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Mappings don't carry meaning: Building a research agent that actually understands your data
Alfonso Graziano, Pasquale Carmine Carbone · 27 Aug 2026 · 15 min read

Terminal velocity: the shell tools that make Claude Code fly
Giorgio Vilardo · 6 Aug 2026 · 19 min read

The one-line fix: re-anchoring agent safety with a Mastra processor
Pasquale Carmine Carbone · 22 Jul 2026 · 9 min read

Stop onboarding. Start shipping: how to master legacy code in 20 minutes.
Carmine Sacco · 21 May 2026 · 8 min read

Soloper: compressing the development phase of a mobile-to-web port with GitHub Copilot
Matteo Pietro Dazzi · 12 May 2026 · 10 min read

Why I'll never go back to vibe coding: A developer's case for spec-driven development
Umar Gora · 29 Apr 2026 · 4 min read

From AI prototype to production: how to build evals for reliable agents
Alfonso Graziano · 30 Mar 2026 · 10 min read

Why plan mode is not enough: better outcomes with spec-driven development
Luca Lanziani · 18 Mar 2026 · 4 min read

Designers and AI-native engineering: Building real products with BMAD and AI-driven IDEs
Nick Zafiropoulos · 25 Feb 2026 · 14 min read

Browser-based vector search: fast, private, and no backend required
Ryan Roemer · 10 Feb 2026 · 10 min read

Sideways, not upwards: Scaling frontend performance with k6 (and why hybrid wins)
Raluca Chirila · 16 Dec 2025 · 10 min read

Implementing model context protocol (MCP): Tips, tricks and pitfalls
Nearform · 10 Dec 2025 · 13 min read

Cursor vs. Copilot: What tool has the best planning mode?
Alfonso Graziano · 2 Dec 2025 · 9 min read

AI beyond the cloud: the current and future state of on-device generative AI
Ruslan Bredikhin · 26 Nov 2025 · 5 min read

Introducing Stoker - AI that reads tenders so you don’t have to
Nasir Raza · 30 Oct 2025 · 4 min read

Is Pulumi a worthy contender in the IaC race? Part 3: Best practices and the verdict
Jeevanandham Poongavanam · 21 Oct 2025 · 5 min read

Introducing llm-splitter — a fast, lightweight, text chunker for embeddings, LLMs, and more!
Ryan Roemer · 7 Oct 2025 · 6 min read

Is Pulumi a worthy contender in the IaC race? Part 2: from chaos to clarity
Jeevanandham Poongavanam · 11 Sept 2025 · 6 min read

Building intelligent search with Sanity embeddings and OpenAI
Stefan Redfield · 27 Aug 2025 · 5 min read

“Chekhov”: Live chat with your AI personas to unlock real product insights
Gaby Cook · 20 Aug 2025 · 4 min read

Is Pulumi a worthy contender in the IaC race? Part 1: The current landscape
Jeevanandham Poongavanam · 7 Aug 2025 · 5 min read

Stop losing filter state: Shareable URLs for AG grid with ag-grid-url-sync
Umar Gora · 30 Jul 2025 · 4 min read

Beyond prompt engineering: the shift to context engineering
Eugen Tamasdan · 25 Jul 2025 · 3 min read

Figma’s new Grid auto-layout: What it does (and doesn’t yet do)
Barret Anspach · 27 Jun 2025 · 11 min read

An opinionated guide to software engineering principles and practices for mobile apps
Andrea Pacino, Sherrylene Gauci · 19 Jun 2025 · 12 min read

Supercharging Playwright testing with MCP in VSCode + Copilot
Greg Duckworth · 22 May 2025 · 4 min read

Open vs. closed: Navigating the critical LLM decision for enterprise AI
Claudio Masolo · 24 Apr 2025 · 8 min read

Streamlining SonarQube deployment with Terraform: A secure, scalable solution
Marco Antonio Blanco · 17 Apr 2025 · 5 min read

The hidden complexities of Kubernetes autoscaling: Beyond the basics
Alessandro Pio Ardizio · 6 Mar 2025 · 9 min read

