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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Salaries by country, employer costs, freelance rates and a worked comparison, so you can price an employee, a freelancer or a retainer from the hours you actually need.</description>
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      <title>How AI is changing the software developer job market</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Developer jobs are not disappearing, but hiring has shifted toward senior and AI-related roles while entry-level hiring has dropped. Here is what the 2025–2026 data shows.</description>
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      <title>Nearshore software development in Morocco: a practical guide for European companies</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Morocco is on GMT all year since September 2026. What that means for overlap with Paris, plus language, talent and data-protection facts for European teams.</description>
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      <description>Freelancers, agencies and monthly retainers solve different problems. Compare cost, continuity and risk, and match the model to the work you actually have.</description>
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      <title>Driveway Morocco: a car-rental booking platform and its mobile app</title>
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      <description>A Laravel and React platform for renting cars in Morocco, with live fleet availability, online booking, digital contracts and secure payments, plus an Expo app on the same API.</description>
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      <title>What a weekly release rhythm looks like with a remote developer</title>
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