Stories by Metal


Artificial Intelligence

Metal Toad Hosts Women Who Hack

On Sunday, we welcomed Women Who Hack, a monthly gathering "for women who want to hack on projects with or around other women.

The Toadcast

ToadCast 009 - That app is free

Let's keep this ball rolling! ToadCast 009, I was joined by Robert Haydon to discuss Apple Maps, entitlement, retro video games, and more!

Business

Mastering The Metal Toad Project Life Cycle

We're in the middle of interviews for our open project manager position and we've been talking to a lot of great candidates, all with diverse project...

Drupal

Using Amazon Cloudfront with Drupal

We like to use our own site to experiment with different technologies. CDN's are nothing new, and Metal Toad has projects running on competing...

Security

ToadCast 008 - Just use a password manager

We are back! ToadCast 008, I was joined by Jonathan Jordan to discuss password security, programmer mentality and philosophy, and more!

Design

The Myth of the Specialized Programmer

Ever heard of it? Apparently there is this mystical creature who is a master of his trade, knows all the tricks in the book and is generally just...

Git

The HTML is fine

There was a discussion around the office recently about using Textile on our blog. I personally dislike Textile (and similar pseudo-markup), for a...

Artificial Intelligence

To Plan or Not to Plan (spoiler alert: We Do)

The importance of an creating an overarching technical plan at the beginning of a project is often debated. Based on past experience, it isn't always...

Artificial Intelligence

Web Agencies Need Code Review

Web design and development agencies are lacking in code review practices, and our collective clients are suffering as a result.

Artificial Intelligence

Finding the Project Manager Capacity Sweet Spot

The life of a project manager is one of disruptions. As I sit here trying to write this blog post, I've been interrupted by questions from two...

Drupal

ToadCast 007 - Like a Boss

Catch ToadCast #7 with Joaquin Lippincott discussing standards, browsers, Mars rover Curiosity, and more.

Drupal

Drupal's Big Data Problem

Scaling Drupal: Addressing the challenges of managing large datasets in Drupal, including practical solutions for developers to enhance performance...

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