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As a longtime Ruby programmer who has just recently begun to focus more on Clojure, I find myself continually surprised by all the little treasures that Clojure offers. One of those treasures is Clojure's sophisticated support for destructuring - it's…

Matthew Forsyth

You have an idea. You’ve thought it through, and you’ve decided that software is the best way to bring this idea to life. At this point, you have a some guesses about how to improve the lives of your potential…

Drew Jankowski

MojoTech, like most companies, has the concept of a Project Lead. Initially, I wasn't sure what to expect when I took on my role as Project Lead, so I'm writing this post to shed a little light on the responsibilities…

Daniel Wilson

Everyone in Boulder has a dog. Everyone in Boulder who has a dog and works at MojoTech brings their dog to work. However, not everyone that has a dog works at MojoTech, leading to a need for dog walkers and…

Cathy Zoller

Newton's first law of motion states: "An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force."…

Duncan Shaw

Here at MojoTech, we are lucky to have several engineers who have used Ruby on Rails from very early on in its history. For me personally, the year 2016 will mark a full decade of using Rails for application development.…

Craig P Jolicoeur

Lately, I've been working on Satellite, an open-source monitoring solution for Mesos clusters. It has become clear that Satellite needs to be easier to install and configure, and that we may need to change the very nature of its configuration…

Matthew Forsyth

Like many CEO’s in December, my head has been down for the past few weeks as we plan for 2016. And one of the things that’s been on my mind is process. We’ve recently implemented a new lead management process and…

Nick Kishfy

When it comes to job application forms, why do companies ask, “what makes you unique?” Should you answer in a way that relates to the position you are applying for, or give a personal anecdote that shows off your personality?…

Nick Kishfy

Welcome back to my 3-part review of Bertrand Meyer's, Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly. As a quick refresher, last time, in part 2, I took a look at what Meyer considers “hyped” about agile methods. In part…

Drew Jankowski