Web Apps • May 14, 2014 Why I’m Finally Excited about Web App Development The world of web development is evolving. Web standards continuously improve and gain adoption, while truly great frameworks have come into existence.
UX/Design Techniques • May 13, 2014 Retrain the Way You Think About Visual Design Visual design should support all the previous decisions in the design process – communicating brand, reinforcing navigation, and supporting workflows.
DevOps & System Admin. • May 12, 2014 9 OpenSSL Commands To Keep Handy OpenSSL commands are used frequently for managing SSL certificates. This reference demonstrates the usage of several key commands and options.
Exploratory Testing • May 10, 2014 What’s the Risk? – Learning from Others’ Mistakes Users have many needs and can use things in ways that you never thought of. Learning from other people's mistakes can help you avoid these same traps.
Platforms & Languages • May 09, 2014 Three Tips for Tackling Rust If you're considering learning Rust, here are some tips to ensure your journey is a smooth one.
Project & Team Management • May 08, 2014 Evolution of a Burn Chart Helping the client better understand burn chart data with intermediate milestones and a stacked bar chart.
Ember.js • May 07, 2014 Changes Pending! Ember Data Dirty State Tracking Ember and Ember Data don't have the greatest dirty state tracking, but you can easily add it in yourself. Don't lose your form data!
Culture • May 06, 2014 Life in the Atomic Do-ocracy Benefits, drawbacks, and essential attitudes of a successful do-ocracy (rule by those who do).
Project & Team Management • May 05, 2014 Breaking Your Budget into Categories A budget can be made up of many different components—some of which have nothing to do with actively creating features and are instead for upfront processes.
Developer Tools • May 04, 2014 A Tiny Toolbox for Spelunking through JSON A quick look at how curl, bash, jq, and json-diff can make JSON less painful to wrangle from the command-line.
Personal Optimization • May 03, 2014 Timeboxing: Mitigate Risk, Increase Time Awareness When most of us think about completing a task, we think in terms of fixed scope. Fixing the time mitigates risk and increases your productivity.
Planning Your Project • May 02, 2014 Your App Idea Stinks! 3 Steps to Make it Better Before you start thinking about funding and development, make sure your app idea is as good as it could be.
