Rage Against the Codebase: Programmers and Negativity

My coworkers ask me what’s wrong and I give a dramatic retelling of the Worst Hits Of BulkDataImporter.js 2018, courtesy of Chuck Parsley*. 

Everyone nods sympathetically and we agree: how could they have done this to us?

Great developers are raised, not hired

Every company on the market is looking for the best talent. Companies are waiting when “the talent” will appear from nowhere as if there were some secret talent factory. The ideal candidate will have all necessary technical skills, will be a good “culture fit” and will perform well with little or no supervision.

React Native Testing Library

Helps you to write better tests with less effort.

Techniques for Data Visualization on both Mobile & Desktop

Sharing several different techniques you can show (the same) data visualization differently on mobile and desktop.

Space in Design Systems: From Basics to Expanded Concepts to Apply Space with Intent

Space is everywhere. CSS uses properties like padding, margin, and absolute positioning’s left, right, top and bottom to separate objects. 

Across five libraries (Bootstrap, Salesforce Lightning, Foundation, a previous project, and a current project), I compared occurrence of these space properties relative to property groups of color, size, type, layout and more.

Native image lazy-loading for the web!

Web pages often contain a large number of images, which contribute to data-usage, page-bloat and how fast a page can load. 

Many of these images are offscreen, requiring a user to scroll in order to view them.

Falling in Love with the Problem

You’ve probably heard this quote before: “Fall in love with the problem not the solution.” 

But what does “falling in love with the problem” really mean? Aren’t problems just irritations we’d like to be rid of? So wouldn’t it make sense to love the solutions to these pesky problems?

How to deal with Technical Debt in Scrum

Technical debt is one of the greatest frustrations and de-motivators of the Development Teams I work with. 

Teams generally have no difficulty summoning up examples of technical debt in their codebase.

What's the Difference Between Docker and Kubernetes?

Why are we going to use both Docker and Kubernetes? Most teams using Kubernetes are also using Docker (or an alternative container). Here's why.