this?

Android Developer Yevgeny Maslak has a mixed attitude towards children’s programming courses. On the one hand, he sees some benefit from them, just like any other clubs, but on the other hand, looking at the courses, from the point of view of a future profession, it’s a waste of time, because «everything will be forgotten, damn it.» Do other technical specialists agree with him and what arguments in this case are convincing to them?

Ukrainian esports players have won major tournaments many times, including The International in Dota 2 and majors in Counter-Strike. Thanks to these successes, many of them have become dollar millionaires — they have secured a comfortable life for many years to come, although they were just sitting at their school desk yesterday.

Senior Frontend Developer Kyrylo Lutsenko shared in a post the recruiter’s answer and question, which was sent to his friend in response to the CV she sent. He asked the community how many personal red flags specialists counted for themselves after reviewing the list of these questions. Did IT specialists find anything scary for themselves there?

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The war has become one of the biggest challenges for Ukrainian businesses, especially the startup ecosystem. Despite economic instability, risks for investors, and global uncertainty, Ukrainian technology companies continue to be born and grow, attract funding, and enter global markets.

An IT space has opened at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The new location will become a place for learning and collaboration between students, scientists, entrepreneurs, and IT specialists. The project was financially supported by the NIX IT team.

Recently, on social media, HR development company Daria Karpin shared an observation about candidates who, after receiving a rejection, could switch from normal communication to passive-aggressive messages or just swearing. Have other recruitment professionals encountered something similar? It turns out that such cases are not isolated. Here’s what recruiters told dev.ua and shared the lessons they learned from similar situations.

What would change if artificial intelligence were added to online commerce? Probably nothing much if it were a single store or even a large marketplace. But what if it were done by Visa, a company that processes transactions for millions of buyers and merchants around the world and also has exclusive access to each of their spending histories?

Developer Yevgeny Maslak wondered whether it was worth sending his child to programming courses. The IT professional himself has an ambivalent attitude towards this, so he asked his colleagues whether it would be useful, or on the contrary - a waste of time and money.

Project Manager Igor Taratayko encountered strange requirements for an offer from a recruiter. Previously, at least one of them could be closed at the employer's expense.

Frontend Lead with nine years of experience, Serhiy Babayev, raised the topic of the cost of work for lead-level specialists on LinkedIn. How much should a lead be paid? IT professionals are pondering.

Software Developer Oleksiy Shevtsov published a screenshot of a vacancy from the company Readdle on LinkedIn, which indicates that the developer of a Ukrainian product does not hire specialists based in Ukraine.

No-code and low-code platforms: hype or real benefits for business? So what, is the developer profession now under threat? The discussion around «no-code» platforms has been raging in the IT community for several years. Supporters of the services argue that with their help, businesses can easily and quickly optimize processes and also save significantly. Some say that not everything is so clear-cut.

Russia’s full-scale invasion forced millions of Ukrainians to leave their homes and seek a safer life abroad. According to the Center for Economic Strategy, as of the end of November 2024, about 5.2 million refugees remained outside Ukraine. Among them are IT industry professionals, who until recently developed the Ukrainian technology sector, and are now trying to find their place in the new realities. dev.ua spoke with IT professionals who talked about adaptation, cultural contrasts, the peculiarities of local labor markets and the challenges they face when looking for a job.

In a recent experiment, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University staffed a fake software company with AI agents—artificial intelligence models designed to perform tasks on their own—and the results were hilariously chaotic.

After the energy attacks on Ukraine in 2022, lifecell faced a critical challenge: to ensure communication in moments when there is no energy anywhere. The weakest link turned out to be the power batteries — they were decided to replace them. But not just replace, but build a system that can withstand blackouts, loads and… thieves.

Manager Polina Levitska saw in a post of a CEO a question that he asks at every interview. And if the candidate cannot answer this question, the CEO ends the interview. She decided to find out what the experts would say? Here are the opinions of IT specialists on this matter.

How to revolutionize the document flow of a large financial institution in a way that makes life easier not only for the business, but also for hundreds of thousands of clients. The answer is simple: replace paper documents with electronic ones, combine them into a single digital system, and move from outdated monolithic platforms to modern solutions based on cloud technologies and flexible architecture.

In the second half of 2024, the number of cyberattacks from the Russian Federation increased by 48% compared to the previous half of the year. Ukrainian experts also note a significant increase in the complexity of the attacks and the level of sensitivity of the objects they were aimed at.

The outage of the De Novo data center, which occurred on April 26, led to the unavailability of a number of important services on a national scale for several hours. Thanks to the coordinated work of the operator’s specialists, everything ended well and relatively quickly. But the incident left questions — and they are not about De Novo.

Recruiter Igor Andreyko asked the IT community whether candidates from Ukraine were ready to record a 5-minute video where the person would talk about the most interesting project for them, the technologies used, the team, responsibilities, etc., as is practiced in the USA.

The AIN publication analyzed the main trends of the Ukrainian IT market over 10 years: from 2014 to 2024. The study showed how the introduction of innovations and investments in startups influenced the rapid development of our technology industry.

80% of IT professionals reading dev.ua admit that they use artificial intelligence to write code. The so-called vibecoders thus simplify and speed up their work. We conducted a small survey and found out in which cases Vibe coding is appropriate and useful, whether IT professionals are satisfied with the quality of code written by artificial intelligence, and how to correctly formulate a prompt for AI so that the result satisfies the requester as much as possible.

Three Ukrainians founded a startup in six months that solves the problem of thousands of restaurants with a digital solution that is still missing in Ukraine. The startups told dev.ua how Omni automates the entire ordering process between a restaurant and a supplier, and when the solution will be available.

AI is no longer just a tool, but a full-fledged participant in development processes. Someone uses it to automate routine, someone — to generate ideas. Meanwhile, Vibe Coding, that is, coding with the help of AI tools, is becoming increasingly popular in the community. And according to many coders, it saves a lot of time on routine tasks and often becomes an alternative to hiring junior specialists. dev.ua spoke with Igor Morgunov, Chief Technical Officer at SharksCode, to find out exactly how the team uses Vibe Coding, what role AI plays in daily work, and what awaits the IT industry in the near future.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence, especially large language models (LLM) such as Grok, Gemini, Claude, is shaping new directions for the development of the IT industry. Responding to these technological challenges, EPAM is strategically expanding its competencies and creating new specialties, shaping its approach to AI around four fundamental pillars that allow the company to successfully implement AI solutions in projects.

Stay tuned for our latest episode of the artificial intelligence show Sho on AI. In this episode, you’ll learn about open-source large language models that you can use unlimitedly, for free, and simply by downloading them to your PC (i.e., even when you don’t have an internet connection.

Business Operations Manager Yulia Rubanska told how the recruiter conducted a screening interview. According to the results, the candidate completed the test task much faster than the set time, but with a «three». When asked to refine the test, he replied that this is a full-fledged job that should be paid. And what do other specialists from the IT community think?