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November 28th, 2021

Books That Helped Me Become a Better Consultant

October 23rd, 2021

The UX Files: Accessibility

September 19th, 2021

One Year and Counting!

August 27th, 2021

Looking at Your Bugs With a Different Perspective

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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 […]

September 19th, 2021

One Year and Counting!

Yay! I got the job!  One afternoon, I got a call from Solution Street with an offer to join their team. After a week of applying and interviews, I got the job and I am ecstatic!  Time flies and this year marks my first year working at Solution Street. And yes, it has been a […]

August 27th, 2021

Looking at Your Bugs With a Different Perspective

I’ve been writing code for 40 years now. As all developers know there is almost a certainty that your code will not work from the very start without some issue that you need to debug. With respect to finding and fixing bugs in your code there are many phases: when you are in active development; […]

July 24th, 2021

Socializing a New Software Developer in a Brave Remote World

As we optimistically look forward to more social encounters during 2021 and into 2022, it is highly likely that our software development teams will continue to work remotely most of the time. Meanwhile, the job market in technology fields is hopping, and attracting and retaining new employees is a challenge. Employment predictors are labeling this […]

June 29th, 2021

Is Blitz.js the JavaScript Framework I’ve Been Waiting For?

The year was 2007. I was about to leave corporate America and try my first startup. I had been a Java architect for the past 10+ years and was ready to try something new. A friend of mine introduced me to a framework called “Ruby on Rails.” She said it was amazing how fast you […]

May 25th, 2021

Team Building in Changing Environments

I have spoken with many clients of Solution Street and fellow colleagues at various companies who all have the same question, “How do you maintain your corporate culture when everyone is remote during COVID?” Many in the IT space already had this question prior to COVID as more and more companies were allowing their employees […]

April 27th, 2021

Secure Application Development 17 Years Later

The year was 2004. I was on stage at the yearly Java One conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco. My friends, Karthik and Selva, and I were terrified as we looked out at the full room of over 1,000 attendees there to watch our talk on “You are Hacked – Ten Secrets to […]

March 25th, 2021

Improve Your Team 26 Times a Year!

Do you believe in the power of teams? Well, I believe in the power of the team, and what happens when teams embrace the retrospective – and what happens when teams don’t. Though its foundation is in Agile, the retrospective can be used by Agile and non-Agile teams alike to improve team morale, team collaboration […]

February 16th, 2021

Do Developers Have an Unfair Advantage in this World?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, I’m sure you have already been involved in some capacity with acquiring a COVID-19 vaccine, either for yourself or for someone you know. With my mother and my father-in-law in their 80s, my wife and I have been worried for them since the […]