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Perhaps every professional programmer's story begins long before a person sits down at a computer for the first time or writes the first line of code. The story of IT-Enterprise co-founder Volodymyr Mikhailov began in Kyiv in the 1970s, in a city that would have had every chance of becoming the Soviet Silicon Valley if not for the imperial realities of that era. It was an environment where children's games were intertwined with adult engineering conversations, and the words "computer", "ASUV" and "Institute of Cybernetics" sounded not like science fiction, but as part of everyday life...

In 1941, Great Britain began mass-producing penicillin, in 1943, the United States first used a disposable syringe and created a prototype of an electronic computer. These are just a few of the solutions that humanity invented during World War II. Until then, such inventions were considered impossible, but today they have become an integral part of our lives. Challenges push us to change. Threats force us to look for new solutions.

The Lord of the Rings has a huge fan base around the world, not only because of the work of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien, but also because of Peter Jackson's phenomenal film adaptation, which won 17 Oscars and still holds the record for the highest-grossing film of all time. As for video game adaptations, they experimented with different genres: from online MMO-RPGs to strategies with varying levels of quality. Most of the games came out after the films and have since become technically and morally obsolete. The latest game was released in 2017, and the developer's studio Monolith Productions was closed by Warner Bros. Games this year, and the Warner Bros. gaming division itself is in limbo after a deal with Netflix . Fans have taken matters into their own hands and are creating various modifications for other games that transform them into the world of Middle-earth. However, only a single group of enthusiast modders managed to reverse engineer Total War: Attila and, after more than 10 years of hard work, have created a dream game - a turn-based strategy with battles of thousands of orcs, uruks, elves and humans in real time based on the works of Tolkien called Dawnless Days. We tell you about the largest modification ever made for Total War with comments from the developers.

On December 21, 2025, the SKELAR Veteran Venture Forum was held in Kyiv. After a full cycle of acceleration, veteran entrepreneurs presented their startups at the forum. These are the finalist projects of the first venture incubator for veteran entrepreneurs in Europe.

Uklon summed up the year of ride-hailing and delivery services in Ukraine. The company shared key statistics on how Ukrainians moved with Uklon: where they went most often, when and from where they ordered delivery, and what records cities and users set in 2025.

The robot vacuum cleaner market has long ceased to amaze with basic models that simply «sweep dust». Of course, you can be skeptical about them, but the Dreame MatriX 10 Ultra is a device that combines power, intelligence and autonomy, and at the same time confidently overcomes obstacles up to 8 cm high — a record for the Ukrainian market. This is not just a robot — it is a high-tech assistant that almost «understands» the house as well as a person. This vacuum cleaner is a fully autonomous device that chooses nozzles, determines priority cleaning zones and even monitors the cleanliness of its mops. dev.ua tested this miracle device and shares its review.

In the second half of 2025, the world faced an unprecedented shortage of RAM and SSDs, which are experiencing not just a cyclical decline or a transition to new technologies, but a multi-year crisis caused by the explosive growth of needs for AI infrastructure.