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What is Software Architecture?

I'm sure at some point you've had to draw some boxes and arrows to describe the high level view of how a system works. But...more.

OAuth2 and OpenID Connect Essentials for Web Developers (Part 1)

Isn't it great to be able to sign in to one application (Trello, for example) using your credentials and user profile that are stored somewhere...more.

Placing a Craft CMS application behind AWS CloudFront

Using CDN to prevent performance issues of content management systems Craft CMS is a content management system that allows a team to organise and edit...more.

Handling Blocking Threads in Java

Thread Basics Let's start from the beginning—what is a thread? A thread stores the information necessary for your computer to execute some part of your...more.

Rich Feller Joins 8th Light’s Leadership Team

I am excited to announce that Rich Feller has joined 8th Light’s team as a new Vice President of Product Design & Delivery. We know...more.

8th Light merges with Madriska

I am thrilled to announce that 8th Light has agreed to merge with Madriska, the general web-development consultancy based in Chicago. Madriska’s owner and only...more.

We're All Humans

Kim Carten
02 Jul 2019
Community

When I joined 8th Light three years ago, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was a major adjustment. I had just left my job...more.

Effective Slack alerts

"I think if you maintain a force in the world that comes into people's sleep, you are exercising a meaningful power." — Don DeLillo, Underworld...more.

"Tech" Care of Yourself: strategies for better mental health in tech

Have you ever noticed how programming can sometimes feel like you are in a foreign country playing charades with a shopkeeper tucked away in their...more.

Why keeping levels of abstraction matters

Most developers who have been in the profession for at least a couple of years have heard of software principles, if not read about them...more.

Unit Testing Code Boundaries

Ashley Bye
04 Jun 2019
Testing

When I first learned to unit test my software, I noticed that I struggled to test code that interacted with components at the boundaries of...more.

Remote Team Workflows

Being in the same room as the people you are working with is not a luxury we all have. Sometimes we are remote from the...more.

Tutorial: Add a Menu Bar Extra to a macOS App

Intro In this post, I’ll give you a quick rundown of how to create a Menu Bar Extra for your macOS app. The Apple Dev...more.

AWS Security Essentials

Colin Jones
14 May 2019
AWS
DevOps
Quality

Aaron Bedra gave a fantastic talk when he was with Jemurai where he laid out some of the most important areas of thinking around security...more.

Some Common Gotchas in Python

As a new Python programmer, I ran into three common language gotchas: passing variables by reference, unbound local errors, and mutable default arguments. Hopefully this...more.

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