Freelance news digest
Headlines for freelancers from other sites, with a short teaser and a link to the original. We do not copy articles: every item opens on its publisher's site. For our own guides, see the AutoBidPilot blog.
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DEV Community: remote work ·
The Hidden Line Item in Every Vietnamese Remote-Team Budget: Software Sprawl
Your team budget doesn't have a line item called "software sprawl," but if you run a Vietnamese remote or hybrid team, you're paying for it anyway. It's the second Zoom plan someone signed up for when the first one hit…
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Zapier blog ·
AI in IT: How artificial intelligence is transforming IT operations
A few months ago, a smoke detector started chirping while I was trying to sleep. I cursed a little too loudly, plodded out of bed, changed the battery, and… heard the beep again eight minutes later. It turned out to…
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Zapier blog ·
Gemini connectors: How to connect Gemini Enterprise to the rest of your tech stack
Gemini is everywhere in Google apps: it can read your emails, pull in data from your calendar, and find that file you accidentally saved to your work Drive. But no matter how much of your work is in Google, there…
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Zapier blog ·
AI for GTM: Benefits and 7 key use cases
Two years ago, I took my wife on a wine tour in Fredericksburg, which some people call the Napa Valley of Texas (a claim I find aggressive). After a few too many samples, I started reading the literature and realized…
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Freelancers Union blog ·
New Disaster Tax Relief Law Provides Additional Relief to Freelancers and Freelance Businesses Impacted by Natural Disasters
A new federal law provides additional relief for individuals who experience certain losses from federally declared disasters.
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Zapier blog ·
The 7 best meeting scheduler apps in 2026
Scheduling a meeting is no biggie, right? You just have to trade a dozen emails while squinting at your calendar in a negotiating mode that'd make the UN jealous, all to end alone in a Zoom room, realizing that your…
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DEV Community: remote work ·
8 Remote SWE Jobs You Can Apply to From Anywhere (Oct 1)
New remote roles just dropped from KoboToolbox, Sanctuary Computer Inc, Sticker Mule, Mitre Media and more. No relocation needed. Frontend Web Application Developer KoboToolbox Salary: $90k - $105k/yr Stack: React / TypeScript / Python / Go Find on Crackr.dev Senior…
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DEV Community: remote work ·
How to Run Planning Poker With a Remote Team: A Practical Guide
How to Run Planning Poker With a Remote Team: A Practical Guide Planning poker was designed for a conference room — cards on a table, everyone flipping at once. Remote teams can run it just as well, and in some…
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Zapier blog ·
Which AI models can you automate on Zapier? (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Moonshot AI, Z.ai, and more)
Staying up to date on the latest AI models is like trying to keep my house vacuumed in the height of my dog's shedding season (a losing battle). New AI models drop practically every week, and it's not exactly obvious…
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Zapier blog ·
The 5 best no-code app builders in 2026
You're vibing with your AI coding agent, and your prototype is working well in the preview window. Brimming with excitement, you hit publish to share your creation with the world. Everything is great for one or two days, but then…
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Zapier blog ·
The 8 best internal tool builders in 2026
With new problems popping up every day, you need robust solutions to keep them all under control. Even if you have an IT team to build internal tools for you, their backlog is probably full of higher-priority tasks. For businesses…
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Zapier blog ·
What is Google Gemini?
Google has been in its "Gemini era" for a couple years now, and while the confusing rebrandings have slowed, everything else continues to improve at a rapid pace. Gemini is the name Google gave to its current generation family of…
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Zapier blog ·
The best large language models (LLMs) in 2026
Large language models (LLMs) are what most people think of when they think of AI. They're what you're interacting with in ChatGPT and Claude, they write the code generated by Claude Code and Codex, and they power other AI features…
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Zapier blog ·
OpenAI models: Every model (including GPT-6.1) and what it's best for
Keeping track of all the new AI models getting released at the moment is practically a full-time job. The GPT-6 models were first released about two months after the GPT-5.6 series, which itself was released less than three months after…
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Zapier blog ·
What is the Crunchbase API? And how to access it
You keep tracking funding news. You rotate through trade press, LinkedIn, and keep listening for signals in your network. Somewhere in that rotation, a busy month swallows your attention whole, and one of the companies in your watchlist closes a…
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DEV Community: remote work ·
Remote SWE Jobs Paying Up to $250k (Sep 30)
Here are the 6 highest paying fully remote software engineering roles this week. AI agent engineer Sticker Mule Salary: $150k - $250k/yr Stack: TypeScript / JavaScript / Go / Java Find on Crackr.dev Senior Software Engineer Case Execution Pivotal Health…
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Zapier blog ·
How Alpine Roofing uses Zapier to make sure nothing slips through
A single roof can be a $30,000 job. That makes a missed request from a new customer one of the most expensive mistakes a roofing company can make, and with "hundreds of small tasks going on" in every job, as…
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Smashing Magazine ·
Under Autumn’s Spell (October 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
October is just around the corner, which means it’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! Designed by the community for the community, they’re here to brighten your screens, and maybe spark some creativity along the way.
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Zapier blog ·
Outlook vs. Gmail: Which platform is best? [2026]
Many folks are as fiercely loyal to their chosen email platform as they are to their sports team. That makes the world pretty divided on Outlook and Gmail, so I decided to get to the bottom of the Outlook vs.…
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Zapier blog ·
Google Sheets vs. Excel: Which is right for you? [2026]
After taking a college statistics course that introduced me to Excel's complex formulas and functions, I decided at the time I was better off sticking with Google Sheets. In my defense, I don't need to use advanced data analysis tools…
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