by Chad Michel | Dec 3, 2019 | Software Engineering
As you approach a legacy system, there are many things (plays) you might do to get a handle on it. We covered this list on a general level in my first post in this series. In this post, we are going to cover maybe the most important play: the system review. What...
by Chad Michel | Nov 26, 2019 | Software Engineering
There are a lot of working solutions out there. And there’s a lot of code behind those solutions. Along with those solutions are often many reasons why they need to be upgraded (and not just enhanced with new features). Sometimes the weight of technical debt becomes...
by Chad Michel | Nov 20, 2019 | Leadership
Like many readers, I have enjoyed many of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. His book Outliers has been very influential on our culture’s thoughts. The 10,000-hour rule is known by most of us at this point; it has almost become a rule that people believe to be true. But...
by Chad Michel | Nov 12, 2019 | Tools
How do you effectively evaluate a software solution? This is a question commonly heard in software development. It reminds me of a question posed in Caddyshack, “How do you compare yourself to other golfers?”, to which Chevy Chase responds with, “By...
by Chad Michel | Nov 5, 2019 | Software Engineering
Apple continually updates its products and technologies. While that’s usually a thing to relish, it sometimes comes at a cost. One such recent change is the UIWebView component. Apple has warned developers that UIWebView is deprecated, and at some point, they will...
