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Less Love for FOSS Qt Users

From Qt 5.15, The Qt Company make their offering a bit more inconvenient for FOSS users. They announced three changes: * A Qt account is mandatory to download binary Qt packages. The offline installer is not available to FOSS users

Lessons from Six Years as a Solo Consultant

The beginning of this month marked my sixth anniversary of becoming a solo consultant. I don't regret my decision and cannot imagine ever giving up solo consulting. I was essential in the implementation of some really interesting projects

Offshoring Becomes Too Expensive

After offshoring and near-shoring, there is a new outsourcing trend: domestic outsourcing. For example, a company in California outsources work to a company in Indiana or Wisconsin. A New York Times article sheds some light on the reasons for domestic

Offshoring Must Be About Finding Good Developers

Over the last 1.5 years, I worked with two Western automotive tier-1 suppliers who use near- and far-shoring to develop most parts of their infotainment systems. Both suppliers use offshoring to reduce their development costs. But how can these