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09/11/19
Oh, to be a Domain Expert … if we only knew what you knew.
Let me ask you something assuming I know your industry… how long have you been in this business? I’m guessing a long time - you know what makes your world go round. You are what we refer to as a subject-matter expert (SME), the person of authority in a particular...
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08/19/19
Gaslight, Your Partner in Growth
We have all heard the phrase, “You get what you pay for,” right? When it comes to products or services - we are told you can only pick two of the three options: Fast, Cheap, and Good. Well, the crowded space of software development is no different… Gaslight is a...
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08/05/19
Refactoring Patterns in Elixir: Replace Conditional with Polymorphism Via Protocols Part 2
Part 2: Replace Conditionals with Polymorphism Via Protocols Use Elixir protocols to bring polymorphism to your data structures This is the second in a series of posts we are doing on refactoring patterns in Elixir, a series that stemmed from working through Martin Fowler’s book Refactoring. In the first part...
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07/25/19
"My life has not been the same since I started the Gaslight Apprenticeship Program."
Simply put, the Gaslight Software Development Apprenticeship program changed my life. I graduated high school in 2010. Which is not that long ago, at least I like to think that. But the technology landscape was totally different. mySpace was still hot, facebook wasn’t even a thing yet, blackberries were the...
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06/17/19
Intro to Processes in Elixir
Intro to Processes in Elixir As I have been learning Elixir in the past few months, I have heard a lot about processes. Lots of Elixir’s biggest selling points, like its concurrency support, scalability, and fault tolerance, are possible because of the features and characteristics of processes. Processing Processes Elixir...
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05/20/19
React Hooks at a Glance
In this post we are going to answer the question why you would want to use React hooks and go over a few of the ones built in. I will be covering the useState and useEffect hooks as I feel these will give you the most bang for your buck...
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