Development Category
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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.
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.
01/09/2015
Two new videos! How a Ruby on Rails developer can help prevent a Data Breach
by Frank Rietta
Videos of the data breaches and Ruby on Rails are now up on YouTube! Level up on your security knowledge because good software security needs to be a moral stance!
09/19/2014
Learn how Upworthy scaled a Ruby on Rails application to serve massive traffic
by Frank Rietta
Upworthy's backend is built on Ruby on Rails with an effective use of the Fastly CDN to deliver very high performance at scale.
05/16/2014
My new tenkeyless Code Keyboard!
by Frank Rietta
The Code Keyboard Kenkeyless (87-key without a Number Pad) with Cherry MX Green is a great programmers' keyboard.