Today in Costa Coffee Almaty I met my old american friend who lived in KZ 6 years ago. And recently came back to Almaty for a few days. I asked, do you see many changes and our great progress? He said actually he expected the innovations in KZ will happen faster. Not like today. 1. […]
If you’re in the business of spotting the next frontier, your map tends to be filled with the usual suspects: perhaps a burgeoning tech hub in Southeast Asia or a plucky Baltic state making waves in fintech. I’d wager, however, that your attention hasn’t yet been drawn to the vast, resource-rich plains of Central Asia. […]
Окей, народ. Ты переехал, нашёл классную кофейню с розеткой и даже выучил, как будет «спасибо» на местном. Но есть один стрёмный вопрос, который висит в воздухе, как push-уведомление, которое боишься открыть: “А как мне легально получать деньги?” Работать по-серому, получая бабки на карту друга или через крипту – это путь в никуда. Рано или поздно […]
Так, народ, всем привет. Многие сейчас смотрят в сторону Казахстана, и это, чёрт возьми, правильно. Место интересное, люди отличные, и для нас, айтишников и удалёнщиков, есть где развернуться. Но сразу встаёт главный вопрос, который ломает мозг всем новичкам: Астана или Алматы? Это как выбирать между красной и синей таблеткой. Давайте по-простому, без туристической фигни, разберём, […]
Transcript from a stream recorded for Devsmap.com youtube channel on Tuesday August 26 year 2025 for developer and startup community in Central Asia and Mongolia. Speakers: Video Transcript Askar Aituov: We are live. Hi all. Uh, today we have Sturgeon Capital, uh, VCs. And actually, last week I, I watched, uh, another guy was doing his […]
A GDG Cloud Astana & Astana Hub Production Alright, tech fam! Listen up. We’re launching something massive and we need you to spread the word. Reckon you can turn a class idea into a real-deal app? We’re throwing down the gauntlet with the Firebase Studio Championship. This is for all you coders and creators out […]
Upcoming live streams at Devs Map youtube channel July 22, 2025 With Senior researcher and Business Consultant from GAME LAB KBTU Alexander Mezin we discuss про увольнения и будущее геймдев индустрии. Connect to Alexander / alexandr-mezin Connect with moderator Askar Aituov. Transcript: 0:50 – Сокращения в мире и в контексте Казахстана 4:30 – Perfect Storm в […]
A recent article in Kursiv painted an extremely rosy picture of our relations with China, suggesting Kazakhstan holds some kind of “special position” in Beijing’s plans. A political scientist insisted we should urgently “seize the Chinese historical impulse” as the global economy shifts eastward. My opinion – it’s one-sided! It’s based on the view of […]
On Friday, quite a few people were stuck at the airport on the Abu Dhabi-Almaty flights. Boarding was supposed to start at 7 am, but a couple of hours earlier, the bombing of Iran, which is across the Gulf (2 hours’ flight), began. “Are you traveling to Almaty? Please come here.” We were taken aside. […]