Accessibility made even easier: Introducing Nearform’s new modular, Expo-ready React Native AMA
Justin Mathew · 23 Jan 2025 · 5 min read

Observability lessons: Exploring your Alloy+Grafana Cloud setup
Marco Musso · 14 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Accelerate your enterprise’s access to data insights with lean data platforming
Kieran White · 19 Dec 2024 · 9 min read

Automated Dependency Management: Why Leading Engineering Organizations Are Embracing It
Coston Perkins · 22 Nov 2024 · 5 min read

Save time and increase reliability with customisable blueprint unit test templates for Helm charts
Iheanyi Onwubiko · 14 Nov 2024 · 7 min read

4 pillars for crafting a design system for existing products
Nick Zafiropoulos · 7 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

A 5-stage guide to turbocharging the quality assurance process with generative AI
Aska Cloke · 17 Oct 2024 · 7 min read

Calling Software Test Engineers! Is it time to replace Nightwatch with Playwright?
Aska Cloke · 26 Sept 2024 · 6 min read

Top tips from Nearform’s website performance optimisation checklist
Paul Negrutiu · 23 Aug 2024 · 5 min read

Timing and Talking: Lessons from Working with Screen Readers
Barret Anspach · 15 Aug 2024 · 5 min read

Please Don’t Make Me Guess: A Design System Guide for Designers and Developers
Melvin Chen · 6 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

An introduction to cross-cloud access in managed Kubernetes clusters
Jeevanandham Poongavanam · 26 Jul 2024 · 12 min read

New Standards For A New Paradigm: Resolving Conflicts in Accessible Practices
Barret Anspach · 23 Jul 2024 · 4 min read

Exploring if Bruno is a viable alternative API testing tool to Postman
Aska Cloke · 5 Jul 2024 · 5 min read

Empowering Users: Developing Accessible Mobile Apps using React Native
Eli Zibin · 2 Jul 2024 · 4 min read

What to Watch Out for When Improving an Existing Sanity Instance
Eliza Hubbard, Sarah Michelle Egan · 27 Jun 2024 · 3 min read

Revolutionising business data management with Nearform's generative AI: Introducing the pgRAG AI accelerator
Cristian Barlutiu · 14 Jun 2024 · 4 min read

Balancing Flexibility and Structure in Content Strategy Implementation
Eliza Hubbard · 11 Jun 2024 · 5 min read

Prioritizing People: Crafting Human-Centered Design in Technology
Sam Sherman · 17 May 2024 · 5 min read

A Rare Interview With A Designer who Designs Command-line Interfaces
Scott Skender, Gaby Cook · 13 May 2024 · 3 min read

Harmonizing Design and Development: The Power of Mirrored Components
Christy Presler · 22 Apr 2024 · 3 min read

Understanding memory management in JavaScript: Garbage collection and more
Siddharth Gelera · 22 Mar 2024 · 8 min read

Optimising Node.js applications: The impact of --max-semi-space-size on garbage collection efficiency
Alfonso Graziano, Vikas Bhandari · 8 Mar 2024 · 3 min read

Nearform’s LLM Playground: We created our version of the OpenAI Playground
Tiago Ramos · 1 Mar 2024 · 6 min read

Real-world application of Neo4j in a Python and Django project
Denis Germano, Jhon Rocha · 21 Feb 2024 · 6 min read

Avoiding Pitfalls: What Every Front-End Developer Should Know About Headings
Brian Walters · 9 Feb 2024 · 6 min read

Uniting worlds: How designers and developers are shaping the future of VR and AR
Filippo Perlini · 9 Feb 2024 · 5 min read

Database Migration: A TypeScript-guided-journey from MongoDB to PostgreSQL
Matheus Castiglioni · 19 Jan 2024 · 9 min read

Green with Envy: Tracing Network Calls Across Your Application Stack
Charlie Brown · 20 Nov 2023 · 2 min read

Augmenting user experiences using LLMS: An analysis of our travel AI agent application
Antoine Marin · 17 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Formidable Joins Forces with NearForm in a Transformative Acquisition
Nearform Commerce · 10 Oct 2023 · 2 min read

