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ExState: Database-backed statecharts for Elixir and Ecto

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.

Problems When Scaling Fails–and Solutions

Sarah Sunday
13 May 2020
DevOps

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.

Difficult decisions during the pandemic

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.

8th Light is Partnering With Health Worker Data Alliance To Support Frontline Health-Care Workers

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.

Reducing Operational Expenses by Going Serverless with AWS

Sarah Sunday
14 Apr 2020
AWS
Serverless

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.

From Web Dev to Android

Dave Torre
07 Apr 2020
Coding
Android
React

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.

8LU Livestreams: A new way to stay connected and keep learning

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.

How 8th Light is Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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.

Mitigating the Risks of Small Development Teams

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 Invests in Premium Remote Software Development Company, One World Coders

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.

How can you move from a business operating on spreadsheets to custom software? Part 2

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.

How can your business move from operating on spreadsheets to custom software? Part 1

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.

The Iowa Caucus App and the Challenge of 'Going Live'

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.

Introducing 8th Light Austin

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.

Teaching ReactiveX (and a lot of other things) Like Skiing

Eric Smith
28 Jan 2020
Education

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.

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