As the digital landscape continues to evolve, a new era of connectivity is upon us with the advent of Web 3.0. With a focus on decentralization and peer-to-peer interactions, Web 3.0 holds the promise of transforming the way we engage with the online world. This emerging paradigm envisions a future where users have greater control […]
Charlatan Bait
We’ve been having such a great time here working with your companies and products that we forgot there’s a blog out here that we theoretically should be updating on a somewhat regular basis in order to convince the world how smart we are! If you sense a tad bit of sarcasm in that statement you’re […]
Data Wisdom
The year was 2005 & I had had some excellent results predicting future news stories, trends, etc… & monetizing them. Of course being a programmer I did this programmatically. Microsoft, Google, & Yahoo were all paying me. Paying me to pollute the internet. It would be many years before they’d assert more control & frankly […]
Just “Stuck” Enough?
This will apply to far more than the #DevOps world but let’s focus on our field for a bit here. Have you ever heard someone say: “I need this job?” Need is a strong word, and it usually means something a bit different for everyone. It could be that their new car payment “needs” this […]
The Cost of Competition
It stands to reason that highly productive developers will be highly competitive individuals. Having a pretty awesome team here at VeraciTek has informed us about the dynamics of this competitive edge. Our CEO refers to our people as “elite” and I know of plenty of clients that would say the same. What’s our competitive edge? […]
Cutting Edge vs. Bleeding Edge
The 21st Century has brought with it some amazing tools for programmers. However as many developers have gathered decades of experience a divide is forming between generations that can be challenging to navigate. Once a technologist, plumber, carpenter, or mechanic has their preferred “tool-set” it can become difficult for them to introduce new tools because […]
Is it just us or is Azure going down the...
We’ve been equally advocating for AWS and Azure for quite some time, but a recent experience has caused us to lose a lot of confidence in Azure. A small client had 2 VMs in a certain region, and wanted to integrate a SQL Server into their stack. So we walked them through setting up a […]
When bad UI/UX betrays trust.
Hey, wow, this mobile app is so nice, big buttons, clearly labeled. What a great start into building my trust in their attention to detail, quality, and security! Let me try this thing out…. tap, tap, tap… done! Wow, that was so easy, this unnamed corporate entity sure made me a happy camper… *ring, ring* […]
10x Engineer Jokes
On July 11th this tweet thread started, and ever since “10x engineer” has been an ongoing topic of humor & memes on Twitter. The gripes range from what appear to be nothing more than sour grapes, to very legitimate critiques of the itemized list of attributes that follow it. I’ll try to avoid the sour […]
The Unicorn Project, another must read f...
“One day, she is approached by a ragtag bunch of misfits who say they want to overthrow the existing order, to liberate developers, to bring joy back to technology work, and to enable the business to win in a time of digital disruption. To her surprise, she finds herself drawn ever further into this movement, […]