How To Stay On Track Without Staying Online: 4 Keys to Successful Remote...
Remote work is not a temporary adjustment to a passing pandemic; it’s a new reality that is here to stay in the software industry, or the professional world at large. According to a Gallup survey from...
View ArticleHow Software Professionals Can Navigate a Competitive Talent Market During...
From hiring freezes, to layoffs and rescinded offers, we’re seeing the symptoms of economic and political instability bubble their way into the tech industry. This time around, just about everyone is...
View ArticleResearching Your Next Employer: 3 Ways To Set Yourself Up For Success In Your...
Recently, I conducted a panel discussion on what to look for in an employer and how to find the best opportunity. I was joined by three 8th Light software developers who shared perspectives from their...
View ArticleHow To Set Up GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions is a relatively new player that wants to make a place for itself alongside Travis CI and Circle CI in the market of Continous Integration services. Just like its contemporaries, GitHub...
View Article5 Modes of Critique to Improve Design Reviews
Feedback plays a crucial role in any successful outcome, but not all feedback is constructive. Poorly structured design reviews and poor team dynamics can have equally significant destructive outcomes....
View Article5 Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
In addition to learning new things on every client project, our team is full of readers who enjoy gaining new perspectives and insights from books. Here’s a recap of some of the books we at 8th Lights...
View ArticleConnect with 8th Light’s co-CEO Jenny Farver at SaaStr 2022
SaaStr is one of the best annual events for SaaS companies to meet and learn from other industry leaders and CEOs. Held in San Francisco this September 13-15, SaaStr Annual boasts more than 10,000...
View ArticleWhat You Should Know About Web3: A Primer For Developers
While recording audio for an episode of Collaborative Craft, podcast host Jerome Goodrich asked me to step back and answer some of the big picture questions about why I’m so interested in web3 tools...
View ArticleMake Developing Easier by Building a Beautiful Makefile
Makefile is one of those tools that software developers use without thinking much about, and so it's not improved the same way as the code. You might have seen a Make or a Makefile in the root folder...
View Article8 Steps to Project Planning With the Critical Path Method
Listen into this 8th Light University presentation where Curtis Maves explains the critical path method using a carpentry example.The critical path method is a way to organize projects and sort out...
View ArticleVideo: Optimize for People, Not Processes with Project Management
Listen into this 8th Light University presentation where Martin Gaston talks about the pros and cons of project management methodologies, and what to consider when implementing them.In my experience,...
View ArticleWhy Everyone Is Talking About Product-Led Growth
Sunshine? An outdoor conference? The opportunity to keep pulse on the biggest innovators in B2B software? Yep, I went to SaaStr Annual this month and it didn’t disappoint. While I was there, a topic...
View ArticleThe Case for Rethinking Everything
“If it didn’t ship to Prod, it didn’t happen.”We’ve been seeing patterns in our projects where our software development team is struggling to have an impact. They are busier than ever, but never feel...
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