20 articles from the engineers and strategists doing the work.
Aug 29, 2025
Dear Dev, One essay recommended to me early on in my career was “Object Calisthenics” (OC) and since that time I recommend it to every developer I cross paths with. “Object Calisthenics” describes a set of 9 rules credited to Jeff Bays in the book The ThoughtWork Anthology. The goal of these rules is to empower a developer to write cleaner, more maintainable code.There is a lot of value in being familiar with the OC rules, however there is also value in conversation with other developers, and hearing their opinions on the rules. I’d like to share my opinions over the Object Calisthenics ruleset.
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Aug 15, 2025
The Digital Backpack Refresh Just like students start the school year with fresh notebooks and sharpened pencils, designers should periodically update their “digital backpacks.” The design industry moves quickly, and sticking with outdated software can be like showing up to class with last year’s textbooks. Staying relevant in this ever-changing landscape is essential, and designers who consistently learn and adopt new tools signal adaptability and forward thinking to employers and clients.
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Aug 08, 2025
Just One Feature Let’s say you have a website written in HTML, and you’d like to add a comments section to it and allow for more interactive features in the future. One option is to use a javascript framework like Vue or React. To implement the comments feature, all you need to do is choose a build tool, install a bunch of libraries, set up the project using a project template, and somehow integrate it with your existing website.
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Jul 25, 2025
Introduction It was Friday afternoon on the last sprint of the quarter. After months of stakeholder meetings, demos, experimentation, and testing, we deployed at 4:00 PM. By 4:05, we wished we hadn’t. An unhandled edge case in a last-minute revision sparked an hours-long production fire that affected promotional payment processing, costing the company tens of thousands of dollars in lost sales from frustrated customers.
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Jun 06, 2025
There’s a tension most organizations feel but rarely talk about: the desire to be high-performing and the desire to have healthy, happy people.
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May 16, 2025
When we talk about security in software development or system architecture, the conversation usually centers around firewalls, encryption, or penetration tests.
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May 09, 2025
Ah, the age-old question that looms large for every developer staring down a legacy codebase: to rewrite or to refactor? It's a choice that can lead to triumph, or a lot of extra coffee and regret. Let's unpack the nuances of this into this critical crossroads of software development.
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Apr 25, 2025
What is Software Discovery? Product discovery is a challenging but vital first step in the software lifecycle. You can compare a discovery study to surveying land and drawing a blueprint before a building project. While it’s possible to dig a hole and pour a foundation without a plan, the building isn’t likely to go very well.
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Mar 21, 2025
Integrations and Interoperability In today's business environment, growth isn't just about scaling operations—it’s about creating seamless integrations. Medium to large enterprises often face barriers like disconnected systems, redundant processes, and manual data transfers. True efficiency comes from interoperability—the ability of systems and integrations to work together without friction.
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Feb 14, 2025
A question new clients sometimes ask us is, "You guys just build software, right?"
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Mar 11, 2022
At Clevyr, for the security of ourselves and others, we actively monitor the state of cyber security both within our own environments and around the world. With the current status quo being of high concern, we’re releasing this bulletin which contains some of our most considerable concerns and suggestions.
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Mar 19, 2021
We already know that apps are a hot commodity. How hot? According to a recent study, 49% of all mobile users open an app 11 or more times over the course of their day. More impressively, 21% of millennials open an app 50 or more times over the course of their day.
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Oct 19, 2020
Updated: Friday, June 11, 2021
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Jun 15, 2020
This is how Clevyr Cares On March 26, 2020, the Johns Hopkins University researchers showed the United States had more coronavirus cases than any other country. This was astounding, however, because of our extensive and continual COVID-19 data research, we were not surprised.
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May 05, 2020
Learn the world of Cloud Computing and Kubernetes "So let me get this straight. You want to build an external version of the Borg task scheduler. One of our most important competitive advantages. The one we don’t even talk about externally. And, on top of that, you want to open source it?" -Craig McLuckie, Co-founder of Kubernetes and Senior Product Manager at Google
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