The Rietta Blog
10/11/2015
What is an Abuser Story (Software)
by Frank Rietta
In software development and product management, an abuser story is a user story from the point of view of a malicious adversary. Abuser stories are used with agile software development methodologies as the basis for defining the activities that should be actively blocked or mitigated by the software and proven by automated regression testing.
06/17/2015
The first real investor meeting post investment
by Frank Rietta
A client recently shared Gordon Daugherty's article on how once investment is brought on, the lead investor is going to have a board seat and things become formal.
05/04/2015
Uniqueness Validation Race Condition in Ruby on Rails applications
by Frank Rietta
It's easy for race conditions to slip into your code and out into production. 'validates :field_name, uniqueness: true' is not enough to prevent duplicates in your database; here's how to enforce data integrity with both validations and unique indexes.
03/30/2015
Adding a Rake Task for SQL Views to a Rails Project
by Frank Rietta
I add and update SQL views to my databases with 'rake db:views'; it's wonderful!
03/23/2015
Recommended content for agile startups and entrepreneurs - March 2015 edition
by Brandon Dees
Our recommended sources of information and education for startups, entrepreneurs, or anybody who works with them.
03/17/2015
How to use Story Points to Estimate a Web Application Minimum Viable Product
by Frank Rietta
A user story is a concise description of functionality valuable to a user. Once Points are estimated for each, a ballpark budget may be computed.
03/17/2015
Project Roadmaps can Manage Uncertainty in Startups' Web Applications
by Frank Rietta
How to communicate about realistic budgets and a timeframes because success requires clear communication on Estimates, Targets, and Commitments.
03/13/2015
Get the Current Year in the Ruby programming language
by Frank Rietta
'Time.new.year' gets the current year in Ruby, but there are other options in the standard library.