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A Canva engineer spent his weekend building a website to make it easier for Sydneysiders to get vaccinated

Simon Thomsen - August 6, 2021 3 MIN READ

Software engineer Fraser Hemphill was watching a friend who’s a nurse trying to book her vaccination when he decided to do something about it. With Sydney entering its sixth week of lockdown, Hemphill, 28, who works at Canva as an engineer, decided to build a website that lets people looking for a booking know when… Read more »

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Why tech conferences are “like Christmas” for developers

Gina Baldassarre - November 30, 2018 3 MIN READ

From the bright lights of the exhibitor booths to the new product announcements coming a mile a minute in the keynotes, there’s a lot for attendees to digest at a big international tech conference.

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Aussie developers spending more time addressing technical debt than on projects: report

Gina Baldassarre - October 2, 2018 2 MIN READ

Despite the potential of developers to help companies innovate and grow, 66 percent of Australian respondents reported their developers are often spending more of their time addressing technical debt than on strategic projects.