Business
Hidden Features in Product Builds
Once we get past POC and MVP, we need to start thinking about the entirety of the product we’re building.
TOPIC
Git (4)
Business
How RFP Software Helps Metal Toad Be More Effective
How RFP Software Boosts Efficiency at Metal Toad: Learn how Metal Toad leverages RFPIO to streamline RFP responses, save time, and improve...
Artificial Intelligence
An Engineering Firm with a Design Sensibility
We live in a man-made (or woman-made) world. Everything not sprung by nature was created by a human and has been designed.
Artificial Intelligence
Secrets to Project Happiness Using Git
I have worked with dozens of projects over my career, on platforms ranging from Drupal to Yii to Django to AngularJS
SaaS Application
Extending Drupal 8 Fields That Contain Data
Data protection is one of the primary advantages of Drupal, but sometimes there are exceptions to the rule and you might need to modify a field to...
Artificial Intelligence
History of Computer Girls, Part 2: Margaret!
I've been going around town giving a talk on the history of women in computers. During my research, I came across so very many women I’d never heard...
HTML & CSS
A Front-end Build Task With A Living Style Guide, Part 1: SCSS
At Metal Toad our front-end build is important to us. It helps us keep standards consistent and improves the quality of our projects.
Machine Learning
Writing a haiku-detecting bot for Slack
At Metal Toad, we have several bots integrated into Slack.
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad’s Process to a Brand Refresh
Why a Brand Refresh? In early November 2015, Metal Toad began the wo
Artificial Intelligence
Code Quality
One of Metal Toad’s continuing goals for developers centers around mastery.
Git
Golang Environment Configuration
I know that in my previous post, mocking API's in Golang, I said I would talk about testing, but I lied. To your face.
Artificial Intelligence
Jobs in the Software Industry Aren't Just for Programmers
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
Business
Finding My Thing: Part 1
Coming from a strict design engineering background and working in the realm of manufactured products, I have had a steep learning curve in the tech...
SaaS Application
Angular 2: Using the HTTP Service to Write Data to an API
Update, November 27, 2017: This post explains the Http service used in Angular 2. This is now deprecated in favor of the newer HttpClient released in...
Artificial Intelligence
Revisiting First Mover (Dis)Advantage
In 2001, the Harvard Business Review published “First Mover Disadvantage” by William B
Git
WatchOS 2 Animations with Completion Blocks
Now that WatchOS 2.0 is released we have more than just frame animations in the SDK. It now has animation support for moving things around on-screen.
Artificial Intelligence
Force Touch for Safari in Javascript
First I explored Force Click on the Mac. Now it is on the web with javascript in Safari.
Business
Our Interns Love Us Almost as Much as We Love Them
Metal Toad's Internship Program has grown leaps and bounds since I arrived last year. I could not be prouder of all of our interns, but our latest...
Artificial Intelligence
AWS Cross-Account Roles and Consolidated Billing
Amazon Web Service recently introduced support for cross-account ro
Business
10 Months as a Junior Developer
I am now within a couple days of having survived as a Junior Developer at Metal Toad for 10 whole months.
Artificial Intelligence
Kegerator
Here in Portland we have people who brew beer and many more who drink it! Between the brewing and consuming of it, there is the overlooked step of...
Git
Git: Always Be Branching (ABB)
Master the Git workflow for efficient Drupal development. Learn branching techniques, handling conflicts, and best practices for pushing changes to...
Git
Git: Always Be Committing (ABC)
Junior developerslearn the importance of version control and best practices with Git to ensure smooth project workflows and professional growth.
Git
Angular services and useable patterns
Discover effective patterns for using AngularJS services in your web applications, from singleton instances to reusable components and hybrid designs.