Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. 10 things I learned making the fastest site in the world (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Writing a fast website is like raising a puppy, it requires constancy and consistency (both over time and from everyone involved)….
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Quick word on Aliasing. In the past few months I have come across a SQL issue that occurs in many different configurations, across various physical locations, and amongst several engineers. Since it was so prevalent I thought it might be helpful to talk about aliasing SQL instances. When you install a SQL instance, no matter…
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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Introducing the Conversational Form (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Conversational Form turns web forms into conversations — making it easy for developers and designers to engage with users in a more compelling and conversational way.” The Stretch Goal Paradox…
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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. The future of front-end development is design – “So, should our kids learn to code? I can’t argue against the value of every child having a working knowledge of software development. But there is a difference between coding foundational technology and…
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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Why It’s So Hard for Us to Visualize Uncertainty (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “As data science becomes more and more important for companies, managers are starting to deal with types of data that show multiple possible…
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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Technical Credit (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Technical Credit is the investment in the engineering, designing and constructing of software or systems over and above the minimum necessary effort, in anticipation of emergent properties paying dividends at…
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In this post, I’d like to share a few tips to get up and running with the Telerik mocking framework JustMock, so you can easily and quickly write tests that give you that warm-and-fuzzy feeling you crave from your code. Notes I assume some familiarity with the concepts of unit testing, dependency injection (DI), Inversion…
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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. You Don’t Need a Master Plan — You Just Need to Start – “Starting something in the hopes of making an extra $1,000 a month is every bit as worthy as trying to colonize Mars. Start small and give your ambitions room to…
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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. How Artificial Intelligence Will Redefine Management – “While oncoming disruptions won’t arrive all at once, the pace of development is faster and the implications more far-reaching than most executives and managers realize. Those managers capable of assessing what the workforce of…
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Let’s talk about debt. You’re most likely aware of technical debt. You’ve possibly heard of UX debt. You may have even heard of product debt. If you’re not familiar with these terms, let’s use the following definitions: Technical Debt: those internal things that you choose not to do now, but will impede future development if…
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