Development

IA: Definition and best practices

What is information architecture (IA), and how do we nail it?

By Jo Lo

28 Nov 2019

Maintaining high availability for your apps

Reliable applications are resilient. If and when they fail, they can continue to function with minimal downtime and data loss before full recovery.

By Jo Lo

02 Oct 2019

Bay of Plenty Regional Council wins 2019 ALGIM Supreme Website award

Bay of Plenty Regional Council takes number 1 spot in this year’s ALGIM audit and wins the Supreme Website award.

By Jo Lo

18 Sep 2019

Agile, Wagile or Waterfall?

Depending on the nature and complexity of our projects, our teams use all development approaches: Agile, Waterfall and a bit of both.

By Jo Lo

13 Sep 2019

GraphQL scales and improves Netflix ad operations

To scale its global ad operations, Netflix built a dynamic ad creation and config platform using Java and Groovy-based microservices plus GraphQL.

By Jo Lo

11 Sep 2019

More attacks against open source software

Recent open source software attacks saw backdoor applications slipped into libraries downloaded by hundreds of thousands of server administrators.

By Jo Lo

28 Aug 2019

Pros and cons of moving to microservice architecture

Thinking of moving to microservice architecture? Consider the advantages and disadvantages before you smash the monolith.

By Jo Lo

16 Aug 2019

SAP initiative engages staff, produces world-beating ideas

The SAP 'One Billion Lives' initiative let five employee teams make pitches to solve business (and world) problems with technology; winner gets funding to develop their startup venture.

By Jo Lo

14 Aug 2019

Building design systems

InVision's six-part video series details product design at scale, providing tips for each step of design system implementation from planning to ongoing operational success.

By Jo Lo

07 Aug 2019

Why serverless is revolutionary for product managers

Is serverless computing the future of product development/management? Find out how FaaS can solve project issues that include growing backlogs and increasing build complexities.

By Jo Lo

02 Aug 2019

Programming language update: the good and the bad

Ruby and Objective-C becoming less popular according to US tech careers site, Dice, but there's the other side of the coin.

By Jo Lo

31 Jul 2019

Latest SimTutor feature adds 360 degree richness to online learning

Pattern’s eLearning client, SimTutor, has released new functionality that supports 360-degree media.

By Jamil Geor

30 Jul 2019

Rebuilding Slack's desktop app from the ground up

While Slack's desktop app wasn't 'broken' in any way, its codebase was running into increasing issues that warranted a full reboot.

By Jo Lo

29 Jul 2019

Google's new tool helps you ace developer interviews

Google's new online interviewing tool will help hiring managers quickly understand a candidate's software development skills.

By Jo Lo

23 Jul 2019

From pattern libraries to design systems: the benefits

A design system is built with a collection of reusable components that can be combined to build any number of applications – all this guided by clear standards.

By Jo Lo

19 Jul 2019

SIMTICS' UX redesign provides seamless eLearning experience

Pattern overhauls SIMTICS' app design to vastly improve and modernise its user experience.

By Jamil Geor

30 Oct 2018

Managing agile teams in chaotic environments

One of the biggest challenges we have as a software services company, is how to manage teams and priorities in a constantly shifting environment.

By Rowan Schaaf

06 Nov 2016