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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:
Consumer Grade Expectations
Here at Metal Toad, we’re constantly engaged in developing solutions for complex, cloud-focused application needs.
The Cloud is More Secure Than Your Facility
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal ominously titled Capital One Breach Casts Shad
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...
Software is a slash and burn industry
Any industry that wants to be sustainable must think long term.
How to Run a Great Hackathon (and Why You Should Do It)
Working at Metal Toad is all about innovation.
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...
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.
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
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).
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,
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;...
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.
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!...
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...
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...
Hackathon: Team Mood Meter
This year’s hackathon challenge was to explore the Internet of Things (IoT) using cloud technology.
"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.
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...
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...
IoT and Employee Satisfaction
The very concept of automation leads to a moral and ethical dilemma regarding the workforce.
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.
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...
How Static Code Analysis Taught Me About Change Management
Recently, I helped spearhead our department’s adoption of centralized static code analysis.