Software Development Insights

How To Introduce A New Developer To A Project

Introducing a new developer to an existing project might be a long and unproductive process. Because of that, it is wise to approach this challenge with some kind of plan.

The Pros And Cons Of Using MongoDB

When embarking on a new backend project, our first move as developers is often to use some well-established relational database like PostgreSQL or MySQL. However, for some time there have been different database types available on the market. One of them is MongoDB.

Github On Steroids

In this article, I would like to share my tips on how to improve your Github repository so basically, how to give it some ‘steroids’. I will cover aspects like using templates, coverage report in Github projects and packages, how to improve the CI build speed and finally, how to better document your code.

A Curated List Of Git Commands Enough To Keep Your Git History Flat

A curated list of git commands enough to keep your git history flat I’ve been working on projects where we keep the git history flat (no merge-commits) for quite a bit of time now, and I’ve decided to make a list of git commands I often use during every-day development.

Writing A Regular Expression Tester In Crystal As A Learning Exercise

As a part-time Rubyist, I couldn’t ignore Crystal any longer (+ I enjoy learning new programming languages) so I decided to give it a try. Because I wanted to write something useful and contribute to the community, I was looking for a small idea in the Ruby world and spoiler alert… I found it.

Benefits And Costs Of Pair Programming With A Novice

Pair programming is one of the best ways to learn programming, as collaborators can easily share their experiences and knowledge. This holds true when working with someone on similar or higher skill level, but can one really benefit from pairing with a novice developer?

3 Reasons Why You Should Use Time And Materials Pricing Model For Software Outsourcing

Agile methodologies require time-and-materials pricing model. The client’s ability to be involved in the development process, prioritize backlog and adjust to the end-users’ needs with evolving requirements are, in most cases, the key to the market success of a service or a product.

10 Tips On How To Effectively Manage Tasks For Your Dev Team

well-described task is at least half of the story behind its successful implementation. Some other success factors are hidden in what happens to the task further down the road and especially in how the necessary feedback is provided and processed in the task implementation.

10+ Tips On How To Effectively Describe Tasks For Your Dev Team

When You Should Not Pick Ember.js As Your Next Front End Tool

The main goal of the article is to point out that there is no one single technology that fits every context, i.e. every use case, every project or every development team.

Why Don’t You Pick EmberJS When Building Your Next Single-Page Application?

I’ve been using EmberJS on a daily basis for over a year now. In this short article, I will focus on some benefits of choosing the EmberJS framework as a tool for building a single-page application (SPA). I will mostly describe business advantages of that choice rather than technical benefits.

Implementing Change In Agile Organizations

To attain this goals one can implement a very simple and powerful solution which is based on the theory called the Diffusion of Innovations which can be used to explain how, why, and at what rate new concepts spread through organizations.