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We believe that one never stops learning. Therefore each Wednesday each team gathers together to share and discuss articles or videos that are useful and interesting. We also believe in sharing knowledge so each Friday we will post things we have learnt....

An irresistible need for a change Most people don’t like changes. Maybe because they’re scared of the unknown. I mean, if everything is more or less ok, why change anything at all? I, on the other hand get a feeling every once in a while that “this...

This is an overview of the visit at NIPS 2016 workshops in Barcelona, December 9-10th, 2016. At Tooploox, we try to stay ahead of the crowd when it comes to data science and machine learning. This is why we organize our reading clubs, where we discuss...

Nobody likes to wait endlessly for their projects to build. Here are some methods that we at Tooploox employ to spend more time creating great apps, and less time building them. Use the newest Gradle distribution Gradle keeps getting faster and faster...

At Tooploox we work mainly with USA companies, so we have to face all the consequences of working in different time zones. It’s not very challenging to cope with. However, when you’re working on product designed to enhance our client’s business...

A couple of months ago my friends from the iOS team went to MCE^3 conf in Warsaw. You can read about their trip on our Tooploox blog. They were hyped about Jorge D. Ortiz’s talk about Clean Architecture. We wanted to invite him to Wrocław and learn...

There is a story that Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, had been in a deadlock while working on his invention. He didn’t know how place a needle so it would sew properly. One night he had a dream… actually a nightmare. He was...

Long periods of sitting activity have various downsides that seriously impact our overall health, even if you exercise on a daily basis. One obvious way to reduce the risks associated with it is to, well, sit less. But how to do it when your work routine...

First interview can be a real nightmare for both the candidates and interviewers. I’m sure you’ve heard and read hundreds of stories on how a job interview can go wrong. If you’ve gone through many interviews of different shape and form you...

Down the rabbit hole… Do you ever get this feeling that despite having a good job, it’s not exactly what you want to do?I know this feeling perfectly. I used to work for a BIG corporation. The salary was good, the job was interesting, however...