Insights
Thoughts, ideas and opinions on all things software strategy, design, and development – from the emerging tech experts at Revelry
A Beginner’s Guide to Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails (also just called Rails) is a vital part of software development in today’s world. It is a server-side framework written in…
Building Software is Like Creating a Theatre Production
As a person who is new to coding, I like to try to find parallels for things that are more familiar to me. Since…
How to Kill Staging Without “Testing in Production”
Most software teams have left behind the Waterfall(1) methodology in favor of approaches that move faster and flex more to accommodate changes and maximize the…
Your Brain != A Computer
Stuart Page Former Assistant Psychologist, current Revelry Software Engineer “If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be…
Wordle as a Metaphor for the Software Development Process
We at Revelry have a #wordelry channel in Slack where we share our Wordle scores and commiserate about unlucky guesses. It’s a great way…
Case Study: Revelry Helped MediaKits Grow Exponentially
After five months of teaming up with Revelry, MediaKits grew exponentially, from less than 1,000 users to over 15,000. The product is now monetized,…
Meet Dan Horne: Dad, Dog Dad, and Developer
So what was your path to Revelry? I have always had a deep understanding and positive relationship with technology. I started my journey back…
Tackling Hard Problems Head-On (Can Be a Mistake)
A really hard problem can feel like a great chance to flex our skills and finally use some of those architectural patterns we’ve been…
Web3 x Liveview: Crystal Adkins Presents at the Big Elixir 2022
You don’t have to forsake Elixir and Phoenix to work with Web3 and Blockchain. Liveview gives us the perfect intermediary. Background The Conference: The…
Software Engineer Apprenticeship: The Definitive Guide
This is a complete guide to preparing for and landing a software engineer apprenticeship — that leads to a full-time job! If you want…
Why Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Makes User Stories 100% Better
At Revelry, we use BDD for all members of the team — and yes, that team includes our clients — so that everyone is clear about the intended user experience in the final product. Revelry’s flavor of BDD is a process for describing software features that is biased toward user’s actions and the results of those actions.
Nix: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Today we explore Nix, a purely functional package manager. Why Nix? Joe Armstrong, one of the creators of Erlang, once described Erlang as the…
Online Planning Poker for Accelerated Decision Making
Planning poker is an important part of estimating time spent on a project. But how do companies that recently went remote do planning poker? Here’s how we do planning poker for remote teams.
100+ More Custom Slack Emojis Your Company Needs
We’re back with even MOAR emoji for you and your team to use on Slack to communicate. Download over custom Slack emoji 100 now!
How to Set Up a Local SQL Server Container with Docker – Windows 10
It is quite simple to set up a local instance of SQL Server container with Docker on a Windows 10 machine. Step 1: Docker…