Do I excel because I like what I do? Or do I like it because I’m good at it?
This question both excites and terrifies me. Could it be that we delude ourselves into thinking that we like our work because we are good at it? Do I like painting more than sports only because I'm not very athletic? Of course, some people work at jobs they dislike but still do good wo...
Am I good at this because I like it or do I like it because I am good at it?
This question excites and terrifies me at the same time... could it be that we deceive ourselves thinking that we like our work because we are good at it; or that we like painting more than sports because we don't feel good in any sport? The truth is, if we think about it for a minute,...
Congrats to Lola Market for becoming part of Glovo
Glovo announced the acquisition of Lola Market, a Spanish e-grocery company that allows users to purchase goods from m...
SNGULAR + BrowserStack: An alliance to improve QA processes across devices
When we work with other companies to find specific technological solutions, we count on partners to help ensure that we add as much value as possible. Our partners aren’t always massive companies with a huge catalog of services. Sometimes, they come in the form of highly specialized c...
Authenticating REST services with OAuth2
1. Introduction When it comes to adding authorization to call secured services, we realize not only that the configuration changes depending on which framework you are going to use, but that for each HTTP client you use, you must configure OAuth2 in ...
Opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation in the post-Covid era
Albert Einstein once famously said: "‘In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity." And we remain in the midst of a once-in-a-generation crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been horrible, affecting everyone's daily lives, relationships and work and has taken the lives of mill...
Monitoring your systems: Logs (Pt. I)
What's this all about? Have you ever found yourself analyzing an elusive 'bug' while diving through endless log lines? Have you had to chronologically relate events from different services? Did this make you feel like the following character? ...
Optimizing tests in Cypress
In the world of quality, automated tests are all the rage. They’re present across the development cycle and are a crucial element to understanding our project’s health. One of the virtues that our automated tests should have is execution speed. They should be run in th...
How to survive an overloaded schedule, one day at a time.
If you’re not sure of what you’ve achieved at the end of the day, week, or month, but you’re feeling super busy, tired, and somehow always lost or stuck in too many thoughts at once, then this post may interest you. We’ve all been in this situa...
How to update from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9
This article is based on real events Introduction The Beta version of Drupal 9 has been available since March 2020. Now, as I write in June 2021, the version is perfectly stable and is at 9.1.9. In November 2021, support is expected...
