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We partner with clients at all stages of growth to improve the quality of their software.

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Public Benefits

Benefit Kitchen

Helping low-income Americans discover benefits with a streamlined deployment pipeline

Image Marketplace

Obsidian Collection Archives

Preserving Black legacy through a digital platform for archival imagery

Nonprofits

Women Employed

Leading change for women’s advocacy through content-driven design

Healthcare

ConceiveAbilities

Helping families find simple and reliable information about IVF clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Health Worker Data Alliance

Supporting health workers through the COVID-19 pandemic with insights into well-being

Higher Education

Royal Academy

Helping a venerable institution adapt and thrive in the 21st century

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#Tools #Testing

January 5, 2021

A Case Study in Vim Script 101: Making a Test Runner

This blog is a case study in how one might use Vim script, a programming language built in to Vim. We'll walk through the creation of a Vim script from stem to stern, ending up with our test runner that can run a variety of tests with a few simple keystrokes.

#Community #Business

December 8, 2020

Jenny Farver joins 8th Light as co-CEO

I’m very happy to announce that Jenny Farver has joined 8th Light as co-CEO. We are at an exciting point in our company’s history, and Jenny brings experience and perspective that will be invaluable as we grow into our next phase.

#Agile #Principles #Process

October 6, 2020

Dare to be good enough—you'll be happier for it

If you find yourself like me, trying to game out the best future outcomes based on limited knowledge and with bounded cognition, remember the ways of the satisficers. Make a good enough decision today, and remain flexible and forgiving in order to make another good enough decision tomorrow.

#Craftsmanship

September 15, 2020

Your values are the rules you break

Codifying a bunch of rules (especially if they aren't currently being followed) in order to move your organization toward "quality software" is picking a fight between your company's culture and values and your software development practices—and in a fight between culture and anything else: Culture will win. Every. Single. Time.

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