Author: Maryia Puhachova
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The Next Web 2025: Three Perspectives, One Takeaway
Our team returned from The Next Web conference in Amsterdam, and we’ve got some thoughts to share. Here’s what the Lerpal TNW team lead noticed during three days of panels, networking, and yes, complaining about water fountains. The Good, The Organized, and The Hydration Challenges Let’s start with the obvious: TNW’s organization was solid. Unlike…
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Online Payments and Security in 2025: What You Can’t Afford to Miss
In 2025, online payments are smoother, faster, and more invisible than ever. A single tap. Dozens of saved cards in your phone wallet. A biometric check and it is all done. No forms, no friction, just a perfectly choreographed handoff between systems that most users don’t even think about. And that’s exactly the problem. Behind…
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The Human Edge: What AI Can’t Replicate
During the past few years, with the advancement of generative AI, we can definitely say – it is doing impressive things. AI can generate code, write blog posts (not this one, though), summarize meetings, design landing pages, and even pretend to understand your brand voice. It’s fast, tireless, and almost always confident – until you…
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5 Mobile Development Practices from the Lerpal Team
Thousands of tech articles get published every day. Hundreds of “Top-10 best-things-you-need-to-know” lists flood your feed. And to be honest – we kind of love that format. While not every list is gold, many are packed with real experience and hard-earned lessons. Today’s article is one of those. It is packed with practical advice our…
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What Great Design Actually Does and Why Users Feel It Before They Understand It
Design is the part of your product that speaks before the user reads a single word. It sets the mood. It quietly answers a dozen questions: is this product for me? Can I trust it? Will it accomplish what I need done? And all of that happens in about two seconds.
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GDPR and Security in Mobile Development
Privacy compliance doesn’t spark joy, does it? Nobody’s ever stood up in a sprint planning and said: «I can’t wait to work on data retention policies this week». But, speaking with metaphors – ignoring GDPR, CCPA, or basic security principles is the mobile equivalent of building a house and forgetting the locks.
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Real-life scenarios: is your mobile app ready to handle offline state?
Offline mode support rarely makes it into a client’s «primary feature set» list. It is one of those services that you only notice when it’s absent. Nobody notices it until they open your app in a mall or a tunnel with zero signal. Or in a parking lot, an elevator, or far off the coast…
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How work-life balance has evolved in the past decade
Remember when «leaving work at work» actually meant walking out of a building? Ten years ago, what we now call «work-life balance» was something most people talked about but few actually had. It was more of an aspiration than an expectation. So, since it’s Labor Day today (yay!), let’s talk about how our relationship with…