The Shazam music recognition application made it finally possible to put a name to that song on the radio. But how does this magical miracle actually work?In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Jovan Jovanovic sheds light on the principles of audio signal processing, … | Continue reading
Fractional CFOs are flexible finance professionals who work on a part-time basis. | Continue reading
Dependency download and compilation before you can even view it? Hmm. | Continue reading
While good engineering managers can code, great ones can communicate. | Continue reading
Building an interpreter is an illuminating exercise. Find out how! | Continue reading
The first part of our F# tutorial series demonstrates how to get started with F# programming and create a simple app using nothing but F#. | Continue reading
Engineering managers tend to have a wide range of responsibilities. During the eight years, I spent as an engineering manager, I regularly tracked how I spent my time between technical, managerial, and administrative duties. | Continue reading
UX research provides invaluable insight into what people need and value. Not only will UX research reduce the risk of a wrong guess, but it’ll also uncover new opportunities for innovation. #ux #uxresearch #ProductDesign | Continue reading
This article introduces you to GraphQL API optimization and explains how it can be used to maximize performance and reduce server load drastically. | Continue reading
How does the C++ compiler go from your neatly organized source code to a binary file that the machine understands? Find out in this article. | Continue reading
Machine learning has come a long way in recent years, and its accuracy has improved dramatically, leading to widespread use. This article examines how ML models can be attacked and fooled, and what you can do to safeguard them. | Continue reading
Gestalt principles of visual perception are an important set of concepts for any designer to learn, and their implementation can not only greatly improve the aesthetics of a design but also its functionality and user-friendliness. | Continue reading
A note from Toptal CEO Taso Du Val to potential investors, published on February 23, 2016. | Continue reading
Test your Python knowledge by seeing how many of these 10 most common Python mistakes you've mastered. | Continue reading
The Goa library to the Go language lets API developers add true lifecycle management to their coding efforts. | Continue reading
Create useful .gitignore files for your project | Continue reading
Developers working with Node.js sometimes find themselves writing not-so-clean code while handling all sorts of errors. This article will introduce you to error-handling in Node.js and demonstrate some of the best techniques for the job. | Continue reading
What happens when two rigid bodies intersect in your video game simulation? Nothing! Unless you have a working collision detection system.Toptal is pleased to have our very own Nilson Souto present this second installment of our three-part series on video game physics. Read on to … | Continue reading
A Playbook for Sustaining an Enterprise-grade Remote Work Environment | Continue reading
Turn your phone into a Netflix (etc.) remote and learn Node.js too. Win-win! | Continue reading
A Playbook for Sustaining an Enterprise-grade Remote Work Environment | Continue reading
A Playbook for Sustaining an Enterprise-grade Remote Work Environment | Continue reading
Although exception handling is a fundamental part of modern programming, exceptions are often viewed in a negative light. Rather than fearing exceptions, we should embrace them and learn how to use them to make our code even better.In this article, Toptal engineer Ahmed Abdel Raz … | Continue reading
Angular 9 is remarkably backward compatible, yet forward-looking—and fast. | Continue reading
Unsure of AI's reliability for mission-critical tasks? Use monotonic ML models! | Continue reading
A new IMDb ranking based on the features that make a movie really unique! | Continue reading
Are you building the next big thing? Planning to become the next Facebook or Google? Are you at the point of making fundamental decisions that will stay with you for the entire project? There is a good chance that you will pick a robust language like Java. If so, you want to pick … | Continue reading
Behind the scenes of a JS contest: How top rivals won and what we learned! | Continue reading
Surprise! A Rails test involving timestamps was failing inconsistently. Why? | Continue reading
Custom React Hooks make stale-while-refresh logic fully reusable! | Continue reading
Make that text editor into a real IDE using LSP, no coupling required! | Continue reading
DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS, and ESNI: Discover the latest in privacy tech | Continue reading
What does Haxe 4 bring to web platforms, gamedev, and the enterprise? | Continue reading
How to recreate a free Bloomberg terminal. | Continue reading
Escape Create React App's orbit with this Webpack customization tutorial! | Continue reading
HTTP/3 and HTTP/2 are quite different. Are you ready for the change? | Continue reading
Implement your own micro-frontend framework with this code-included tutorial. | Continue reading
How can AI engineers avoid perpetuating biases in their ML models? Find out here. | Continue reading
Want to sample audio on the ESP32? Leverage its ADC with this tutorial. | Continue reading
Electric Airplane Market Deep Dive | Continue reading
Know what to ask. Know how to answer. | Continue reading
This article explains why the role of CSS developers is often overlooked or taken for granted and points out how this practice can degrade the user experience and undermine your product. | Continue reading
Today's video games offer an incredibly realistic, immersive experience, due in large part to their true-to-life simulations of physical phenomena. By far the most commonly simulated effects are those of Rigid Body Dynamics.Toptal is pleased to have our very own Nilson Souto pres … | Continue reading
With $30 of equipment, we capture images from the International Space Station and listen to hams talking on the local repeater. | Continue reading
Already know Java or C#? Upgrade to Dart with this handy guide. | Continue reading
Online users are becoming increasingly resistant to traditional email/password registration processes. One-click social logins via Facebook, Google, or GitHub are better, but they come with data privacy trade-offs. Discover another way—just as convenient for the user and the deve … | Continue reading
There are many UX myths when it comes to prototyping, user testing, and UX deliverables. Designers must continually prove the value of these processes, and communicate them skillfully to various stakeholders. Knowing how to address these common misconceptions is vital. | Continue reading
This article explains how to shift from the ELK stack to a serverless solution that requires less maintenance and allows for superior scaling. | Continue reading