Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Creating a Safe-Space App for the Black LGBTQIA+ Community
For those in the Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, finding safe and inclusive places can quickly become a complex proposition. To make t… -
Uber Expands Its Hybrid and Remote Work Policies
Uber has become the latest tech company to adjust its remote- and hybrid-work policies. The ridesharing giant’s employees can now work remotely for half the time—a significant adjustment from the… -
GitHub Copilot: The Evolution of Coding Autocomplete Tools?
Over the past few years, development teams working with artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning have devoted more attention to building tools that will autocomplete your code. That’s… -
What's Behind the Technical Debt Most Technologists Face?
Technical debt remains a persistent issue for technologists everywhere, throwing production schedules and budgets out of whack on a regular basis. Also known as design or coding debt, technical d… -
14 Years After the iPhone Went on Sale, iOS is Bigger Than Ever
Fourteen years ago this week, the original iPhone went on sale. It’s been quite a ride ever since, to put it mildly. The smartphone, originally priced at $499 or $599 (for the 4GB and 8GB models,… -
Smaller Tech Hubs See a Rise in Work-Based Immigration
When people talk about tech immigration, they’re often thinking of the major tech hubs in Silicon Valley and New York City, and the companies that apply for hundreds (if not thousands) of visas p… -
The Hardest-to-Fill Tech Jobs in the Nation's Biggest Tech Hubs
Tech unemployment is notably low right now. CompTIA’s monthly Tech Jobs Report, for example, estimated the tech unemployment rate at 2.4 percent in May 2021, roughly half the national average. Bu… -
Amazon's BugBust Wants to Make Bug Squishing a Global Contest
For technologists with a talent for finding flaws in code, bug bounties have proven quite lucrative over the past few years. Big tech companies such as Google and Microsoft are willing to pay hun… -
Which Industries are Hiring A.I. and Machine Learning Roles?
Companies everywhere are pouring resources into artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning (ML) initiatives. Many technologists believe that apps “smartened” with A.I. and ML tools will… -
Google Wants You to Build for Devices Other Than Smartphones
As Apple wrestles with its own App Store issues, Google has announced tweaks to Google Play that could make things a little more enticing to app developers. The new developments build on Google’s…