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When Do You Have Enough Requirements?
As a product manager, balancing the priorities of product features with their level of detail is key to shipping the
Rural Internet for Remote Workers
How do you support your employees who are working remotely from rural areas? Employees telecommuting via fiber Internet access have
Getting Software Right: The Iterative Process in an Agile Environment
At its heart, software development is a hypothesis testing process. Based on your team’s experience and their understanding of the
Testing Angular 10 Interceptors with Spectator and Jest
There are many reasons to switch from Karma and Jasmine to Jest when Testing Angular: Jest runs faster than Karma
Angular Migration and the Strangler Fig
If your organization developed an application using the framework formerly known as Angular, now retroactively rebranded as AngularJS, you probably know that all that hard work and capital you put in now is bolted firmly to a sinking ship.
Designing and Building a Ventilator Flow Sensor from Home, Pt. 3
This is part three of the Designing an Intelligent IoT Ventilator from Home series There’s a Flow Sensor Shortage In
Hacking your To-Do List for More Productivity and Fulfillment
In the previous article of this two-part series Hacking Your Life with Task Types. I discussed the four quadrants of
Designing an Intelligent IoT Ventilator from Home, Pt 2
In the previous post I described the motivation for and some background of our ventilator project. In this post I’ll dive a little deeper
Designing an Intelligent IoT Ventilator From Home, Pt. 1
This is part one of a series. In this post we talk about what we’ve done and why, and in
Github Actions: Steps in Containers
Build Pipelines and build agents using CI/CD products are not new. The latest generation of these have all moved to
Hacking Your Life with Task Types
I want to share an idea that has changed my life by mitigating burnout and feeling more fulfilled day-to-day, month-to-month, and year-to-year. The idea is task typing.
4 Ways to Learn Object-Oriented Design
Looking back over 2019 I realized I’ve had the privilege to work on a diverse set of software projects: Architecting
Finding Diacritics in a Postgres Table
Recently I had the task to find all the Diacritics in a database table. I had to find an easy
Concurrency comparison of Javascript to Go
A lot has been written on concurrency and it is a deep subject. In order to understand the subtlety of
7 Questions for Computer Security Incident Response
Preparing your business to protect against and be ready to respond to security incidents reduces your company’s risk. The business
Kitchen Sink: Audit/Governance/Work Queue – Extract Transform and Load Part 6
In the previous articles, we discussed the main pieces to consider when designing and implementing an Extract Transform and Load
Focus – Power of a Fresnel Lens
Today I want to talk about focus. Specifically the importance of focus for growth stage companies. The reality is that
Converting Large Jobs into Batches
Let’s say that you have a process that requires a long time to run but you’ve got a limited time
Basic Rules Engine Design Pattern
In today’s posts, I want to share with you one of my favorite design patterns. I’ve used this design pattern
It’s Transformation Time – But Where to Start?
Transformations are all the rage these days. It seems like everyone’s doing one, and while the circumstances are varied, the
Dark Data Patterns are not the Future
Last week I talked about the need to understand the monetization and commercialization opportunities of your data assets. This week
A Wrong Answer is Worse than No Answer
Solving problems is our job, yet the process of doing so is never simple. And if we go about it the wrong way, we’re likely to make things worse.
Are You a Data Company?
Are you a data company? If you answered, “No”, you are about to become obsolete. Harsh words perhaps, but that
Component Lifecycle Methods Explained
There are a number of front end frameworks, and they have a lot in common! One of those things is the concept of components, and the ability to interact with them during different stages of their lifecycle.
“That is Why You Fail” – Yoda
The problem with many transformation exercises, whether they be of digital, agile, or some other flavor, is that they don’t
Creating an Authentication Navigation Guard in Vue
Being able to navigate to pages is a crucial part of any application. But sometimes your users will try and access a page they don’t belong on. In Vue you can check for this using a navigation guard!
How to Debug Node Serverless Using JetBrains WebStorm
One of the most useful tools in a developer’s quiver is the debugger. The debugger allows a developer to not
How I Make Sense of RxJS
Reactive Programming is a pattern with some complexities, but incredible power. Many explanations of it exist, but this is how it makes sense to me.
Integrated Project Teams – 10 steps to building your company’s capabilities
Using consultants to address challenging technology problems gives you short-term acceleration. Integrating consultants with your tech team provides for continuous
How Architecture Improved My Coding Skills
We all our skills in different ways. The path to becoming a senior engineer is never the same. This is an example of how mine involved writing less code than most.