Artificial Intelligence
How Static Code Analysis Taught Me About Change Management
Recently, I helped spearhead our department’s adoption of centralized static code analysis.
Blog
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
What is Culture?
At our company we are known for having a great culture. You can feel it when you walk in: people are at ease, they obviously enjoy what they do and...
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.
Business
The impact of self driving cars
Explore how self-driving cars could transform wasted commute time into productive and entertainment opportunities, revolutionizing media consumption...
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,...
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...
Business
The 3 Paths for Digital Transformation
Exploring three key paths for digital transformation: broad market tech, industry-specific solutions, and leap-frog technology, to drive business...