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Which Locale? Decoding the Madness Behind iOS Localization and Language Preferences
iOS localization is a wild ride where device and app locales play by their own rules. But don’t worry, after some chaos, Apple’s settings actually matched our expectations. Of course, only after a few twists and turns [...]
How we use Airflow with Composer
At lastminute.com, we use Apache Airflow, managed through Google Cloud Composer, to orchestrate complex workflows. This article explores why we chose Composer as our Airflow distribution, how we use it to schedule a wide range of tasks, and how we organize files and resources to ensure scalability and maintainability. Additionally, we delve into our CI/CD practices, highlighting how we test workflows and manage costs, offering insights for teams seeking efficient and reliable data orchestration at scale in big tech company. [...]
React Universe 2024
Let's dive into the talks from React Universe 2024 that stood out to us the most and share the key insights we gained. From innovative debugging tools to cross-platform development strategies, we’ll walk you through what we found valuable and how it’s shaping our approach to React and React Native development. [...]
A Monorepo Experiment: reuniting a JVM-based codebase
Continuing the Monorepo exploration series, we’ll see in action a real-life example of a monorepo for JVM-based languages, implemented with Maven, that runs in continuous integration. The experiment of reuniting a codebase of ~700K lines of code from many projects and shared libraries, into a single repository. [...]
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