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If You're Building an App Without a Technical Background, Stop and Read These 10 Hidden Costs Before You Go Live with Your AI-Built App

Product Design

Sep 1, 2025

If You're Building an App Without a Technical Background, Stop and Read These 10 Hidden Costs Before You Go Live with Your AI-Built App

Launching an AI app with no-code tools? Avoid these 10 hidden traps that destroy early startups, from API costs to prompt issues, data handling, and GDPR risks

Elena Petkovska

Is UC Santa Cruz “Coding for Everyone: C and C++ Specialization” Worth Your Time in 2025?

Education

Aug 18, 2025

Is UC Santa Cruz “Coding for Everyone: C and C++ Specialization” Worth Your Time in 2025?

A practical assessment based on completing the UC Santa Cruz C & C++ Specialization, outlining who benefits most, where it falls short, and how it fits into the 2025 tech landscape.

Elena Petkovska

What Actually Happens Inside a Front-End Development Internship

Career

Feb 10, 2025

What Actually Happens Inside a Front-End Development Internship

In this internship at Unlimited Coders, I realised something most juniors don’t get warned about: overdelivering without permission can look like you can’t follow instructions. This changed the way I approach tasks forever.

Elena Petkovska

How Working in Leipzig Taught Me That Professional Growth Requires Being Slightly Annoying

Education

Feb 3, 2025

How Working in Leipzig Taught Me That Professional Growth Requires Being Slightly Annoying

On an internship in Germany, the discipline of fifteen-minute lunch breaks, and why persistently asking for more work is the fastest way to learn anything.

Elena Petkovska

What C++ Teaches That No Other Language Does: Memory, Speed, and the Systems Thinking That Outlasts Every Framework

Research Papers

Dec 23, 2024

What C++ Teaches That No Other Language Does: Memory, Speed, and the Systems Thinking That Outlasts Every Framework

From Syntax to Systems: What 1000 Programs and Prof. Ira Pohl's Curriculum Taught Me About the Computational Foundations That Outlast Every Framework

Elena Petkovska

Software Engineering

If You're Building an App Without a Technical Background, Stop and Read These 10 Hidden Costs Before You Go Live with Your AI-Built App

Is UC Santa Cruz “Coding for Everyone: C and C++ Specialization” Worth Your Time in 2025?

What Actually Happens Inside a Front-End Development Internship

How Working in Leipzig Taught Me That Professional Growth Requires Being Slightly Annoying

What C++ Teaches That No Other Language Does: Memory, Speed, and the Systems Thinking That Outlasts Every Framework

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