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Frederico Luz Braga on His Career Before and After Joining X-Team

Frederico Luz Braga is a software developer who's been with X-Team for almost two years. He lives in Curitiba, Brazil, and gives us some insight into his career before and after he joined X-Team.

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Keep These 2 Things in Mind if You Copy Code From Stack Overflow

Copy-pasting code is generally frowned upon. But if you do copy code, here are the two things you need to keep in mind.

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A Review of X-Team Season 4: Victorious

Victory is the result and the reward of your hard work. Feeling victorious is important, and that's why it became the theme of X-Team Season 4. Here's how the Season unfolded...

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REST vs GraphQL: The Main Differences

This article will explore the main differences between REST and GraphQL. As you'll see, GraphQL has some distinct advantages over REST, although which API you need will ultimately depend on the specific app you're building.

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6 Possible Reasons Why You've Suddenly Lost Motivation

Losing motivation is instructional. It's your subconscious mind giving hints that something is off. Here are 6 possible reasons why you've lost motivation and how you can solve each one.

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Anton Orlov on the Unexpected Benefits of VR

Anton Orlov is a senior software developer and the biggest VR aficionado in X-Team. Read on to find out more about the positive impact that VR has had on his life.

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An Introduction to JAMstack

JAMstack is a unique and increasingly popular way to build websites and web apps. JAM stands for JavaScript, APIs, and Markup, but there's much more to JAMstack than those three technologies combined.

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X-Outpost: Austria (skiing)

This December, X-Teamers spent eight days skiing in Austria, in perfect weather conditions. Read on to find out why Sölden is a great skiing destination.

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12 Days of X-Mas 2019

Every year in December, in anticipation of the X-Mas party, X-Teamers donate en masse to their favorite charities. These are the causes we donated to this year.

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8 Top Engineering Management Books

In our #book-club channel, I asked X-Teamers what their favorite engineering management books were. Here are their recommendations.

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X-Mas 2019

Every December, X-Team organizes its legendary X-Mas party. Dozens of X-Teamers from around the world log on to celebrate the year gone by and the year to come. This was X-Mas 2019.

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How to Conduct a Great Code Review

Any developer team should incorporate code reviews into their software development process. Here are a few tips to make your code reviews great experiences for all parties involved.

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The Best Software Developer Conferences to Attend in 2020

Conferences are a great way to build your network and broaden your technical horizon. This is a shortlist of the biggest and best software developer conferences in 2020.

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X-Volunteers: Egypt

The X-Volunteer initiative allows X-Teamers to teach IT skills to eager-to-learn locals in developing countries. This time, X-Team traveled to Egypt.

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How to Learn Faster With This Learning Framework

Software developers spend much of their time learning. As such, learning how to learn is an incredibly valuable meta-skill. Here's a framework to help you learn faster.

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