Artificial Intelligence
Presenting Multiple Scenarios to Meet Client Needs
Not to long ago, I was asked to fill some big shoes.
Business
Metal Toad announced as one of the Best 100 Companies to Work for in Oregon!
We are excited to share that Oregon Business Magazine recently acknowledged Metal Toad, based on our application and employee survey, as one o
Content Management System (CMS)
Removing batch operations in Symfony Sonata model list forms
Learn how to remove batch operations from Sonata Admin Bundle's model list forms in Symfony with this detailed guide.
Business
Launching Meyer Memorial Trust in Drupal 8
Discover how Meyer Memorial Trust's new Drupal 8 site showcases their commitment to equity with seamless design and robust functionality through...
Artificial Intelligence
History of Computer Girls, Part 2: Margaret!
I've been going around town giving a talk on the history of women in computers. During my research, I came across so very many women I’d never heard...
Artificial Intelligence
A Case for Agency Project Managers to Get Their PMP
Consider your credentials Depending on your industry, you may or may not be aware of the Project Management Institute (PMI) or their Project Manageme
Artificial Intelligence
Visual Regression Testing with BackstopJS
Fun fact: The creator of BackstopJS has referenced this blog post as the recommended tutorial for BackstopJS v2!
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data for the Hopelessly Relational
I've been working with relational databases for a long time.
Business
Open Letter to My Future Hire
Are you our next Project Manager hire at Metal Toad? Read this article from VP of Product Victoria Blake to find out.
HTML & CSS
A Front-end Build Task With A Living Style Guide, Part 1: SCSS
At Metal Toad our front-end build is important to us. It helps us keep standards consistent and improves the quality of our projects.
Artificial Intelligence
A Better Javascript
I've been thinking a lot about Javascript over the last few months. And not the "How can we architect a better system" type of thinking, but the "Why...
Business
Saying No & Behaving No
My kid is a year and a half old. She is accumulating language at a startling rate. A few weeks ago, she started saying “no.” No has quickly become...
Artificial Intelligence
Evolving With Our Clients: The Great Scrumban Experiment
Identifying the need for change In early 2016, Metal Toad fully adopted Agile Scrum methodology.
Business
History of Computer Girls, Part 1: Ada!
Discover the pivotal role Ada Lovelace played in the history of computing and her groundbreaking contributions as the first computer programmer.
Machine Learning
Writing a haiku-detecting bot for Slack
At Metal Toad, we have several bots integrated into Slack.
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad’s Process to a Brand Refresh
Why a Brand Refresh? In early November 2015, Metal Toad began the wo
Business
The Currency of Culture
At the end of the day we need to operate viable businesses, and we all know there are many ways to get there. So much is said about culture and its...
Artificial Intelligence
Code Quality
One of Metal Toad’s continuing goals for developers centers around mastery.
Git
Golang Environment Configuration
I know that in my previous post, mocking API's in Golang, I said I would talk about testing, but I lied. To your face.
Drupal
Avoiding Drupal 7 #AJAX Pitfalls
Avoid common pitfalls in Drupal 7 AJAX functionality with tips for better accessibility, naming conventions, and effective callback usage.
Business
Love Should Not Be a Four-Letter Word for Software Development Companies
Sometimes in high tech companies, the focus is mainly on the numbers (financial, hours, etc.), but that really misses the fact that human beings – no...
Artificial Intelligence
A Sense of Software Craftsmanship
When leaders view software development as an assembly line, they expose themselves to a lot of pain: overages, missed timelines, and disappointed...
Artificial Intelligence
ReactJS Architecture (3 of 3): Proper React Component Structure
The point I’d like to get across in this post is why I structure React components the way that I do for this architecture. It pairs nicely with the...
Design
Design as a System
Enhance your web projects by adopting a design system to improve user experience, consistency, and efficiency.
Artificial Intelligence
URL Routing for a Decoupled App, with Angular 2 and Django
Lately, I have worked on a few projects where a single-page Angular app is contained within a site built on a server-side framework like Django.