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The official release of the Ukrainian indie game «Tukoni: Guardians of the Forest» on PC took place on August 17. The puzzle adventure based on the book series by illustrator Oksana Bula became available on Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.

CDTO of the Ministry of Economy Oleksandr Tsybort joined the ministry almost two years ago, in September 2024, leaving a successful business in the field of e-commerce. During this time, he managed to implement the «Pulse» platform, which collects feedback from entrepreneurs on the work of state bodies, significantly advance the digitalization of issuing licenses and permits through «eDozvil», and also begin the launch of the labor market ecosystem «Obriy». These are the most public and media products associated with Tsybort’s name, but he oversees much more issues in the ministry, and not all of them are directly related to digitalization.

Artificial intelligence allows you to manage multiple projects at once, learn new skills faster, and take on work that previously had to be delegated. But there is a downside: AI does not get tired and does not signal that the workday is over. You have to stop yourself. This was told to Business Insider by Nick Sanchez, a licensed family therapist from California and founder of Silicon Valley Therapy, who works primarily with entrepreneurs, executives, and other high-performing professionals in the technology industry. He says that about 99% of his clients cite burnout as a major problem. Recently, he has increasingly seen AI burnout, a condition where AI capabilities force a person to take on even more work.

Ukrainian IT professional Serhiy Bezbabnykh developed the Lost and Found app, which aims to return lost items to their owners.

STALKER 2 developers GSC Game World have announced the 2.0 «Return to the Zone» update, which is scheduled to be released on August 20th, along with the «Price of Hope» expansion.

Історія про те, як маркетолог без прав адміністратора побудував автоматичний моніторинг ботів, який щодня аналізує сотні тисяч запитів, пише готові інструкції для адмінів і сам перевіряє, чи подіяли зміни.

Ukrainian indie game Tukoni: Guardians of the Forest is a cozy puzzle adventure based on the books of artist and writer Oksana Bula. Even before its full release, the project has managed to make a loud statement about itself: having won several awards and distinctions, and the free prologue, released in 2020, is still collecting extremely positive reviews on Steam. On the eve of the release of Tukoni: Keepers of the Forest, we spoke with the project's creative director and game designer Oleksiy Furman about how the development of one of the most artistic and groundbreaking Ukrainian games went.

Ukrainian engineer Stanislav Cherednychenko created AnyPager himself, an emergency notification service that should wake up developers during critical incidents. The first commit in the repository appeared on May 7, 2026, and on August 9, the application was submitted for review in the App Store. During this time, one developer created the backend, iOS and Android clients, Wear OS support, CLI for five platforms, a web dashboard, billing via Stripe, and documentation. He did a lot of the work with Claude Code and AI agents. He estimates that the direct development costs were about $150. But there is an important caveat: artificial intelligence helped create the product, but the product itself works without AI. «AI built AnyPager, but AI won’t wake you up — that’s what queue, retry, and if do,» explains the founder of dev.ua.

Hello! After conducting an investigation, I discovered a network of fake LinkedIn profiles that fully or partially match the following pattern: verified by state documents; registered less than a year ago; indicate a Senior Full-Stack position with 5+ years of experience in 2–4 companies; Some Ukrainian IT companies have already officially confirmed that these people never worked for them. Below we will analyze specific examples and systemic risks that this bot farm creates for Ukrainian IT.

The next technological advantage in warfare may not be determined by the quantity of technology, but by the speed with which it can be created and adapted. Autonomous systems, AI, unmanned platforms and automated control systems are already changing the nature of warfare. At the same time, behind all these technologies is an acute shortage of people — engineers, developers and production specialists capable of turning ideas into solutions that work in real conditions. In the new article of the series «7 Questions for the DefTech CEO» — the CEO of Wiy Drones, who for security reasons does not disclose his name. We talk about what Ukrainian miltech lacks the most, which specialists are currently in the greatest shortage, and why the production processes themselves may be more important than high-profile AI solutions.

Ukrainian developer Andriy Kovalchuk launched the Zerva marketplace, which, according to his plans, should connect customers, contractors, and construction companies on the topic of Ukraine’s recovery.

Talk of AI replacing programmers has been going on for several years now. At the same time, the other extreme — total skepticism about the practical value of AI tools — has not disappeared either. Between these two positions, there is a pragmatic middle ground, which E-Docs has been finding through successive trials since 2024.

Ukrainian Defense Tech is not just R&D in the rear, but a continuous race to get ahead. While the enemy tries to pressure with numbers and meaty assaults, our engineers seek technological advantage: disassemble Russian «Eagles», analyze enemy communications and redesign their products right during serial production. We spoke with representatives of three Ukrainian MilTech manufacturers: Pavel Kosolapkin (CTO and co-founder of Frontline Robotics), Valery Zarubin (co-founder of BlueBird Tech), and Oleg Fedoryshin (R&D director of DevDroid). They told us how Ukrainian weapons manufacturers get enemy trophies, what is really surprising about Russian «analogs», and why the life cycle of a successful product in this war is sometimes measured in weeks.

Designer Denis Osadchy has created an open-source plugin that connects Claude Code to Figma via a local Python server. Thanks to the "tool", the AI ​​assistant will be able to read data from the layout, make changes, and check the results on its own, without using Figma MCP. The tool is called Figmosha.

