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Growing as Makers • Nov 21, 2021

How to Prepare a Career Talk About Testing for 200 High School Sophomores

I'll soon be giving a career talk about testing to 200 high schoolers. Reviewing how I moved from developer to tester helped me form some concrete advice.

Effective communication • Nov 20, 2021

Senior Developers Can Help New Devs Overcome Imposter Syndrome

Imposter syndrome can hit new devs hard during onboarding. There are some simple things experienced devs on the project can do to ease the pain.

Developer Tools • Nov 19, 2021

How to Choose the Best GraphQL Server for Your Next Project

After choosing GraphQL to facilitate your backend API development, you still need to decide which implementation of a GraphQL server to use.

Development • Nov 18, 2021

How I Review Code Submissions for Developer Applicants

Developer applicants generally have to complete a coding challenge. But who does the reviews for the code submissions, and how do they do it?

Business Practices • Nov 17, 2021

Should You Replace Old Custom Software with New Custom Software?

It’s not always clear when it’s time to retire old software and invest in new custom software. Here are a few questions to ask as you weigh the decision.

.NET / WPF • Nov 16, 2021

How to Extract Data from a Legacy Visual FoxPro Application

If you’ve been challenged to extract data from a Visual FoxPro database, use this recipe to get a development environment up and running fast.

Developer Tools • Nov 15, 2021

Building an Angular Library for npm and for Local Use

For our current project, my software team is building an Angular library that can deploy to npm or be used locally to test components.

Project & Team Management • Nov 14, 2021

Use Well-Defined User Stories to Create Predictable Value

Well-defined work relays information to developers working on the user story and supports the entire team in bringing value through the project.

Culture • Nov 13, 2021

Establish a Learning Culture Framework and See Your Business Thrive

Establishing a learning culture is a competitive business advantage. This post presents a Learning Culture Framework to help guide you.

React Native • Nov 12, 2021

Responsive Font Size on React Native with Font Scaling: 3 Methods

Does your app look great on one device and horrible on the other? Here are three ways to scale your react native app and make it look great on any device.

Growing as Makers • Nov 11, 2021

3 Hackathon Habits Developers Should Bring to Their Professional Work

There are habits and techniques developers use during a hackathon that they should bring into their professional work more often.

Development Practices • Nov 10, 2021

Make Better Use of Discriminated Unions in Your Next Typescript Project

Discriminated unions are powerful. I hope this post helps you make better use of a great abstraction in your next Typescript project.