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03/30/2022
How Team Augmentation Will Elevate Your Custom Software Development Process
What do Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb have in common? They all use custom software to their advantage.
Curious about custom software development? Get up to speed with this guide to team augmentation and the agile software development life cycle.
06/18/2018
Heroku Basics: Dynos and Costs
A first approach to heroku PaaS and its entities
Introduction to the basic concepts of Heroku: what is a dyno, different dyno types and sizes, and how these are related to the costs that you will be facing. Including examples of how we increased our resources while controlling costs.
04/05/2018
Async tasks with Kotlin Coroutines
An example using Firestore with Android Architecture Components
Going further into the Android Architecture Components, we take a look at Kotlin Coroutines. With them it is quite simple to code Async tasks as Synchronous ones. Easing the data retrieval from Firestore and allowing us to handle exceptions without a lot of code.
02/05/2018
A clean approach to deferred authentication in Android
Test driving authentication flow in a public-to-read / private-to-write application.
It is common for an app to need users to be authenticated to generate content. But from a user perspective, sign-up as the first screen feels kind of forceful. Why not let the users in, and only ask them to login for advanced interaction? Let’s test-drive this solution.
01/31/2018
Android Dependency Injection – Why we moved from Dagger 2 to Koin?
An example using the new DI mechanism with Kotlin and the Android Architecture Components
Koin is a new option to consider to manage dependency injections when working with the Android Architecture Components and Kotlin. It provides much more clarity than Dagger 2 and is simple to implement. Here is an example of how to use it, compared to other more complex options.
03/23/2017
Embedding videos in a native Android app
Pros and cons of four options worth considering
An innovative design, cutting edge animations, and an outstanding user experience. All of these things make your app stand out but sometimes, you just need to embed a video in your native Android application. Not sure what’s the best approach? Here are 4 good options and their pros and cons.
12/13/2016
Dockerize and Secure WordPress behind a Proxy
Step by step guide to set up the proxy easily
There is no reason why setting up a proxy to secure your Wordpress application should be a nightmare. Here is a step by step guide to set up a proxy and secure a wordpress application using Docker. Recommended for developers looking to easily secure all their apps.