SolutionStreet

July 27th, 2022

Self Care: Taking Care of Yourself to be a Great Leader

June 14th, 2022

20 Years…Is It Really?

May 24th, 2022

The Path Up the Pyramid: Unlocking the Product Manager/Tech Lead Relationship

April 26th, 2022

Is the Speed of Software Delivery Diminishing Software Quality?

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July 27th, 2022

Self Care: Taking Care of Yourself to be a Great Leader

One of the things I have learned over time is that to be a great leader you need to be at your best. To be at your best, you need to take time to take care of yourself. Imagine if you were going into surgery and your doctor was exhausted and stressed out – would […]

June 14th, 2022

20 Years…Is It Really?

On June 21, 2022, it will be 20 years since Solution Street was founded. In many ways it’s very hard to believe that. I suppose we all mark the passage of time with significant events in our lives. When Solution Street had just started in the spring of 2002, there were still the lingering thoughts […]

May 24th, 2022

The Path Up the Pyramid: Unlocking the Product Manager/Tech Lead Relationship

Introduction: When it comes to software construction projects there are several key roles, and relationships between these roles, that can greatly affect the outcome of the project. In this article, we focus on the relationship between the product manager and the technical lead and the impact it has on quality and timely delivery. The product […]

April 26th, 2022

Is the Speed of Software Delivery Diminishing Software Quality?

In the past, the process of releasing software was a big deal with a high cost for mistakes. Before the dawn of the golden age of the internet, most, if not all, software was distributed via physical media. So, what happened if a bug made it through the quality assurance process and into the hands […]

March 19th, 2022

A Podcast Sampler

In March of 2022, I turn 50 years old. In the interest of trying to live as long as I possibly can, for the last few years I’ve done a lot of walking. I typically walk (or jog when the weather is agreeable) first thing in the morning. I’m not a big music person, so […]

February 27th, 2022

The 5-Minute Overview of Conversational User Interfaces

The year was 1979. I was 8 years old and was excited to go to my Dad’s office in Georgetown. He had a little bit of work to do but promised to let me and my brother play Adventure on his work computers for a few hours. At the time, no one I knew owned […]

January 27th, 2022

Let’s Take a Low-Code Platform for a Test Drive

As a developer who has coded for over 40 years, I tend to be very dismissive of silver bullets in the software development space. 4GL platforms and languages come and go, and I and other colleagues have typically avoided using those platforms for reasons such as: “Sure the first 80% is easy, but then you […]

December 26th, 2021

Top 10 Articles of All Time

In reflecting on 2021, we decided that our last article of the year should look back at some of our most-read blog articles from the last few years. Some were written a number of years ago, but they remain relevant and many are getting new reads on a regular basis. See below for links to […]

November 28th, 2021

Books That Helped Me Become a Better Consultant

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown had a profound impact on my mental health, which was compounded by the controversy regarding my status as an Asian immigrant, a person of color, and a member of the LGBTQ community during a tumultuous year. I had a bunch of internal struggles ranging from immigration cases to Asians being discriminated […]

October 23rd, 2021

The UX Files: Accessibility

Our topic focuses on a very important principle that helps break critical usability barriers, making software more sensible and inclusive. Yet often it gets overlooked. Sit back as we open the file and unravel the mysteries on: Accessibility. #include <all_users> An accessible user interface provides usability for people who interact with software differently, be it […]