Aug 29 2019

Introducing Prismatest Testing Library

Today I’m officially announcing the launch of Prismatest, a Javascript library to decouple your front-end tests from the view layer details. Writing tests for front-end applications is hard. Prismatest aims to make it easier. I've seen and written tests that read…

Daniel Wilson

Engineering

Aug 06 2019

How to Use Google Sheets as a Stunning Data Visualization Tool

When choosing between data visualization tools, one option worth considering is Google Sheets. Google's spreadsheet application can be used to generate charts, tables and even maps that can be embedded on a website. They're easy to make and can be configured…

Tim Barmann

Engineering

Jul 22 2019

Contexts with Some Light Phoenix

There once was a professor who ran a school for gifted youngsters. He had the unfortunate problem that his teachers would frequently disappear. Sometimes to space or different time periods or living islands. The result was that classes would be…

David Dufresne

Engineering

Jul 09 2019

Practices and Tools that Make for a Good Project

What makes for a good software project, from an engineering standpoint? There are projects that are a joy to work on, and others that are a drag. The industry has accumulated enough wisdom to be able to name a few…

Jeff Cole

EngineeringProduct Management

May 23 2019

Opening Day

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Joe DelCioppio

Engineering

May 09 2019

10 Critical Steps To Accelerate Digital Transformation In Your Company

Implementing Digital Transformation In Your Business It’s one thing to recognize the importance of DT, but making it a reality in your business is a different animal altogether.…

Nick Kishfy

Business

May 01 2019

Product Over Process: Do Your Own Thing and Build Better Software

I used to be a product manager at a company that will remain nameless. Here’s how projects worked: First I would put together a project request form that contained a lengthy requirements section. After the engineering team approved this project…

Steve Tiszenkel

Product ManagementMojoTech

Nov 14 2018

Build a simple in-memory cache in Node.js

I created a Node JS project recently that required fetching some data from an external API. A colleague suggested that I cache the API call response. I thought this suggestion was a good idea since the data did not change very…

Timothy Barmann

EngineeringMojoTech

Oct 31 2018

Goal Setting For Product Managers

Setting goals In order to accomplish anything important, you need to set multiple goals. Your goals need to be both in the big and in the small. The small goals that you set every day will help you hit the larger…

Nick Kishfy

Product Management

Sep 21 2018

How To Learn Calligraphy (for beginners)

In our fast-moving world, it’s easy to overlook the amount of effort and time necessary to achieve true mastery of a skill. We millennials are obsessed with instant gratification. We often give up too soon and, in doing so, develop…

Ivan Manolov

Design