Ever try writing Angular on Rails? I have and it’s nothing short of belly flopping into a pool of rusty nails and sadness.
Don’t get me wrong. We love Angular here at Cloudspace and it’s our front end framework of choice for most split stack applications. However, as a light front end layer for a Rails app….no.... Continue reading »
Here at Cloudspace we do a lot of testing and as of late, we’re becoming big fans of the outside in testing approach. The general idea is that you write the user story, write a test, and let the code emerge from this structure. This works well since most of our work is highly immersed... Continue reading »
We’re excited to announce the launch of University Tech Meetups, a series of four monthly meetups serving East Orlando-based professionals and students, hosted at Cloudspace’s Orlando HQ. We’re so jazzed about these events, we’ve hired new Cloudspacer, Katelyn MacKenzie, to grow attendance and increase their local impact.
University Ruby launches Tuesday Sept 23, followed by University Javascript in October, IOS... Continue reading »
A subject that’s been on my mind lately is technical debt, and how it connects to business issues. Code quality is directly related to a business, in the same way that the maintenance of industrial equipment relates to that business’s ability to continue producing widgets.
The thing is, software can quickly and easily get more complex than any industrial machine. Comparing software to a single... Continue reading »
“People on Reddit want to be anonymous, and at some point these brands want to have a real relationship with their customers,” said Brian Blau, an Internet analyst with Gartner Research. ‘Can Reddit deliver that over time?’” - Can Reddit Grow Up? - NYTimes
Brands don’t want to have real relationships with their customers in... Continue reading »
Inspired by A Million Ways to Die on Wall Street, I thought I would throw together this list of A Million Ways to Die in Tech. OK, it’s not really a million ways. It’s four.
Not having standups. I like the standing concept, but you don’t have to. Still, short daily checkins, alongside weekly checkins are a good... Continue reading »
Earlier this week, the NYPD ran a social media campaign to collect photos from ordinary people interacting with NYPD officers.
It did not go well. People on Twitter started posting pictures of police involved in violent situations, and criticizing the police.
My goal isn’t to armchair quarterback the social media strategy. Mistakes are made, the important... Continue reading »