Despite used in a sentence

Despite in a sentence as a noun

You see, despite what people may think, the best software is still written by one person, alone with their thoughts.

Supposedly he saved something around 40% of his take home pay, despite living alone in Boston.

He pursues partnerships and deals that fall through because of unforeseen differences, despite his best efforts.

Or the reader who knowingly accepts the result despite it being published without peer review and/or corroboration?

But apparently, this isn't the case, despite its well-known and very readable documentation!

I, like just about every person in the thread I linked, would pay $10k+ for one of these, despite the reduced accuracy over traditional devices.

I was being loyal, and went to HR to try and get some advice or mediation, but despite being promised confidentiality, the notes of my meeting with the HR rep were forwarded to my boss.

As another example, I have been doing Ruby professionally for almost 10 years now, and despite this I have to strongly disagree with the conclusion of this quotation:Python is a beautiful, clean language. But the same restrictions that make it nice and clean mean that it’s hard to write beautiful, clean libraries.

"I was offered the chance to make a phone call, but the only number I even have memorized anymore is my mother's, and despite knowing that my friends were probably scared to death looking for me, I wasn't at the point of calling her.

It's no accident that the author turns to the authority of feminists for perspectives on men -- despite that being so laughly outside the remit of feminism -- because the entire point, unstated but present, throughout the article is that women have 'got it right' and men should be more like women.