Software is our Craft.™
As a custom software development company, 8th Light builds software—from mobile to microservices—that is beautiful, durable, and shows pride in workmanship.
As a custom software development company, 8th Light builds software—from mobile to microservices—that is beautiful, durable, and shows pride in workmanship.
We work alongside your team and inside your code to bring incremental change from the inside out.
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We design simple, memorable, human interactions.
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Equip your teams with the skills needed to lead the development of your highest-impact projects.
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We will build, launch, and maintain your product at the pace of your business.
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Agile projects typically use a unit of work known as a ticket, user story, or increasingly a job story. These tickets are written to specify some new feature that provides value to a user of the system. They do not dictate how the feature should be built, nor do they specify who should build it. As such, they often assume that the person who is building the feature is capable of doing anything across the code base—it assumes they are "full-stack."
On a team where some developers identify as “backend,” some as “frontend,” and some as “full-stack,” how can we write tickets that are suitable for everyone? Can we also ensure that tickets are built efficiently?
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As a business leader, you have goals to achieve with a limited amount of time and money.
Read this easy guide to find out if custom software is right for your business right now.
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8th Light introduces the Weirich Institute of Software, a rigorous continuing education program designed for software professionals.
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