Mastering UI Testing: Crushing False Failures with GraphQL Mocking
Kevin Paxton · 20 Sept 2023 · 16 min read

Navigating a New Codebase and Project: Five Rules for Success
Nearform Commerce · 1 Sept 2023 · 4 min read

Micro Frontend Architecture: Helping you move from theory to practice with our workshop
Mateja Ristic, Ruslan Bredikhin · 30 Aug 2023 · 6 min read

Enhancing Content Creation: Sanity Studio Live Previews with Next.js App Router
Sarah Michelle Egan · 20 Jul 2023 · 5 min read

Mastering Auto-Complete: A Practical Guide Using Postgres and Raw SQL
Michael Scott · 18 Jul 2023 · 7 min read

Scaling with Confidence: Next Generation Query Building with GROQD and Sanity
Grant Sander, Max Yinger · 14 Jul 2023 · 5 min read

Build a Text Summarizer in 100 Lines of Code with Vercel AI SDK
Grant Sander, Carlos Kelly · 16 Jun 2023 · 4 min read

Powering Our Website's Evolution: Next.js App Router and Sanity CMS in Action
Carlos Kelly, Grant Sander · 15 Jun 2023 · 9 min read

How we reduced image bandwidth by 86% migrating our media library to Cloudinary
Grant Sander · 8 Feb 2023 · 9 min read
SQL in io-ts, Part Two: Discriminating Unions & Expressions
Michael Scott · 8 Sept 2022 · 10 min read
Infrastructure as Code in TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java, or YAML with Pulumi
Jack Ross · 25 Aug 2022 · 9 min read

Accessibility as a First-Class Citizen with React Native AMA
Alessandro Senese · 26 Jul 2022 · 6 min read

Discover Value in Design Process: The Secret to How We Build the Best Product Experience
Catleah Cunanan · 6 Jun 2022 · 7 min read

Build, Migrate, Improve: A Three-Phase Approach to Adopting TypeScript
Scott Rippey · 23 May 2022 · 8 min read

Zero Argument, Asynchronous Class Configuration & Instantiation
Michael Scott · 2 Mar 2022 · 7 min read
Optimizing Incident Response Thanks to Chaos Engineering
Paul Marsicovetere · 17 Feb 2022 · 4 min read

We're Building a Visual Regression Testing Library for React Native
Manos Konstantinidis · 13 Jan 2022 · 3 min read

3 Combat Sports Principles that Apply to Site Reliability Engineering
Paul Marsicovetere · 18 Nov 2021 · 4 min read

Data Visualizations and the Main Thread: A (Sometimes) Love Story
Becca Bailey · 27 Oct 2021 · 6 min read

Making The Most Of Your Design Team’s Move From Sketch To Figma
Sophie Calhoun · 12 Oct 2021 · 4 min read

Investing in Your Technology and Team But Still Not Seeing the Desired Results?
Sam Reffitt · 9 Sept 2021 · 2 min read

Seeking the Uncomfortable: First-Time Podcast Appearance
Paul Marsicovetere · 28 Jul 2021 · 3 min read

The Definitive Guide: What to Expect When Moving from React Web to React Native
Grant Sander · 6 Jul 2021 · 11 min read

Front-End Development for Screen Readers: A Five-Second Jumpstart (macOS)
Chris Fritz · 17 Jun 2021 · 4 min read

Animations in React Native: Performance and Reason-about-ability with Reanimated 2
Grant Sander · 29 Apr 2021 · 19 min read

How to Remain A Successful Product Designer In Our Current Digital Hellscape
Mark Prescott · 16 Mar 2021 · 5 min read

A Deep Dive into Debugging Cypress, iframes, & Runtime Code Modification
Dillon Mulroy · 18 Feb 2021 · 13 min read

Conversion to TypeScript: Lessons Learned from an OSS Maintainer
Emil Hartz · 8 Dec 2020 · 4 min read
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Agile changed the world. Now it's AI-native engineering’s turn
Jeremy Vianna · 16 Apr 2026 · 5 min read

The death of the ‘decision committee’: Moving to AI-native governance
Ciarán Cosgrave · 22 Apr 2026 · 4 min read














































