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Dino Trnka•Dec 8, 2022•Software Architecture & Engineering
Build your first SwiftUI app (Part 1): Project setup
The goal of this series of articles is to provide you with a simple, easy-to-follow procedure that you can use every time you want to create a new SwiftUI app. You could see it as a “blueprint” for all of your future iOS projects written in SwiftUI. Even if you are a complete beginner in SwiftUI development, you should be able to follow this guide, as we will cover each area step by step. Together we will lay the groundwork for all the basic building blocks of an iOS app, so you can use and ada
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Azur Haljeta•Nov 9, 2022•Software Architecture & Engineering
CI/CD for absolute beginners
CI/CD simplifies software development with automated integration and delivery. Azur's guide breaks down Continuous Integration for validating code and Continuous Delivery for automated app deployment. Learn how to optimize pipelines and improve workflow with practical tips and tools.
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Samir Ahmic•Oct 11, 2022•Product Strategy & Decision-Making
Running with hired guns: Building High Performing Software Engineering Teams
Creating remote engineering teams requires strategy, humility, and clear communication. Samir shares his personal insights on hiring, fostering collaboration, and building structures for success, with lessons from his rich decade-long experience so far.
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Adis Nezirović•Aug 18, 2022•Software Architecture & Engineering
Reliable apps with (HA)Proxy — Part 5.
Belgian OLAP Cube Clickhouse is a very interesting open source columnar database, mostly used for online analytical processing (OLAP). It speaks custom native TCP protocol, but also supports HTTP, so you don’t really need any special client or “driver” to talk to it. There are many great features, too many to mention here, but I’ll mention a few killer ones I’ve used: * Replicated and Distributed tables (sharding) * Materialized Views (continuous aggregation) * Zstandard compression suppor
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Adis Nezirović•Aug 18, 2022•Software Architecture & Engineering
Reliable apps with (HA)Proxy — Part 4.
Service Discovery Ice cream We want to show you how to use HAProxy and Hashicorp Consul for fun and profit. You can even sprinkle a lightweight orchestrator on top of it, for better taste (for this we will use Nomad, a lightweight alternative to Kubernetes). The starting point are two blog posts on the HAProxy and Hashicorp website: * DNS service discovery * Consul service discovery Our scenario covers running machine(s) with services such as httpd (apache, nginx), database services, or an
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