Alex Ponomarev (Page 17)

26 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

Data Pollution is Choking Business Productivity: Cleaning Up the Info Excess

Let me tell you about my data obsession. For 20 years, I’ve compulsively written down every fleeting thought, idea, and meeting detail into digital notes, calendars, and reminders. I

25 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

When SaaS Pulls the Rug Out From Under You

So Amazon is retiring Honeycode, its no-code app builder. After just a few years. Ouch. These kinds of things happen occasionally, though — services come and go. As a business, you

24 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

Don’t Confuse Speed with Progress: No-Code vs Custom Code

I was talking to a consulting client recently. I’ll call him Mike. Mike is a big fan of NoCode. He learned to create unique automation for his company without

23 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

Mix, Match, Integrate: Software Strategies for the Modern Company

I was talking to a friend of a friend many years ago who owned a small retail store. Let’s call him Jake. Jake’s store was struggling to recover

22 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

The Winding Path to My Perfect Home Mirrored Creating Custom Business Software

I had dreamed for years of constructing my perfect home. However, I’ve learned it’s quite a challenge, requiring countless decisions — from picking the ideal plot of land to

21 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

NoCode is Not NoWork: The Tradeoffs of Simplicity

NoCode is a new phenomenon that allows people without any coding knowledge to build all kinds of software applications. Or is it? That’s what most articles on Google will

20 Aug 2023 · 5 min read

Use No Code Apps To Build Internal Tools, Save Your Company Time And Money

As an engineer, I worked with many startups over the years. The main thing I started telling people who reached out to me and asked if my team could help

19 Aug 2023 · 7 min read

From Stack to Sprawl: Escaping Internal Tools Chaos

Jeremy clicked on yet another software tool notification and sighed. As lead developer at SuperCorp, keeping track of project workflows was becoming a nightmare. The company had doubled in size

18 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

The Disjointed Software Dilemma Costing Companies Millions

Back in 2004 I was working in a local internet service provider. It was a small company with a little more than ten employees. I was a junior system administrator

17 Aug 2023 · 6 min read

The Secret Sauce to Attracting Top Engineering Talent

Most of the software developers who we talk to during the hiring interviews are looking for jobs while already having one. I always ask what’s the main reason for

16 Aug 2023 · 6 min read

Crafting Your Dream Team: The Important Skills to Seek in Software Engineers

Imagine that you’re a hiring manager at a tech team. You hired a backend developer, Mark, recently. While brilliant technically, he struggles to collaborate cross-functionally and often misses deadlines

15 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

Coding Tests: Wasted Effort or a Decent Screening Tool?

I’m sure at some point you’ve googled things like “should I do test tasks for job applications?” You’ve likely found tons of posts where developers vent about

14 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

From Intern to Senior: Navigating the Ladder of Engineering Levels

Working in tech these days feels like winning the career jackpot. Sure, we see headlines about layoffs and AI threatening to make developers obsolete. But from where I sit, demand

13 Aug 2023 · 6 min read

We Went Hybrid for a Week: The Pros, Cons, and Lessons of In-Person Work

In recent years Novi Sad, Serbia and Lisbon, Portugal, became two of our central locations — people either live in the city or live close enough to come meet from time

12 Aug 2023 · 5 min read

Why Small Teams Are More Efficient

I was talking to someone recently who works in a product company. He told me about the transition the company is undergoing. They were building a product in EdTech for

11 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had: Delegation

There’s something about the age of 23 that sticks in my memory. Sleep? A mere 4–6 hours a day. I was running two startups, juggling freelance work, and

10 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

The Art of Debate: How Healthy Conflict Drives Success at Work

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a heated debate at work, heart pounding, only to wonder if this could be the secret ingredient to success? If this

9 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

The Evolving Role of a CTO: From Coding to Leadership

I’ve been working as a CTO on various projects for many years, and I recently realized how my perception of what a CTO does has evolved over time. In