Let’s Talk About Cargo Cult Programming
Cargo coding is when developers use a trial-and-error approach to coding – they don’t know what their code does, but they hope it will work. And, once it works, they stop working on the code, as they...
View Article5 Unwritten Rules Of Programming
Unwritten rules are everywhere around you. “Let people get off an elevator or train before you get on”, “Do not swipe left or right if someone shows you a photo on their phone”, or “Don’t ask for...
View ArticleExplain Like I’m 5: VR, AR, MR, XR?
As these acronyms are getting more and more popular, it’s time we understand what they stand for. Even though they all come from different places and have different purposes, they have a few things in...
View ArticleExplain Like I’m 5: Artificial Intelligence
“How does artificial intelligence work?” “AI is algorithms?” “Is AI an existential threat to humanity?” “What ”is the purpose of A.I.?” “Is A.I. Machine Learning?” Artificial Intelligence is like cool...
View ArticleExplain like I’m 5: the Internet of Things (IoT)
Up until recently, the internet was about helping individuals connect. What if objects were able to do this as well? The Internet of Things, also known as IoT, allows physical objects to connect and...
View ArticleAre Poopy Diapers a Bug or a Feature?
.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-4{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}As you probably guessed...
View Article5 Benefits of MaaS | A Business Perspective
I dived deeper into how MaaS in the public sector looks like here, and together we saw how volatile everything is on this subject. Developing an app for public use is helpful, but things are a bit more...
View ArticleFigma or Adobe XD? | A beginner’s perspective on UX design tools in 2020
Two years ago, I had a class during my bachelor’s where we had an introduction to UX design with Adobe XD. I kept on playing with XD for a few more months for short-term, small projects. But then, I...
View ArticleOwnership versus Access in the Public Sector | A MaaS perspective
Mobility-as-a-Service is amazing. We’ve settled this in our previous piece, where we briefly talked about what it implies, why it is desirable to implement MaaS solutions, and how MaaS platforms work....
View ArticleWhat is MaaS? (A brief introduction into Mobility-as-a-Service)
People’s transportation preferences are currently shifting to more environmentally friendly ones (check out this Statista forecast on car sharing, this PwC report on shared mobility, and this WEForum...
View ArticleHow to Build a Distributed Load Testing Infrastructure with AWS, Docker, and...
A tutorial on how to build a distributed load testing infrastructure with AWS, Docker, and JMeter. Before we get into the tutorial hands-on, I would like to mention that this topic is not new. It has...
View ArticleMoggles – manage your product features with the click of a toggle
The ContextYou’re part of a great team that likes to deliver features as they are developed and tested. You favor a minimum number of branches, maybe just one, and you’re eager to send your bug fixes...
View ArticleWhy Python is popular in machine learning
Python is one of the most popular programming languages on the market today, maybe even the most popular language, depending on whose survey you use as a reference. There are numerous reasons why it’s...
View ArticleRewriting a Perl legacy application
Our Perl division has worked on several large scale Perl projects over the years, each with its own set of challenges. However, in almost every case, there was a common denominator, the fact that they...
View ArticleTackling Legacy Projects: an Experience in Perl – Free Ebook
There are several definitions for legacy code that have similar points, but overall people interpret the notion in different ways. For some it’s code without unit tests, for others it’s old code, for...
View ArticleA Project Template For Getting Started With Django And Docker
If you’re working on a Python application in Django and you’re wondering how can Docker make your life a bit easier, then you’ve come to the right place. Given Docker’s omnipresence across various...
View ArticleEfficient Code Review Process
Code review is not a new topic, but is for sure one of the most overlooked activities in software development. As software developers we are a team of people that try to get stuff done, and the best...
View ArticleBuilding an Environment Monitoring Device with Raspberry Pi in Perl 5
This summer we had a new Perl internship and a part of it consisted of building an environment monitoring system using Raspberry Pi. In this article I’ll walk you through one of the solutions that you...
View ArticleThe 2018 Evozon Experience of a Testing Intern
Following the end of our 4 weeks of Testing Internship, we’ve interviewed three of our interns. Here’s what they had to say: . Q1: How was your learning experience in our Testing Internship?“It was a...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Web: Parsing Web Pages Semantically
Using Machine Learning to Parse Web Pages Into Semantic SectionsAround two months ago I joined forces with the rest of the teleportHQ team in our mission to reduce friction and eliminate dead ends in...
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