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Beyond Compliance: How We Built a Phishing-Aware Culture Across 1,700 Employees

Beyond Compliance: How We Built a Phishing-Aware Culture Across 1,700 Employees

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marco boniardi

Compliance checkboxes don't change behaviour. Here's how we used RIOT's AI-powered platform to run real phishing simulations, deliver contextual micro-training via Slack, and cut our vulnerability index by more than half across 1,700 employees. [...]

Creating Stunning Gradients in React Native with Skia

Creating Stunning Gradients in React Native with Skia

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fabrizio duroni
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antonino gitto

Learn how to create stunning text with React Native using React Native Skia. In this post, we’ll explore how to leverage Skia’s powerful features to bring vibrant gradients to life. [...]

Which Locale? Decoding the Madness Behind iOS Localization and Language Preferences

Which Locale? Decoding the Madness Behind iOS Localization and Language Preferences

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fabrizio duroni
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antonino gitto
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marco de lucchi

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

How we use Airflow with Composer

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alberto crespi

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

React Universe 2024

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fabrizio duroni
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sam campisi

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. [...]

Tech Radar As a Collaboration Tool

Tech Radar As a Collaboration Tool

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rabbani kajamohideen

A tech radar is a visual and strategic tool used by organizations to assess and communicate the status and future direction of various technologies, frameworks, tools, and platforms. [...]

Ease your Android widgets development with help of Jetpack

Ease your Android widgets development with help of Jetpack

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alejandro weichandt

Quick introduction of related Jetpack libraries which will help on your Android widget's development [...]