Quick Thoughts on My Time at the IDesign Architecture Clinic

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Doug Durham, Andy Unterseher, and I recently returned from an IDesign Architecture Clinic held in Kansas City. This week-long class was taught by Michael “Monty” Montgomery, who has a very engaged and driven approach to education. He provided a lot of real-world / from the trenches feedback that I certainly appreciate. We started the week…

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DPL Reading List – October 11, 2019

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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 we didn’t include and you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. macOS Catalina and 64-bit – OS updates…

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Hello .NET Core 3.0

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.NET Core 3.0 shipped a couple of weeks ago, and it seems that Microsoft continues to improve this often-used technology and the lives of developers. We here at Don’t Panic Labs have been using a flavor of .NET Core 2.x on most of our projects for the last year or so. Seeing the continued improvement…

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DPL Reading List – October 4, 2019

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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 we didn’t include and you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. The Future of Account Security: A World…

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Mobile Development Checklist

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Since we build quite a few mobile apps, we’re familiar with the many hoops you must jump through to ensure the process goes as smoothly as possible. Here’s my list of things to do and consider about before starting your mobile product development. Name your product. Think through those annoying things such as bundle identifiers…

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DPL Reading List – September 27, 2019

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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 we’d didn’t include and you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Q&A: How Google Implements Code Coverage at…

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Is Teams Microsoft’s Sleeper Hit?

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Microsoft has built a lot of products that many of us use every day: Windows, Office, Visual Studio, Azure, and Xbox. They’ve all been hits, but there’s one product that is quickly building steam and I expect will become their next big success story: Microsoft Teams. A few years ago, it felt like everyone was…

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DPL Reading List – September 20, 2019

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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 we’d didn’t include and you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Chernobyl: The True Cost Of Technical Debt…

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More Engineers, Please — Things That Need to Change in Software Development

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Hiring software developers is hard work; any employer looking to fill developer roles will tell you that. This is made more difficult by the number of employers looking to onboard new hires while, at the same time, there are few developers looking for a job. Finding a good developer is tough. And making the problem…

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DPL Reading List – September 13, 2019

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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 we’d didn’t include and you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Firefox is stepping up its blocking game…

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