The "Internet of Things" is growing larger than ever. Manufacturers continue to develop more "smart" household appliances with features like control via smartphone, smart speaker integrations, and automatic updates pushed from a central server.

Linting is an important step to ensure code quality, and it fits well as an automated process in the development pipeline. Most teams use the default lint configuration provided by their framework, missing opportunities to prevent runtime errors and increase code quality with the extended set of ESLint rules.

Understanding the project lifecycle is key to successful project management. The project lifecycle is the path each project takes from beginning to end. While the boundaries between each step might be difficult to grasp at first, most (not all) successful projects will have a five step lifecycle. Follow this guide to learn the five steps of the project lifecycle and the actions taken in each step.

Ready to level-up your note taking and task management? Emoji-coding is a fun little technique to help you manage your checklists. It's designed to help document and tackle tasks more efficiently, regardless of the digital note taking medium. 

You know them, you love them, but when you have 3,524 packages with the tag ORM available at NPM, deciding on one ORM may be a little bit overwhelming. Comparing three of the most-used ORMs will help you decide which is tool is best for your project. Whether it's Objection, Prisma, or Sequelize, read this post to determine your champion ORM!

With the depreciation of Husky, many teams are looking for a new solution. Lefthook is an excellent alternative to Husky. Lefthook has all of Husky’s capabilities with none of its convoluted set up.

Angular consultant Nicole Greene will be giving a talk "GraphQL & Apollo - An Intro for Angular Developers" at the Women Who Code San Diego Meetup Wednesday July 20th at 6pm pacific time.

Product design is a necessary part of the product development process. Although design might necessitate some level of creativity and an understanding of visual arts, design and art are not synonymous. Where arts are meant to express, designs are meant to function. This post explains the basics of creating a high quality product design.