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Are You Covered By Your Code Coverage Metric?

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ChatGPT—6 Tips for Improving Your Coding Experience. Read one expert’s advice on how to make ChatGPT a helpful coding companion and simplify the coding process.
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Supercharging Hertz Legacy Systems by Replacing a Legacy API

From Legacy API to Modern API—Read about the API development needed to support Hertz’s partnerships with Uber and Lyft.
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Product-Market Fit Isn't Just for Start-ups

Product-market fit best practices: Desirability, Viability, Feasibility, and Strategic Fit deliver value in a user-centered and differentiated way—Read How
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Software is Best Demonstrated, Not Explained

The relationship between software teams and the business is fundamentally broken. Adopting a practice of demoing working software is an effective solution.
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Never Forget To Remember with Husky + Githooks

Learn how to set up Husky and Git hooks to automate testing and other development workflows. Share configurations across projects and teams with code over documentation.
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A Tight Schedule: Spring, Kubernetes, and Scheduled Jobs

Here we explore the challenges of running scheduled jobs in a Spring and Kubernetes environment, including duplicate job runs and queuing of jobs.
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5 Ways to Leverage Stripe to Build Your Online Business

Learn how to leverage Stripe to build your online business with 5 tips from Lexie Marinelli. Discover various ways to utilize Stripe for your business.
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7 Tips to Pass the Stripe Certified Professional Implementation Architect Exam

This blog post provides seven tips to help readers prepare for and pass the Stripe Certified Professional Implementation Architect Exam. Learn about the online payments industry, Stripe's products, and how to create an implementation plan.
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TDD: First Step is THINK

Passionate people focused on the craft of delivering business outcomes while getting you to the cloud.
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Testing Library - Queries

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My Delivery Lead Journey

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Building Psychological Safety From the Ground Up

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Want to learn something new? Consistency is the key

Like fitness, learning new skills in software development is about showing up consistently. Practical tips for building sustainable learning habits.
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Pair Programming in the Time of Covid

Pair programming is a way to develop software. It used to involve two software developers sitting down at one workstation and writing code together.
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Beyond a JPEG: NFT as a Primary Key

We most often see NFTs used to record ownership of artwork, but the technology has far broader potential. This post explores how NFTs can function as primary keys for ownership across industries — from real estate and music to in-game items.
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