Machine Learning
IoT and Employee Satisfaction
The very concept of automation leads to a moral and ethical dilemma regarding the workforce.
Artificial Intelligence
Does your IoT device need an antenna upgrade?
I've long been curious about the effectiveness of the built-in antennas that are attached to common WiFi modules.
Artificial Intelligence
IoT Business Value: Reducing Time Spent Monitoring
Like anything else in its early lifecycle, the Internet of Things (IoT) has a ton of hype but there are still a lot of unknowns when it comes to the...
Business
How To Be a Rebel at Work
I saw the What Rebels Want illustration make its way across Twitter recently, and it immediately resonated with me.
SaaS Application
Angular API Calls with Django: Authentication with JWT
Curious about how to make API calls with Angular 6 and the HttpClient service? This tutorial will show you some techniques for building a decoupled...
SaaS Application
Your Serverless Function has a Secret
Your serverless function has a secret... maybe it's a password for a remote API, a private key, or signing certificate.
SaaS Application
Angular 6: Upgrading API calls to RxJS 6
With the release of Angular 6.0 in May 2018, the framework has been updated to depend on version 6.0 of the RxJ
Artificial Intelligence
How Static Code Analysis Taught Me About Change Management
Recently, I helped spearhead our department’s adoption of centralized static code analysis.
Artificial Intelligence
Google IO 2018: Android has a Jetpack
One of the biggest announcements for Android developers from Google IO 2018 was the announcement of
Mobile Development
Google IO 2018: Android Things 1.0
Google IO 2018 announces Android Things 1.0, highlighting new production devices, extended support, and missing power management features for IoT.
Business
To PMP or Not to PMP?
Should you pursue a PMP certification? Weigh the costs, benefits, and industry relevance before deciding.
Artificial Intelligence
DevOps QA: The Many Hats of a Quality Assurance Engineer
Part 2 in a series on the different roles I end up carrying out as a Quality Assurance Engineer. This segment: DevOps QA. What that means, how I got...
Drupal
Drupal 8: Consumption of a Third-Party API
For a recent project, we were tasked to consume the client's internal data from a custom API. Now, this scenario was lucky for us, the API provides a...
Artificial Intelligence
The Many Hats of Quality Assurance Engineers: Tester
Quality Assurance Engineer is a broad term that can cover a wide variety of roles and responsibilities.
Business
Discovery is Like Onboarding
Onboarding parallels the client discovery process, both requiring deep understanding to empower effective decision-making and project success.
Business
Programmatically Importing Drupal 8 Field Configurations
Learn how to programmatically import Drupal 8 field configurations in SaaS applications, ensuring smooth installations without field data loss.
Artificial Intelligence
Android P and Wi-Fi RTT
Recently, Google launched the first developer preview build of Android P.
Artificial Intelligence
From Senior Engineer to Mature Engineer
When I was fresh out of college with a Computer Science degree, I had a culture-fueled fantasy of what it was to grow into a senior software engineer.
Business
The Marriage Retrospective
In popular culture and societal norms there is little space within romantic relationships to air your grievances about your partner.
Machine Learning
The Four Budget Domains of Enterprise IoT Projects
IoT is rapidly transforming manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and several other industries. The ability to predict asset failure, rapidly diagnosis...
Machine Learning
Mean Time Between Loss of Sleep
“MTBLS”: I first encountered this phrase on a New Relic blog.
Artificial Intelligence
Grokking Bamboo CI/CD, for beginners
We are heavy users of Bamboo for Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI / CD).
AWS DevOps
How to Integrate GitHub PRs with Bamboo CI
Bamboo / GitHub integration isn't perfect – perhaps because Atlassian wants to steer you towards Bitbucket (their GitHub competitor). Out of the box,...
Artificial Intelligence
Want to get your product to market faster? Hire a Scrum Master.
In the practice of Agile Project Management, it has long been assumed that a Scrum Master (also referred to at Metal Toad as Agile Project Manager)...
Business
My daily use of the Five Levels of Leadership
Over a year ago, I read John Maxwell’s “The Five Levels of Leadership”. Since then, I’ve grown increasingly reliant on it’s simple model.