Category: CTO
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How to Use System Design in Your React Project
As React projects evolve, maintaining a clean structure becomes crucial. Implementing a system design, particularly a feature-based folder structure, enhances organization. Utilizing the principles of Atomic Design helps create reusable UI components. Building foundational components ensures consistency, improving scalability, and navigation, ultimately leading to more maintainable applications over time.
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Why Your Team Needs a Leader, Not Just More Developers
The effectiveness of a development team hinges on leadership, not just talent. Without a leader, teams may work in isolation, resulting in technical debt, knowledge silos, and inefficiency. A strong leader provides direction, fosters communication, and upholds standards, transforming individual efforts into collective success and ensuring long-term project viability.
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A Three-Step Framework for Launching Your Project
To successfully develop a product, avoid over-engineering by following a three-step framework: First, create a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to validate core features with early users. Next, enhance essential features and develop a marketing strategy. Finally, focus on growth and innovation, leveraging user feedback and monitoring for informed decisions.
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The CEO’s Guide to Choosing the Right Tech Stack
Choosing the right tech stack is crucial for product development. Prioritize team familiarity, market availability of talent, and suitability for the product. Avoid trendy but unfamiliar technologies and focus on what accelerates shipping and aligns with team capabilities. Aim for effective solutions rather than the best, ensuring quick market delivery.
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3 Signs Your Website Is Slowing Down Your Company’s Growth
In the early 2000s, I’ve learned that cluttered websites hinder user engagement. Key takeaways include integrating analytics to understand user behavior, ensuring fast loading times to avoid high bounce rates, and maintaining a modern, clean design to reflect professionalism. Impressions made through a website are crucial for business success.
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Architecture, DevOps and Security: The 3 Pillars to Grow A Product
A company’s success hinges on its product, which requires strong architecture, DevOps, and security from the start. Neglecting these areas leads to chaos and difficult scaling. Automating processes and maintaining security standards are essential for efficient growth. Investing in these pillars prevents costly issues, ensuring a healthier product lifecycle and company sustainability.
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3 Steps to Estimate a Task with Precision
The article addresses the challenges of estimating complex tasks, offering a structured approach. It highlights three key steps: splitting tasks into manageable sub-tasks, using a reference task for comparisons, and estimating each sub-task using the Fibonacci sequence. This method promotes clarity and reduces anxiety when providing task estimates.
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How to Organize the Packages of your Project?
Struggling with the eternal Java dilemma of how to organize your project? You’re not alone. From feature-focused structures to classic layer-based setups, choosing the right package organization can make or break your sanity (and your code). In this article, we explore how to structure your Java project effectively, whether you’re working on a sleek online…
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