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Video: Managing Dependencies on the Front End

Modern front-end development is a cornucopia of options and architectural strategies. A development team must survey the landscape and assemble a bespoke toolchain from the...more.

Built to Last: Naomi Dennis Develops a Brighter Future through Software

8th Light
23 Nov 2021
Careers
Spotlight

A little over a year into her career as a software developer, New York City-based Naomi Dennis felt herself longing for projects that placed a...more.

Start Your Software Development Career through Apprenticeship

Ever thought about a career in software development but didn’t know where to start? Eager to test your skills and immerse yourself in a holistic...more.

Podcast: Into the Unknown Unknowns: Observability with Charity Majors

The speed of development and change in software engineering enables exponential growth and innovation. It can also give rise to ever-increasing complexity and the creation...more.

Video: How Developers Can Contribute to the Ethical Tech Paradigm Shift

Fasten your seatbelts! Because while many of us were raised during a generation of “click-it-or-ticket” public awareness campaigns, the true story of how seat belts...more.

Reflections On Living In Data, by Jer Thorp

8th Light Hugh Sato John Riccardi Hana Lee Kyle Sparks
28 Sep 2021
Community
Craftsmanship
Data

Earlier this summer, a group of us started meeting weekly to discuss Jer Thorp’s new book, Living In Data. The book is built on Jer’s...more.

Documenting User Flows in FigJam

Hugh Sato
23 Sep 2021
Design

Recently, I've come to discover the power and beauty of using FigJam as a way of defining user stories. For whatever reason, I hadn't spent...more.

Podcast: Know Your History: Ethical Source with Coraline Ehmke

Coraline Ehmke’s path to the tech industry was non-traditional. It took someone to turn the key for her to find the community that she sought....more.

Podcast: It's a Process: More than Machine Learning with Hana Lee

“You can build an initial model, but you have to keep updating it. You have to continually operate it, doing things incrementally rather than trying...more.

Sargable Queries & MUL Indexes; or Why My Query is Slow

You're on Ops. Debugging Error-s in Invoicing Rails app, as usual. They're stored in MySQL, and accessed through ActiveRecord and some helper methods. They've already...more.

What Matters When Designing For Safety?

My first book, Design for Safety, is now available for purchase! This book is the culmination of more than 10 years of work. Before joining...more.

Podcast: Stealing Fire: Ambitious Side Projects with Kofi Gumbs

Many programmers settle into a work-life balance where their day job pays their bills and their side projects fuel their passions. UI programmer Kofi Gumbs...more.

Podcast: Tech's Pre-seatbelt Phase, with Eva PenzeyMoog

When we think of technology breaches, we often imagine a nefarious hacker behind a computer screen far away. But for survivors of domestic violence and...more.

Podcast: How Design Works with Jon Wettersten

What is design? What makes a designer? Big questions require big answers and Thomas and Jerome found the most overqualified person they could: Jon Wettersten,...more.

Introducing Collaborative Craft, a new podcast by 8th Light

We're excited to introduce our brand new podcast, Collaborative Craft. The trailer is available now wherever you listen to podcasts. We call Collaborative Craft a...more.

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