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Students and recent grads in Milan, this is for you! 📣 Applications are open for the next Follow the White Rabbit Aperitivo. Join us on June 19 at our Milan HQ for an evening of tech chats, cibo, and cin-cins. Apply now: Link in comments. 🔗

How many engineers does it take to build a feature end-to-end? Just one. Komoot engineer Simone developed Peak Bagging—a tool to track every summit you conquer—solo. Database, backend, Web, Android, and iOS. Our engineers are T-shaped. That means developing skills horizontally and owning goals, not technologies. It’s a bigger upfront time investment. But in the long term, we’ve found it unlocks greater impact. What should Simone ship next?

Brightcove’s biggest redesign in years: Prism. The new UX was created to make complex workflows simpler. Common tasks—publishing, editing, reviewing performance—are easier to access and take fewer steps to complete. Plus, a unified design system runs across every screen, with a refreshed visual style, new typography, and more efficient use of space. Watch the video to see Prism in action. 👇

We made Vimeo 1.7x faster. ⚡ Everyone hates frustrating load times. We’ve been on a mission to improve them. To do this, the team mapped every moment—from opening the home page to uploading a video—and ranked them by the number of users affected. Then fixed them in order. Here are the key changes: 🏡 Home and Manage Video pages Vimeo used to load everything at once, meaning front-and-center videos could be queuing behind invisible background elements. Now, visible content loads first. 📹 Video uploads Previously, video uploads were processed one at a time, so ten short clips could be stuck behind one hour-long video. We rebuilt the flow so videos upload in parallel and appear as soon as they're ready. 🔎 Library search We rebuilt the search pipeline to return results faster by reducing the amount of irrelevant content it combs through. 🏗️ Behind-the-scenes improvements The team also released a bunch of architectural changes and infrastructure upgrades, boosting speed across every page. These are just the early results. There’s more to be done to make Vimeo lightning fast. Onwards! 🚀

Not the sexiest document… But it’s helped a lot of Spooners. It might help you, too. Smart Usage of Slack: How to get the most out of Slack (and similar apps) without letting them consume your time, focus, and sanity. P.S. We still love you, Slack. ❤️

In our quest to achieve the impawsible… We’ve acquired Tractive! 🐾 Tractive is one of the most trusted names in location tracking and health monitoring for pets. We’re excited to reach new heights together! Press release in the comments. >>>

CEO Luca reveals the Bending Spoons playbook: Acquire. Improve. Transform.

Three days, all expenses paid, in Milan. ⭐️ Software engineering students and recent grads, First Ascent is for you! It’s a weekend of coding challenges, networking with other exceptional students, and mentorship from our engineers. Applications are currently open for the following editions: 🇵🇱 First Ascent Poland 🇪🇸 First Ascent Spain 🇩🇪 First Ascent Germany 🇫🇷 First Ascent France 🇺🇸 First Ascent USA If you’re talented, driven, and looking to experience a fast-paced tech environment—link in comments for more details and to apply. 👇

Full steam ahead. 🚂 Since Eventbrite officially joined us in March, the team has shipped 13 features and UX improvements. All driven by surveys and face-to-face conversations with passionate users. Check out a few of the top updates. 👇

€100,000 in scholarships for women studying tech >> There’s only one week left to apply for the Bending Spoons Women in Computer Science Scholarship. Applications close May 17: link in comments for more info. 🔗