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Airflow Summit 2023: A Snapshot of the Technical Feast in Toronto

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:59:40 +0000

The Open Source Community Atmosphere

One of the first things that struck us was the remarkable open source community atmosphere at the Airflow Summit. Giant tech players such as AWS, Google, and IBM took the stage, proudly discussing their collaborative contributions to the open-source world, particularly in the context of Apache Airflow. It was refreshing to witness these industry giants set aside competition and focus on the common goal of advancing open-source technology. This spirit of cooperation benefits everyone involved, although achieving such harmony can be challenging, especially in profit-oriented companies.

Techweek 2022: 5 reasons why you should attend

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:28:00 +0000

Techweek 2022

At Kiwi.com, we decided to resurrect local tech meetups in a big style — by bringing a week full of events to the community.
Read on to see what we have in store for you!

The Career Framework 2 years later: How it impacts our engineering culture at Kiwi.com

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 20:05:00 +0000

Two years ago, if you asked what you should do to get promoted, every team lead at Kiwi.com would give you a different answer (or just a shoulder shrug). And there are more questions you could ask: How do I grow my career? Am I performing well? What is the next step for me? Am I compensated fairly? Even in the context of other teams and departments?

From coding the first Kiwi.com algorithms to “But does it scale”?

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:50:00 +0000

An interview with Kiwi.com’s CTO, Jozef Képesi

JK, as everyone in the company calls him, is 8 years wiser but when speaking to him, you still feel the startup vibe.

Learn more about him and his approach to leading the engineering team of one of the fastest-growing Czech startups.

Working remotely during and after a pandemic

Mon, 25 May 2020 18:40:00 +0000

Photo by Bonnie Kittle on Unsplash

At Kiwi.com, travel is in our blood. We’re happy on the move, and even happier when we’re helping others move too. This means we’re excited when new opportunities for movement arise.

Wrap-up: code.kiwi.com events in 2019

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:34:00 +0000

We leaped into 2019 with enthusiasm and optimism, thinking big and trying to figure out how to make it an unforgettable year for you. 12 months on, it is incredibly rewarding to see all the events that we made happen.

How to work with developers? A few tips and tricks from a product manager’s perspective

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:29:00 +0000

Miroslav Rozenberg, one of Kiwi.com’s product managers, shares his experience of working with developers for people who only can print “Hello world”.

How to work with developers?

If you’re short on time, just remember this — like with any other human being.

Get to know the winner of Kiwi.com Student Challenge and his project

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:04:00 +0000

A short interview with Matěj Krček, a 16-year-old grammar school student about his app Sport Travel Agency

Meet John, a fan of Arsenal, who wants to visit a live match of Arsenal in Barcelona. John is a bit impatient and he doesn’t want to go through all the possible websites to book his flight. In the best possible scenario, he just wants to say aloud, “I want to go to the next match Arsenal vs. Barcelona” and have everything solved for him.

Things I learnt as a first-timer at WWDC

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) is the most-watched event of all iOS / Mac app developers around the globe. It is a full-week conference where new technologies and devices are introduced and developers have a chance to meet with Apple Engineers and discuss all aspects of their apps and daily jobs.

Kiwi.com to kick off its own university

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:25:00 +0000

This is not a 100 % April Fools’ Day prank. Of course, we won’t be providing an official degree but the scope of our educational events can definitely help you to get your coding skills to a higher level. Check the upcoming events below.

Wrap-up: code.kiwi.com events in 2018

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:06:00 +0000

The year of 2018 can be summarised in just two numbers: 23 and 166.

If you’re curious about the meaning behind these numbers and what we achieved last year, read on!

As for the number 23, altogether, we were present in 23 unique countries.

Takeaways from EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh

Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:51:00 +0000

We couldn't miss this year's EuroPython in Edinburgh, and we'd like to share some highlights with you. Read on to discover some of our key learnings and how we enjoyed the entire conference. Below you can:

Coding at the Kiwi.com Summer Camp in Barcelona

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 11:47:00 +0000

It’s always fun to discover a new city and meet new people that are interested in the stuff you like and the technologies you work with.

To share what it’s like to code for Kiwi.com, we organised a Summer Camp for Senior Devs. We invited nine non-Kiwi devs to Barcelona to work on some projects with us, get to know our offices, and taste our beloved cava.

Kiwi.com’s Internal IoT Hackathon

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:09:00 +0000

or, How We Bought a 3D Printer and Didn’t Use It

AtKiwi.com, there’s a Slack channel for almost everything. One of those channels is dedicated to crazy ad hoc ideas where anyone within the company can share a project they’d like to see implemented. Some six months ago, ideas were floated such as “let’s create an IoT device which will show us if people are at their desks or not”, or “let’s configure a button to order more coffee”. Some of those ideas were just for fun, but some of them were smart and really cool.The community team makes sure that the devs in the company love their jobs. As a result, we decided to organise an internal hackathon to bring some of those suggested IoT ideas to life.

code.kiwi.com’s 2017 in numbers: growing our tech community

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:47:00 +0000

We're right in the middle of planning all the big events we want to deliver in 2018. However, that doesn’t prevent us from summing up last year because 2017 was a really good one!

Living in the data

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:41:00 +0000

A day in the life of Kiwi.com’s Head of Search.

Handling 85 million searches by 155 nationalities per day is fun and we do everything possible to keep it that way. That’s why being one of the 230 people in our heavily technical staff feels great. There’s a lot of us but we still value individuality and make sure that people are happy to come to work.

Python Brazil 2017: “People > Technology”

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:24:00 +0000

At the beginning of October, I attended the Python Brazil Conference, in Belo Horizonte — MG, Brazil. ????????

The event happened over 6 days — with 3 days of talks, 2 days of tutorials and a 1 day Sprint. I gave a talk on the second day about Django Migrations — but that’s a topic for another article. ????

Our Mobile Team’s trip to Prague for AppParade

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:26:00 +0000

The Kiwi.com mobile app was awarded second place by the audience at AppParade in Prague. DancingTrump was the winner by a slight margin — proving that it really is impossible to beat Trump in a vote.

Adventures of the Sangria Familia in Barcelona

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:04:00 +0000

Two hundred Kiwis, sixty-five days, one fabulous villa.

I was lucky enough to experience the magic of the Spanish summer this year in Barcelona. A week in our villa is just one of many cool perks offered by our travel-obsessed company.