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Keep talking: Tips for managing a remote workforce
Authored by Drew BeckleyWant to recruit the best talent, reduce overall costs, and lower overhead at the same time? Building a remote workforce checks most of those boxes. But maintaining a strong company culture with people spread across the country—or the world—can...
OK Human Episode 01: Developer Empathy
Welcome to OK Human, a podcast that brings you deep thoughts and casual ponderings on topics at the intersection of people and technology. It’s hosted by our very own software guru and (literal) trailblazer, Patrick McVeety-Mill, a.k.a. Booger Bear. He invites other...
Smart, simple, and platform-specific: An Android app dev success story
Nowadays, having a strong mobile presence is a must. There’s a good chance that smartphones are one of the primary interfaces through which your users interact with your product, either via your mobile app or the mobile version of your website. But just adding a...
The secret to ensuring quality in an FDA 510k medical device submission
One of the most important documents for an FDA 510k medical device submission is the anomalies document, which outlines what bugs exist in the product and what risks it presents to patient safety. When the entire goal of your product is to improve patient outcomes,...
Splitting the monolith w/ Jimmy Bogard at Lead Dev Austin
The lofty task of breaking down your unmanageable monolith can keep you from ever getting started. But the hard fact is that Modernization is a Must if you want to keep up in your market—and it’s not as daunting as you think once you start breaking down the...
Building messaging endpoints in Azure Functions
Our Chief Architect, Jimmy Bogard, is hosting a webinar on building messaging endpoints in Azure. It’s on Dec. 11 at 1:00pm CST if you want to join! He also wrote a whole series of articles on the subject—so we thought we’d share his latest on using Azure...
Why vertical slice architecture is better—if you know these few things
Vertical slice architecture is becoming the preferred method for refactoring legacy systems (“vertical slice” being a crossection of code that runs from the front-end deep down to the data layer). Our Chief Architect, Jimmy Bogard, shares his insights into...
Creating success stories with distributed teams
It’s not unusual to hear that your friend is working on a project for a company abroad, or that your cousin has to leave a family dinner early to attend a meeting with someone in Asia. These are examples of how the “workplace” has changed, especially in the software...
Rewriting your multi-lingual system for better maintainability
Dealing with multiple programming languages is usually a sign of progress – maybe you’ve bought another company and you have a whole new amazing product line to go with all the stuff you’ve done forever! Or, maybe you’re taking a look at your diverse company...
Preparing new tech leads to build strong development teams
On any software team, the Technical Lead (TL) has a crucial role to play: This person functions as a leader and coordinator of the developers, as well as a point of contact with the business or management. Obviously, the capability of your TL will greatly affect the...
How to build effective, modern web applications as SPAs
If you’re looking to build a modern web application, a single page-application (SPA) may be a smart move. As users become familiar with SPAs via their social platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) and productivity apps (e.g., Gmail, Trello), they begin to expect...
How to approach requirements gathering for legacy system rewrites
One of the first major hurdles to legacy system modernization is requirements gathering: New requirements should be accurately written and detailed. They may introduce deliberate changes, but shouldn’t overlook the intricacies of how the current system operates. This...