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☀️ Shoutout to all the parents who are taking on a couple extra direct reports (aka children) this summer, i.e. juggling new routines while school’s out. How are you spending time with your summertime direct reports? Slip n slides or water balloon fights (𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀)  Sibling rivalry (𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁)  Revamping chore charts (𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗞𝗥𝘀 & 𝗞𝗣𝗜𝘀)  Something else: 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! #onlyatduolingo

We all have free will. How you choose to exercise it is up to you. Here’s the lunch of a Duo (Duolingo employee) who is fully embracing free will. #onlyatduolingo

❌This post is NSFW!!! Do NOT, under any circumstances, open these links while at work…❌ Or sneak a peak when your boss isn’t looking 👀🤫 We’re hiring! Come find your next job with us, building joyful, effective education. We have open roles across product, engineering, design, and more. Swipe and take a look 👉 Director of Product Management, Growth: https://lnkd.in/eeq5_E8A Senior Engineering Manager, Gamification: https://lnkd.in/efkFuvTU Engineering Director, Duolingo Score: https://lnkd.in/e9puXpFx Director of Product Design: https://lnkd.in/ekj-KKpB Senior Product Manager, Growth: https://lnkd.in/earm_MsN Ready for what’s next? Come make meaningful contributions as we build the world’s best education. 💚 More open roles on our careers page here: https://lnkd.in/eQZjMYsi

Writing safe, consistent code is great. Writing the same boilerplate 12 times? Less great. We’re always looking for ways to make our engineers’ lives easier, so when Swift introduced Macros in 2023, we were curious: 🤔 Could we use them to promote better architecture and reduce repetitive code? The answer? Yes! Our iOS Client Architecture team used Swift Macros to auto-generate over 4,300 lines of code across our MVVM DataSources, saving time, reducing bugs, and streamlining the entire developer experience. Even better? The macro-generated code is tested, reliable, and never needs to be written (or reviewed) by hand. 👇 Read our deep dive below on how we did it and why we’re just getting started. Swift Macros is new and not widely adopted yet. But we love trying emerging tools when they make our code cleaner and our team faster. If that sounds like your kind of #engineering, we’re hiring!

Wow, Aayush Bhoj! 1,111 days! That’s 3+ years of consistency, curiosity, and commitment, all in the pursuit of learning something new. 💚 We’re celebrating Aayush for hitting a truly incredible milestone on Duolingo. Not because of the number but because of what it represents: showing up, every day, even for 5 minutes. What matters more than being perfect is being persistent, building knowledge one small step at a time. Aayush, we’re proud to be part of your journey. Here’s to the next 1,111 days! Please congratulate him with us in the comments! 🦉💪 #duolingo

Heads up! Mercury is in retrograde. Your favorite owlstrologer is back with some career guidance to help you through it. The name of the game is 💫restoration.💫 Swipe ➡️ to see yours, and tag a friend 👋 who could use the guidance this month!

♟️ How did we build the new Chess course in less than a year? Join Edwin Bodge, our Group Product Manager, and Shyvee Shi, Product lead at Microsoft, as they break down how the team did this on LinkedIn Live! We’ll explore: [1] Why chess was the next big bet [2] How we leveraged AI tools [3] What it took to launch 55 hours of content in record time

How do you make a language learning app feel joyful, responsive, and alive? For us at Duolingo, a big part of the answer is Rive. Rive is a real-time animation tool that lets designers, artists, and animators create interactive graphics that respond dynamically to user input. With Rive, we can easily design experiences (like Video Call with Lily!) that feel alive and playful, making interactivity more intuitive, more scalable, and more fun. Instead of shipping dozens of pre-built animations, we build 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: small loops, expressions, and gestures that we can blend dynamically using Rive’s State Machine. This has impact in two big ways: 1) Our motion feels fluid, thoughtful, and light on performance 2) We can quickly scale delight across our entire app experience Whether it’s loading screens, lesson feedback, or big celebration moments, Rive helps us build smooth, dynamic animations that bring personality and polish to every part of Duolingo. #design

Katie’s dad had a stroke in 2019, and his doctors weren't sure if his speech would ever return. But he didn’t give up. Instead, he reopened Duolingo and restarted his German lessons to challenge his brain and rebuild his speech, one lesson at a time. 💚 Swipe to read more about Katie’s dad’s journey 👉 #onlyatduolingo

♟️ How did we build the new Chess course in less than a year? Join Edwin Bodge, our Group Product Manager, and Shyvee Shi, Product lead at Microsoft, as they break down how the team did this on LinkedIn Live. We’ll explore: [1] Why chess was the next big bet [2] How we leveraged AI tools [3] What it took to launch 55 hours of content in record time 👉🏼 RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gBpU5Cpw #productmanagement #duolingo