Switching from one mobile operator to another with your number portability (MNP) looks simple and modern in advertising brochures: you apply online or in a store, get a new SIM card, and painlessly enjoy better connectivity or a more favorable tariff.

Over the past few months at Gart Solutions, we have been hearing the same phrase from clients more and more often: «we don’t need a backend from scratch, we already have everything on Supabase.» At first, this sounded like an exception. Now it’s almost a standard answer to the first technical question about the project’s architecture. If you work in Ukrainian outsourcing or product development and haven’t noticed this shift yet, I advise you to take a closer look. It is changing the very structure of demand for backend development, and how quickly the industry reacts to it will determine who wins the next few years of competition for international clients.

The median salary of Ukrainian Project Managers in June 2026 is $2,500 — the same as two years ago. At the same time, salaries in Product Management have started to grow again: the overall median reached $3,550, and Senior Product Managers have added $300 over the past six months. The highest median salary among the main management specializations is in Head of Product, $6,000.

Every year, 2 million documents pass through the Kernel system. A few years ago, each of them existed on paper — and could be lost, have incorrectly entered data or discrepancies in the weight of the goods, which caused a delay in the entire delivery. Today, 65% of these documents exist only in digital form. And drivers who once transferred pieces of paper at weigh stations now sign consignment notes on their phones. For several years, Kernel has been actively implementing electronic waybills (eWBLs) in all chains of transportation of sunflower seeds, grain, oil, etc. This is not just a technical feature, but a real change in the culture of document flow in the agricultural sector. The goal was simple: less paper, more transparency and speed in the formation and accounting of primary documents.

Imagine a familiar scene: a working day, a phone call. The caller introduces himself as a bank security officer or a law enforcement officer and in a worried voice reports a suspicious attempt to withdraw funds from your account. To urgently «block the transaction» or undergo «mandatory authorization via BankID», you are offered to download a special version of «Actions» or an updated bank application. The link comes directly to the messenger.

Is it possible to remain a good marketer, designer, or engineer if you work the same way you did two years ago? At HOLYWATER TECH, the answer is increasingly no. Just a year ago, there was no AI Video Creator position. Today, it’s a separate role that uses generative AI to create production-quality vertical videos. At the same time, most of the changes are much less noticeable. Marketers remain marketers, and developers remain developers. However, the tasks, requirements, and the very way of working within these professions are different. After talking with a recruiter and three HOLYWATER TECH specialists, it became clear: the main change is not the emergence of new job titles, but the fact that familiar professions are filled with new meaning. We tell you.

Artificial intelligence will not become an automatic tool for finding the truth. On the contrary, it can make the information environment much more complex and make it harder to distinguish fact from fiction. This is the opinion of Israeli historian, philosopher and futurist Yuval Noah Harari.

Chinese startups and research groups are developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that can be implanted much less invasively than Neuralink’s implants. One approach involves inserting the device through blood vessels, similar to a stent. In some clinical trials, doctors say they can place the device in about 10 minutes.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has published a nearly 6,500-word manifesto on the future of artificial intelligence. In his opinion, the biggest threat is not a specific technology or a particular scenario for AI development, but the excessive concentration of control over it in the hands of a single company, organization, or state.

The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Chernivtsi sentenced a Ukrainian software engineer to four years in prison for collaborating with a Russian company. In fact, he continued to develop a software package for Russian customers from May 2022 to October 2025. The sentence was suspended, but the court banned him from working on a specific product for 10 years. We tell you the details.

As a parent, it’s important for me to know that my child will be able to report themselves even if there is no usual mobile connection. In Ukraine, this is not an abstract scenario: the network can disappear due to a blackout, damage to the infrastructure, or lack of coverage.

The hum of dozens of coolers merges into one continuous monotonous noise that does not stop for a minute. In this room, despite the abnormal Ukrainian heat, parts that are vitally needed on the front line are continuously being created: from discharge systems to mine shafts. This relentless process is managed by Yuriy Sakhno, the head of the design department at Kyivstar, who in his free time from his main job has become a printer and founder of a powerful volunteer 3D farm. We tell you how Yuriy's 3D farm works, which grew from a small hobby into a charitable cause that makes a difference on the front lines.

A few years ago, the quality of a resume, test paper, and interview answers said a lot about a candidate’s level. Today, these signals have become less reliable.

Even before its release, the Ukrainian game Dear Passengers from the Kyiv studio Flexus Games was among the top ten most desired projects on Steam. The developers managed to organically collect over a million additions to the wishlists without large marketing budgets. Its success lies not only in the original idea of ​​a simulator of the crew of the worst airline in the world, but also in its successful entry into one of the most popular modern trends, which was called friendslop. We look at how this new genre has proven that players don't need flawless high-tech projects so much as vivid emotions from overcoming absurd difficulties together. We also share a selection of 10 vivid friendslap games.

About anonymous (and not quite) TG channels. Sorry, but this situation doesn’t really bother me.

When the ATB-Market network refused to advertise in the Trukha Telegram channels, the dev.ua editorial team decided to check who else from Ukrainian businesses continues to cooperate with this resource. After analyzing the publications for almost two months, the journalists found advertisements for such companies as Epicenter, Rozetka, Yabko, Kernel, Antoshka, LIMO, Bukovel, and Prostor. Some on the list have already opted out of advertising in these Telegram channels. In addition, on the day of publication, Foxtrot also announced its decision to stop working with «Trukha».