Miscommunication between executives and engineering teams is a leading cause of project failure. This guide provides a framework for clear communication, covering why you should define problems (not solutions), how to protect the developer ‘flow state,’ and the importance of feedback loops. Turn your developers into true product partners.
On Sep 17, 2025LeadershipCommunicationSoftware DevelopmentFounder TipsTeam CultureManagementbusinessteams
A deep dive into CSRF attacks, one of the most common web vulnerabilities. This guide explains the anatomy of an attack, covers best practices for mitigation like the Synchronizer Token Pattern and SameSite cookies, and details common anti-patterns to avoid.
On Sep 2, 2025CybersecurityWeb DevelopmentCSRFSecurityDevOpssecurityweb-development
Website speed directly impacts revenue - just 100ms can cause a 7% drop in conversions. This guide explains how HTTP caching headers like Cache-Control and Content-Encoding can dramatically improve performance, reduce infrastructure costs, and boost SEO rankings. Learn to turn complex caching concepts into simple, powerful business advantages.
On Sep 2, 2025cachingperformancehttpseodevopsweb-development
Learn why treating UI design as a commodity holds your business back. Discover how to shift your mindset from expense to investment to build a powerful partnership with your designer and achieve a tangible business ROI.
On Aug 22, 2025UI DesignUXDesign StrategyBusinessROICollaborationfrontendbusiness
This post breaks down how we solved the $200/month contact form problem for a static Hugo site. We detail our journey in crafting an elegant, zero-cost solution by using Cloudflare Workers as a serverless ‘brain’ and HTMX for an instantaneous user experience.
On Jul 24, 2025HugoCloudflare WorkersHTMXFormsServerlessdeploymentfrontend
When our team couldn’t agree on the Monty Hall problem, we turned to Go programming to settle the debate. This article shows how we built a simulation to prove that switching doors really does double your chances of winning.
On Jul 19, 2025gogolangprobabilitysimulationmonty-hallmathematicstutorial
This post explores how small tech teams can use Agile methodologies to boost product development efficiency. It covers practices like Scrum, Kanban, and XP, along with benefits and strategies for implementation. Learn to overcome challenges and leverage tools for better productivity in small teams.
On Nov 21, 2023Agile MethodologySmall Tech TeamsProduct DevelopmentScrum FrameworkMaximizing Efficiencyagileteamsbusiness
In today’s fast-paced software development world, measuring team performance is crucial for improvement. DORA metrics help transform low-performing teams into high-performing ones. They track progress and ensure customer value delivery.
On Feb 8, 2023software-developmentdevopsperformanceagile
This post explains popular open-source licenses and their implications for software development teams. It covers permissive and copyleft licenses like MIT, GPL, Apache, and BSD. Learn how license choices affect usage, modification, and distribution of open-source software.
On Jan 18, 2023software-developmentopen-sourcelegalbusiness
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) uses telemetry data to enhance system observability. It helps teams troubleshoot issues, manage resources, and improve user experience in production environments. Instrumenting Go applications with APM tools enables proactive monitoring and optimization.
On Jan 16, 2023software-developmentobservabilitytelemetrygoperformance
This post demonstrates using Plush templating engine with plain Go applications for server-side HTML rendering. It shows how to integrate Plush with standard Go handlers and embed templates. Learn to enhance Go web apps with Plush’s ERB-like syntax for dynamic content.
This post explains how to use Go’s template block and define expressions for creating reusable page layouts. It demonstrates avoiding repetition in HTML templates for a blog application. Learn to separate layout from content for better maintainability.
On Mar 12, 2022software-developmentgohtmltemplatesgolang
This post explores using Go’s embed package for improved SQL query management in applications. It compares embedding SQL in strings versus using separate SQL files with go:embed. Learn how this enhances editor support and maintains single-binary deployment.
On a previous post I wrote about Go’s time locations and how to put those in an alpine Docker container. This was achieved by copying the timezone data zip file from the docker builder image into the distributable image. Then using an environment variable to point Go to the location of that file.
This post explains how to use Go’s build tags for conditional compilation in applications. It covers syntax, Boolean logic for tags, and practical examples for plugins and OS-specific code. Learn to optimize Go builds for different environments and features.
This post explains how to configure timezone support in Go applications running on Alpine Docker images. It covers copying the zoneinfo.zip file and setting the ZONEINFO environment variable. Learn to ensure accurate time handling in containerized Go apps.
On Mar 29, 2020software-developmentGoDockergodeployment
This tip explains how to enforce consistent package manager usage in JavaScript projects. By configuring .npmrc and package.json engines, teams can prevent mixing YARN and NPM. This avoids dependency conflicts and ensures smooth development workflows.
On Jan 16, 2020software-developmentjavascriptfrontend
This comprehensive guide covers testing Go Buffalo applications across different layers. It explains testing routes, middlewares, helpers, actions, and models with practical examples. Learn best practices for ensuring code quality and stability in Buffalo apps.
On Dec 18, 2019software-developmentbuffalogotesting
This post provides a quick guide to setting up Continuous Integration for Go projects on CircleCI. It includes a sample circle.yml configuration for dependencies, testing, and environment setup. Get started with automated builds and tests for your Go applications.
On Oct 9, 2015software-developmentgoCIdeploymentdevops
