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October 25th, 2020

5 Key Capabilities the Best Problem Solvers Have

September 16th, 2020

“Error, Error … I’m Stuck!”

August 27th, 2020

Behind the Screens: Solution Street’s First All-Remote Internship 2020

July 28th, 2020

10 Python Particulars to Know

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October 25th, 2020

5 Key Capabilities the Best Problem Solvers Have

Throughout my career, I have heard people say things like “He has a knack for fixing difficult bugs,” or “She has a knack for getting Ruby to work with OpenSSH.” The definition of “knack” according to the Oxford English Dictionary is “an acquired or natural skill at performing a task.” What we are really talking […]

September 16th, 2020

“Error, Error … I’m Stuck!”

I was out one morning when I received a notification on my phone that my Roomba, an autonomous robotic vacuum, was stuck in one place while vacuuming and needed to be moved. I like my home devices linked to my phone so I can control them remotely – except when it’s stuck like this. I […]

August 27th, 2020

Behind the Screens: Solution Street’s First All-Remote Internship 2020

It is now a four-year tradition at Solution Street to invite the young and brightest to join us for a summer of hands-on web development and consulting experience. Our interns have released a variety of applications for different businesses from basketball training and timesheets to content management and catering. We pride ourselves on helping them […]

July 28th, 2020

10 Python Particulars to Know

Like many software developers, I have learned my share of software languages over the years. Two years ago, I wrote a post on LinkedIn where I identified 29 software languages I had learned in the 37 years prior; everything from Basic to Ruby to JavaScript and obscure languages like APL and Clipper. As all developers […]

June 29th, 2020

5 Reasons Your Offshore Software Construction Project Is Failing

One of the fundamental misconceptions of software construction is that it is an “assembly line” or “mass production” problem. Management in many companies looks at software construction like building cars. Where can I go to find the lowest-cost workers and get them to assemble my software? This assumption is fundamentally flawed; constructing software is more […]

May 20th, 2020

Finding an Old Friend

Like many during this pandemic I am cherishing the time I’m spending with my immediate family, refocusing on my hobbies of exercising, guitar playing, and pizza making, and trying to organize areas of my house I was putting off for years. Recently, while rummaging through storage crates in my basement, I came across a very […]

April 24th, 2020

The 10-Minute Read to Understanding DevOps Tools

Last week a few of my very senior colleagues and I were remarking about how many new DevOps tools are emerging and how it’s getting harder and harder every day to keep track of them and where they fit into the world. I asked several of them where these tools, Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Chef, Bamboo, […]

March 29th, 2020

The Women of Solution Street

In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, get to know the women of Solution Street.   “My first position was in technical documentation and QA and at that time those roles were almost solely filled by women. A couple of years later I moved over to development and was working as one […]

March 22nd, 2020

Let’s Not Forget About the Other 50%

Software engineers and engineers-in-test tend to focus our efforts on developing the depth and breadth of our technical skills related to our area of expertise. We often get excited about learning a new framework, language, or technology. We focus on getting certifications for various programming languages and services (who doesn’t have an AWS certification of […]

February 23rd, 2020

If You Build It…The Jobs Will Come

How do you know you’ve learned a new programming language or web framework? Build something! After over thirty years in the software development industry, as a coder and a business owner, I am often asked by those new to the industry for guidance about landing that first coveted development job. Those seeking my advice include […]