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UX/Design Practices • Nov 28, 2021

4 Tips from Santa for Facilitating User Interviews

It's important during user interviews to instill confidence. People want to know they've been heard and that you're going to give them what they want.

Project & Team Management • Nov 27, 2021

Use the Compounding Nature of Developer Time to Deliver Value

Developer time compounds like interest in a bank account. The better the team, the better the interest rate of investment in the team's software.

Atomic Accelerator • Nov 26, 2021

Pursing a Career in Software Development? Focus on Teamwork

Emotional intelligence skills you learn through teamwork will be more valuable throughout your life than learning one more programming language.

Evolving the Industry • Nov 24, 2021

[Video] Job Crafting: An End to the Endless Work-from-Home Debate

The work-from-home debate isn't really about where we work. It’s about us workers craving agency in a chaotic world. Job Crafting is a great first step.

Personal Optimization • Nov 23, 2021

Send Secure Emails with Gmail’s Confidential Mode

Banks won't be using it any time soon, but for the average user, Gmail's confidential mode is a very secure way to send private information.

Project & Team Management • Nov 22, 2021

Constraints Are Necessary When Building Custom Software

When building custom software, constraints are a good thing. Discover what they are, or make them up to add some clarity around a project.

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.