Caching - Are you optimizing before identifying the problem? (Part 2)

Caching - Are you optimizing before identifying the problem? (Part 2)

If your pages take too long to render, caching may be a solution but before you go all out and start implementing or improving it, ask yourself if there are other fundamental problems that need addressing first (which led to the issues in the first place).

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One approach to create UX Designs is to draw them out quickly without relying on tools

One approach to create UX Designs is to draw them out quickly without relying on tools

If you can draw, this approach will work really well! But, even if you are like me and cannot really draw, it will still save you a ton of time if you manually drew out the UI pages to share with your development team.

31 Joulu 202010min

User Experience(UX) Designs for Web and Mobile Apps

User Experience(UX) Designs for Web and Mobile Apps

While it would save time (which is priceless for everyone, not to mention smaller startups where it is even more valuable!) to use UX designs created for the Web for Mobile Apps, and vice-versa, it is hardly ever possible (if a seamless User Experience across devices is at the top of your priority list).

26 Joulu 20207min

How to deal with the issue of Bot Sign ups?

How to deal with the issue of Bot Sign ups?

Well, as technology improves, we get smarter as humans. But, so do bots. There's any number of things you can, and should, do to ensure your app is not hit with bot (aka: fake) sign ups.

26 Joulu 20202min

GitHub Projects - How we manage our repo-specific issues

GitHub Projects - How we manage our repo-specific issues

We use our own product (obviously!) to give us a federated view of all the projects that our ecosystem comprises of but at a code repository level, we use GitHub's Project feature to manage repo-specific issues. Here's how we do it.

1 Joulu 20202min

Snowpal Pitch: GitHub Branch Management

Snowpal Pitch: GitHub Branch Management

There is no single answer to what branching strategies work for you when it comes to GitHub. We've tried more than a few ourselves but eventually arrived at one that works quite well for us.

28 Marras 20203min

Unit Testing vs Functional Testing vs Integration Testing: What are some differences?

Unit Testing vs Functional Testing vs Integration Testing: What are some differences?

While it's important to not be bogged down by terminologies, it is also imperative that there is consensus within any given team so there is no confusion.

28 Marras 20205min

TypeScript & ECMAScript6

TypeScript & ECMAScript6

It is hard to overstate the value strong typing brings to the table, especially in the context of teams that move real fast (and have fun doing so)!

22 Marras 20202min

SSL Connect Error: Upgrade to heroku-20

SSL Connect Error: Upgrade to heroku-20

If you upgraded to heroku-20, and ran into SSL errors, this quick video (less than 2 minutes is very, very quick for someone for who brevity ain't always a forte!) may help you. It took me 3 hours to figure this out, and if I can save you that time, it would be worth it, right!

20 Marras 20201min