Insights
Thoughts, ideas and opinions on all things software strategy, design, and development – from the emerging tech experts at Revelry
Thank You, Ellis Marsalis — Learning To Improv During a Pandemic
Brent McCrossen, Managing Director of Revelry Startup Studio, reflects on the life lessons from Ellis Marsalis, a New Orleans musical legend.
Getting Started with Image Formats for Web
What are the best image formats for web? Saving an optimized file in an appropriate format can have a big impact on website speed.
7 Strategies to Cope When Working From Home with Kids
In this post, one of our PMs and pro work from home mom discusses the reality of working from home with kids, and her best tips for surviving.
The UX of Machine Learning
UX and Machine Learning have a lot in common and the user design experience process can benefit machine learning.
A Simple Leader Election Solution for Kubeadm in an AWS ASG
At Revelry, we use kubeadm to build our Kubernetes clusters. Here’s the four-step process we used to setup and test kubeadm in an AWS ASG.
My Favorite Functions and Patterns: Function Clauses in Elixir
Elixir is far too generous. I realize how cossetted I am when I go to use function clauses in JavaScript. Because you can’t do…
Meet Jennifer Baldwin: Work, Family, Food, Love
I came to Revelry after a 10+ year career in the hospitality industry. I had arrived at a point professionally where I was ready to “get uncomfortable”, learn, and go in another direction. When the opportunity came up to officially join Revelry, all signs pointed to yes. So I jumped in.
7 Tips for Context Switching Without Losing Momentum
Our process requires trust and skill at context switching. Here are the best ways to make it easy for yourself and others to switch tasks and cope with juggling project work.
9 Common UX Design Mistakes That Will Confuse Your User [and How To Fix!]
Although we might not be able to anticipate and avoid every user’s pain points, we can minimize by avoiding these common UX design mistakes.
How We Use GitOps with Kubernetes Featuring Helm and Secrets
Since the implementation team is already using GitHub on a daily basis to track work and deploy code to our project repositories, our Cluster Ops team has adopted the GitOps philosophy. Having a centralized place for all of our configuration and the ability to view all deployments in a friendly, comfortable environment makes Kubernetes more accessible to the rest of the team.
Elixir Releases: Moving Quickly Past Elixir 1.8 and Distillery 2.0
Elixir 1.9 has been released with built-in support for releases, a need that was previously served (and continues to be) by the Distillery package.
Meet Bob Weilbaecher: The Most Interested Man in the World
A doctor-turned-software engineer, Bob Weilbacher joined Revelry just a few months ago after a 20-year-long career in medicine.
How To Solve UX Design Decision Problems with the Right Tools
We can lose or gain users as a result of design changes. Terrifyingly, we can lose money due to bad UX design. So you can see how crucial it is to make the right UX decision.
Why Your Community Contributions Matter to Revelry
We look for three things. We want a cover letter that shows that you’ve done your research and are applying with intention. We want a résumé. That’s just par for the course. But third, and perhaps most importantly, we want to see your community contribution.
8 Super Simple Steps to Launch an App with Kubernetes API
Anything you can do from the Kubernetes command-line interface (kubectl), you can do through the Kubernetes API. Here’s how to build an app in 8 steps.