by Chad Michel | Dec 1, 2020 | Our Engineering
I haven’t been a fan of Google Firebase for quite some time. We used it for one project here at Don’t Panic Labs, and it was a pain to work with. The pain comes from three main gripes: It didn’t have a great local development story The technologies in Firebase feel...
by Russ Guill | Nov 27, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. A Sealed Copy of Super Mario...
by Chad Michel | Nov 24, 2020 | Our Engineering
AWS Lambdas give us quick code running in the cloud, but we don’t have to know how it is hosted. We are purely just writing functions running in the cloud. And with AWS CodeStar, getting a Node.js/Express.js Lambda set up and running has never been easier. This...
by Russ Guill | Nov 20, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Hands-on with the Apple M1—a...
by Chad Michel | Nov 17, 2020 | Our Engineering
We write a lot of applications that automate backend processes. These are typically applications that can be a little rough in terms of their user experience because they only function for a few (and often more technically savvy) users. These applications are often...
by Russ Guill | Nov 13, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. With Its Own Chips, Apple Aims...
by Andrew Tarr | Nov 11, 2020 | Software Engineering
Why I Read This Book I’ve worked in software development professionally for about six years, throughout which much of my time has been spent in front-end web development. In that time, I have written my fair share of CSS and Sass, but I have never felt...
by Chad Michel | Nov 10, 2020 | Our Engineering
I wrote about AWS CodeStar in my previous post. I was impressed by what it can provide developers. With just a few clicks, you get a fully functional API running in a serverless hosting environment (AWS Lambda), and you get a full build/deploy pipeline to boot. But...
by Russ Guill | Nov 6, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. A Highly Biased Review of C#...
by Chad Michel | Nov 3, 2020 | Our Engineering
I have blogged a bit about AWS Lambdas in the past. We sometimes use AWS Lambas + API Gateway + other AWS services to create the backend services for our applications. My previous experience with getting this set up and running was kind of a pain, and getting it...
