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The Finns have created the first European 50-qubit quantum computer, IBM is opening new data centers with ready-made quantum solutions, China is competing with Google and reducing its dependence on Western components — quantum news has flooded the information space, and it seems that quantum supercomputers will soon become part of human everyday life. Why has this topic become extremely relevant today? dev.ua talks about the latest trends in quantum computing that will transform the world in the near future.

Ukrainian Observability Engineer Yevgeny decided to test the Grok 3 AI chatbot from xAI in app development. To do this, he created a simple English Words Trainer app for learning new words in JavaScript. In a comment to dev.ua, the developer noted that he is not a professional programmer and wanted to do something useful for his younger brother, who is learning English. According to him, Grok 3 felt «like a smart friend who really wants to help.»

The startup, founded by Dmytro Kharitonenko and Yan Kormelitsyn, is called 3B Plitos. They produce artificial crushed stone from recycled plastic, which can be used in construction and even replace concrete. During the Ukrainian Investment Congress, Dmytro told dev.ua the details of how the startup was created, the underlying technology, as well as about cooperation and plans for the future.

Meta has internal blacklists of employees who are ineligible for reemployment. Former company managers say it is almost impossible to get off the list and an employee might end up there simply because their boss didn't like them.

Ukrainian developer Ruslan Naryzhny spent two years creating the Ricky Food app, which lets you order products at a discount, saving them from being thrown away. In the process of releasing their startup, which could cost $100,000, the team learns about monobank’s new initiative, “Secret Boxes.” We tell the story of Ricky Food, which will have to compete with mono. Spoiler: the app can offer its users a lot of useful things besides boxes.

The modern technological landscape is changing rapidly, opening up new perspectives for software development. Blockchain, DeFi, artificial intelligence (AI), and SaaS are becoming key drivers of change in the digital economy. Those who skillfully combine expertise, strategic vision, and management skills will not only adapt to change, but also shape the future of IT.

Marta Romanyak has been Vice President of Global Branding at Avenga since the beginning of 2023. Prior to that, she headed Avenga’s Ukrainian office since 2019. In addition, she is an ambassador for the IT Ukraine association, and at one time was included in the top 25 women in Ukrainian IT according to Forbes. In an interview with dev.ua, the top manager shared her thoughts on what can return Ukrainian IT to a position before a full-scale invasion, what indicators Avenga and the entire sector expect in 2025, how IT education has changed recently and what prospects the juniors have in the market today, what «buns» the company offers for its specialists and whether it supports mobilized employees, as well as about the risks of wartime and how to overcome them.

In the morning news, we learned that amid talk of a possible Starlink shutdown in Ukraine and the search for alternatives, shares of the European satellite group Eutelsat have more than tripled.

Over 10 years, the number of IT companies has grown to 7,977 — this is the figure as of 2024. For comparison, in 2014 there were 5,633, and the largest number was in 2021.