On a recent project, working with Elixir, Ecto, and Phoenix, we were encountering difficulty modeling and managing a complex business workflow. This is a fairly...more.

Things were working fine a few days ago... and then traffic spiked for whatever reason and the system could not handle it. Everything is slow...more.

On Monday, 8th Light made the painful decision to do a reduction in force. The world around us has caused us to think conservatively about...more.

As health care professionals work on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re at risk of more than just contracting the virus. Witnessing and...more.

This post may apply to you if you want to reduce infrastructure expenses. Though, I bet everyone identifies with that. But how about this: you're...more.

Most of my software experience has been in developing web applications that use various front-end frameworks. By now I've come to expect these frameworks to...more.

As many of our teams have moved to working fully remotely, we are looking for ways to fill in the learning content and community connections...more.

Parker Palmer describes the tension between the darkness of what we see today and what we know is possible in the world as the tragic...more.

For many small businesses, one dedicated developer is enough. The application is small enough that one person can reasonably maintain all of the different components...more.

8th Light is pleased to announce its relationship with a new remote software development company, One World Coders. Former 8th Light COO Doug Bradbury has...more.

This is part two of a two-part post examining the use case for moving your business from spreadsheets to custom software. Part 1 helps you...more.

This is part one of a two-part post examining the use case for moving your business from spreadsheets to custom software. This blog helps you...more.

Deploying an application is hard. Deploying an application that has only one real chance at success, coinciding with a live event that can’t be repeated,...more.

I am thrilled to announce that 8th Light has acquired Lunar Collective, a software consultancy based in Austin, Texas. This acquisition—along with WisdomGroup, Adorable, and...more.

I've been intrigued by ReactiveX, in all of its programming-language variations, for a few years now. I'd see code like this: const bricks$ = generate(1,...more.