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...
At Metal Toad, we have several bots integrated into Slack.
Why a Brand Refresh? In early November 2015, Metal Toad began the wo
Ever since I had the privilege of attending DevOps Days Portland, I have been
Software has a bad rap as being a white/asian-male-dominated industry.
One of Metal Toad’s continuing goals for developers centers around mastery.
I recently read an article written on the craft of software development and that got me thinking about how we as a societ
When leaders view software development as an assembly line, they expose themselves to a lot of pain: overages, missed timelines, and disappointed...
A number of industries are going through a skills gap crisis - or are looking down the barrel of one.
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...
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.
As anyone who has read a blog post from me over the past two years knows, I am passionate about creating jobs in the software in
By using Google Sheets as a tool to glean metrics on user stories, Product Owners and Product Managers can increase the probability of project...
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) launched an incredibly sophisticated Product Information Manager (PIM) for Blue Marb
Metal Toad has been blessed to work with some of the best design partners in the industry, not the least of which is Ziba.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with Aaron Bridges, Abby Miles and
A colleague of mine attended a marketing seminar. One of the speakers, a Senior Executive, made the comment that she would not do business with a...
While I was growing up my dad worked at a paper mill in central Minnesota.
When your client escalates an issue to your organization, it can be very stressful, but it can also be a chance to shine as an organization if the...
Scope creep is a huge risk factor to a project going off the rails. It’s also diabolically difficult to measure.
Whether you’re running on premise datacenter, using a private or public IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) hosting platform, security is extremely...
This year I had the pleasure of attending the UX Immersion: Interactions Conference held on April 18–20, 2016 in San Diego.
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I was thrilled when I first learned and began applying Agile software development practices. Finally, I was able to get off the painful