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Advantages of Google Cloud
Choosing a cloud provider can be a difficult process that has long-term impacts to productivity, cost, and features.
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The Cloud War: Battlefront IBC (1 of 4)
At IBC2019, the biggest international conference for the Media & Entertainment industry, there were some major themes:
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My Programming Journey
At some point after I learned to read, but before middle school, I took an interest in computers and used my dad's IBM PC to learn BASIC, a...
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Consumer Grade Expectations
Here at Metal Toad, we’re constantly engaged in developing solutions for complex, cloud-focused application needs.
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The Cloud is More Secure Than Your Facility
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal ominously titled Capital One Breach Casts Shad
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Why the Cloud Movement Is the Future of All Business
Cloud computing is quickly becoming not just another tech innovation, but a fundamental shift in the way businesses function. Learn the top 6...
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Effects of Siloing
In my first blog on this topic, I covered the root causes of siloing.
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Software is a slash and burn industry
Any industry that wants to be sustainable must think long term.
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How to Run a Great Hackathon (and Why You Should Do It)
Working at Metal Toad is all about innovation.
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Docker Containers & Clustering/Orchestration
The Big Picture The aim of this blog post isn’t to get into the nitty gritty how to build and run a containerized app on your favorite cloud provider...
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An Exploration of Daydream Using the Android SDK
Going into the latest hackathon, I knew there were several options for building a virtual reality (VR) app for Android devices.
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Web-based AR: Hunting for Treasure with A-Frame
When Metal Toad announced the theme of the winter Hackathon would be Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), those of us who have focu
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Team Knock-Knock Answers the “Who’s There?” Question With AR
Metal Toad’s winter 2018 hackathon was all about Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR and AR).
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Silos in Tech
What is siloing? In order to better discuss how engineers and teams become siloed, as well as the positive and negative effects it can have on a team,
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When to Refactor: A Case for Quality
Software, like all things in life, grows old. In the world of software, we call this technical debt. Managing technical debt is like managing aging;...
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Three Lessons Learned from Working in IoT
Prior to coming to Metal Toad, I worked as a .NET engineer at an Internet of Things (IoT) startup.
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Missing a Development Tool? Make Your Own!
Do you ever wish you had a certain tool, but didn't have the budget for it or knew it existed? I'm here to tell you something: you can build it!...
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Devopsing a Legacy World
Devops has been picking up steam since around the year 2009. ( It could be argued it was around in other forms longer but for argument's sake let's...
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Evaluating and Choosing A/B Testing Services
A/B and Multivariate Testing is a staple of the product development lifecycle. Whatever your goal, testing should be a frequently used tool in your...
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Hackathon: Team Mood Meter
This year’s hackathon challenge was to explore the Internet of Things (IoT) using cloud technology.
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"Hack the Plants" — Five Lessons Learned from an IoT Adventure
Do a search on “IoT projects” and you’ll turn up endless pages of fantastic Internet of Things ideas and examples.
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Hackathon 2018: Four Guys in a Garage. On Laptops. In a Minivan.
This year’s hackathon was all about the Internet of Things (IoT)—pulling data from the real world and sending it to the cloud, then finding ways to...
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Freedom to Fumble: Learnings From Hackathon 2018
I spend all my time at work dealing with software. So going into this year’s hackathon, I was excited to get hands-on (and in over my head) with...
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IoT and Employee Satisfaction
The very concept of automation leads to a moral and ethical dilemma regarding the workforce.