In fast-paced development timelines, teams are often forced to skip critical steps in the design process. Unfortunately, user testing is one of the most commonly omitted steps. In an effort to save time in the short term, significant usability issues often arise, requiring more time to correct them in the long run.
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Design 
This is part one in a multi-part series on usability issues with fast food eCommerce websites. We visited fast food restaurants to test how real-life users experience ordering through their websites.
In each part, we'll highlight the usability problems (and possibly some successes) we discovered while performing guerrilla user testing(1) at popular fast food restaurant locations.
We'll also offer suggestions on improving each website for higher conversions and customer satisfaction.
Marc Madjaric
Backend 
Temporal is a powerhouse for orchestrating workflows, offering durability and reliability out of the box. But when you’re running a self-hosted Temporal deployment, security becomes a critical consideration. How do you ensure that only authorized users and services can access specific workflows? The answer lies in implementing robust role-based authentication.
Matt Chaffe
React 
CMSs are a sensible technology that allows development and production teams to contribute to a site to the best of their ability. Payload CMS is a newer option with version 1.0 having been released in 2022, and brings several desirable features for fluid development workflows. As a dev who has previously architected a Contentful-backed solution, I thought it would be interesting to compare that previous experience with how I might create a similar, reliable dev workflow in Payload.
Bradley Momberger
Backend
With the recent introduction of Temporal Nexus, Temporal has expanded its platform to allow durable executions to span across teams, Namespaces, and even regions. Nexus brings new opportunities for building modular architectures while maintaining the stateful, event-driven properties that make Temporal so powerful. But is Temporal Nexus a good fit for your project?
Matt Chaffe
DevOps 
AI agents are rapidly transforming industries across the board, bringing new opportunities for intelligent automation and efficiency. Companies like Salesforce with AgentForce, OpenAI with Agent Swarm, and NVIDIA with Agent Blueprints are leading the charge, but the shift is accessible to all businesses looking to innovate.
Mick McGrath
AI is the hottest topic in the tech industry, and there's no shortage of tools claiming to leverage AI for test automation. Given this trend, we decided to explore and evaluate several of these AI-powered tools to see if they truly deliver on their promises. Using our evaluation system, we assess each tool's accuracy, ease of use, cost, and integration with our existing systems.
Denison Luz