You've written an application and it just hit 1.0. Now what? An application that hasn't been deployed is just some text up in GitHub. What is involved in deploying an application? For small, personal projects it may be fine to throw it on a server and wal . . . Read More

We all want to jump in and save the day. While nobile, it can cause bigger problems. Software engineering is a discipline, and part of that discipline is evaluating choices. Sometimes it is appropriate to go rambo and get something done, and sometimes the . . . Read More

Every project needs an easy and well defined development process. A way for other contributors to quickly onboard. Ideally, anyone is able to clone the repo and run a couple of commands from the README and have a tangible product at their fingertips. Not . . . Read More

We've all been there, dealing with "that codebase" that is a ball of mud and lacks architecture. Whether it was some prototype we created, a minimal viable product we inherited from another team, or a project that started off with good intentions but was . . . Read More

The place where all future issues are put. Anything a team member needs to take note of gets thrown here. We say it's our pantry of work to pull from but in reality it ends up being more of an attic. The things we want to see are at the top, easily access . . . Read More

Elixir is an impure functional programming language created by José Valim as an alternative to Erlang. The language is very powerful and featured with some solid frameworks. There are also machine learning (NX) and embedded systems (Nerves) frameworks. E . . . Read More

The question of the century. It's not quite dev, but it's not quite ops. I frequently get asked the question "are you DevOps?" I never quite know how to answer that question. I consider myself a developer first and foremost. My title is Software Engineer. . . . Read More