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,...
Project Management
Want to get your product to market faster? Hire a Scrum Master.
Discover how hiring a Scrum Master can boost your team's productivity and efficiency in Agile project management.
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.
Machine Learning
Spatial analysis with PostgreSQL and OpenStreetMap
I've always been a map geek, dating back to the 1980s when I would take a road atlas and some tracing paper and draw in my own road network. And one...
Business
Resolution: Talk to Users in 2018
In 2018, make it a goal to interact with as many users of your application as possible. Even better, start a formal practice of testing your...
Artificial Intelligence
The Four Quadrants of IoT Revenue Streams
The next decade will bring a society-changing transformation to smart, connected things throughout our personal, professional, and public lives....
Artificial Intelligence
How wasted inventory shows up in software development
In software, a feature backlog is no different than a warehouse of slowly rotting, unused goods. When you think of software features, think of...
Drupal
Sluggish Drupal 8 Adoption Lags Even D6
We're just past the second anniversary of 8.0.0. To see how D8 is doing compared to prior releases, we put together the chart above, based on...
Artificial Intelligence
Turning Your UI Into a Well Organized Symphony With Conductor
User interfaces have evolved over time.
Artificial Intelligence
There are no estimates, only budgets
The challenge of estimating software projects is that software is a creative act: you can paint a line, or you can paint a Monet. Every person...
Database
AWS Snowflake Data Warehousing
Learn how to set up and manage AWS Snowflake, including architecture, data handling, and loading data with expert guidance from Metal Toad.
Artificial Intelligence
Creating a Twitter ticker with a Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is great if you want a dedicated device for a task that you can turn on, get it to do its thing and leave it alone.
SaaS Application
Angular 5: Making API calls with the HttpClient service
Angular 4.3 introduced a new HttpClient service, which is a replacement for the Http service from Angular 2. It works mostly the same as the old...
Machine Learning
Building an Expandable IoT Data Pipeline - Part 1
Background and problem description In late 2016 we were approached with an opportunity to build a data pipeline for one of our large clients.
Machine Learning
Speed Kills: How Much does a Slow Web Site Cost?
In my last post, I wrote about the cost of tech debt, using a case study of skyrocketing hardware costs.
Artificial Intelligence
Building an Expandable IoT Data Pipeline - Part 2
Over the past year I've been building a cloud-based data pipeline for a client focusing on IoT data aggregation.
Drupal
Drupal 8 Entity API cheat sheet
Get a quick reference for the Drupal 8 Entity API with examples to streamline your development process.
Business
Be a Partner, not a Vendor
Years ago, I received a frustrating email from a disappointed client. I was confused – from an engineering perspective, this should have been a model...
Artificial Intelligence
The High Cost of Technical Debt: A Case Study
Technical Debt: we all have it. Yet, this phenomenon remains poorly understood by product managers. Unlike financial debt, the costs are often hidden...
Artificial Intelligence
Say no to NoSQL AKA NewSQL is the future!
With the rise of Big Data™ and IoT we saw a large wave of NoSQL™ proponents. Everyone began to jump on the bandwagon and hype trains to use these...
Artificial Intelligence
Django 2.0 - Is your project ready?
Django 2.0 is in beta now. It's expected to be released in December 2017. The question remains, is the rest of the world going to be ready? Let's...
Machine Learning
Sum Algebraic Data Types in Haskell and Swift
"Grove Park Traincare Depot and sidings" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by train_photos
Business
Momento Mori
In April of 2017 I put a widget on my phone that reminds me that I’m going to die. This is how it improved my life. A long time ago I learned about...