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August 21st, 2024

Spring Declarative Caching

July 26th, 2024

The Power Duo: Embeddings and RAG in Practice – Part 2: RAG

June 23rd, 2024

The Power Duo: Embeddings and RAG in Practice – Part 1: Embeddings

May 23rd, 2024

AI/ML Meetup Summary

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October 30th, 2023

What Would You Do If ChatGPT Was Stealing Money From Your Wallet?

Let me first start this article by saying that I am super excited about all the good artificial intelligence (AI) can do, and also super terrified about all the harm it will cause. I also want to add the disclaimer that I am not a lawyer and my knowledge of copyright laws is limited, but […]

September 22nd, 2023

Embracing the Unknown: Interviews with Technical Leads

Late last year, I was asked to step up to take a technical lead role after being on a software construction project for roughly six months. At that time, there were two developers on the project including myself and three new developers joining the team.  At first, I was thrilled but also felt intimidated by […]

August 18th, 2023

Cognitive Load

As software developers, we have to consider many factors when building a system. Identifying limitations at an early stage is crucial to ensure the success of our product: Native or web application? Accessible on small-screen devices? Deployed locally or on the cloud? Answers to those questions help make vital decisions about system architecture and technology […]

July 11th, 2023

My Tech Predictions That Will Change Your Life

About four years ago I wrote this on LinkedIn: “Prediction: In the next 5 years there will be a song on the top 10 list created using a deep learning tool. I don’t believe this will be true for the lyrics, but I do believe it to be true for the music. #deeplearning #music” Now […]

June 27th, 2023

What I Learned from 30 Years of Professional Software Engineering

Last week marked the 30th anniversary of my first week as a professional software engineer. In June of 1993 I was hired by American Management Systems (AMS), fresh out of George Mason University! I was very fortunate to learn and grow at AMS from some really great engineers over my seven years there. I started […]

May 24th, 2023

Let’s Take a Low-Code Platform for a Test Drive Part 2

In January last year I wrote about trying out a low-code platform called Budibase (pronounced buddy base). As I mentioned in my original article, I was impressed with the low-code platform and could see some benefits, but I also had some lingering questions and concerns about the platform. My concerns included custom application logic and […]

April 24th, 2023

Using SBOM to KISS!

Everyone’s favorite TV show included one of my recent favorite acronyms – KISS – Keep It Simple, Smarty pants — Ted Lasso. In software construction we use this acronym often. Mainly because it is very easy to overcomplicate our systems due to the plethora of libraries, tools, utilities, and services available. Many of these are […]

March 28th, 2023

React Bloglet Series: volume 2

At Solution Street we love helping our clients solve their business problems through technology. When it comes to building responsive, dynamic web applications we are big fans of the React ecosystem. React is a popular JavaScript framework that was developed by Facebook and has gained a massive following among developers due to its simplicity, modularity, […]

February 22nd, 2023

React Bloglet Series: volume 1

At Solution Street we love helping our clients solve their business problems through technology. When it comes to building responsive, dynamic web applications we are big fans of the React ecosystem. React is a popular JavaScript framework that was developed by Facebook and has gained a massive following among developers due to its simplicity, modularity, […]

January 22nd, 2023

#Thankfulness

I actually had plans to write an article on a different topic this month; one that talked about what developers need to know to be successful. Maybe I’ll save that one for another month. What changed my mind is my recent thinking of thankfulness of being in the career I, and so many of us, […]