Insights
Thoughts, ideas and opinions on all things software strategy, design, and development – from the emerging tech experts at Revelry
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Common Code Review Pitfalls for Managers and How to Deal with Them
Learn how to avoid common code review pitfalls that engineering managers face.
Hone your team’s code reviews at the Git Pull Request level.
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Our Remote Workstations & the Products We Love
We understand how involved it can be as you acclimate to remote work culture, especially during times like these. With years of remote work under our belt, we’d like to help by sharing our own work from home setups and some of the tools and products that we love.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The UX of Machine Learning
UX and Machine Learning have a lot in common and the user design experience process can benefit machine learning.
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A Simple Leader Election Solution for Kubeadm in an AWS Auto Scaling Group
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.
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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…
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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.
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7 Ultimate 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.
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