SSW Newcastle now open! We are coding by the Sea
This is a short summary of our opening event for SSW Newcastle
Technical Debt – Can you pay it back?
In a perfect world, development projects would be: Deployed often Developed using Agile practices, for example following Scrum Using mainstream technologies and libraries Managed & developed using best practices – the reason I started rules.ssw.com.au Run at a sustainable cadence with a team of at least 2 developers Code written in buddy fashion – 2 […]
Reflecting on 2020 – Embracing Change
With so much of our time already dominated by Coronavirus, I didn’t want my 2020 year in review to be just about the changes it has wrought on the world. I know in Australia we have all experienced the upheaval at work, the pain of the severe lockdowns, social isolation, and more importantly, the fear […]
GitBook – You Can Document Everything!
I think it’s no secret that developers hate paperwork. We like solving complex problems and exploring new frameworks and libraries. We like writing documentation about as much as we like instant coffee… At SSW we’ve enjoyed automating everything from the 100 steps that happen for a new hire, to the daily chore of entering timesheets. […]
NDC 2020 – Smashing the virtual barrier
The world has changed With social distancing our new norm, and working from home, people have had to learn new ways to connect. Sadly for now large events are a thing of the past. For 25 years I have travelled to America for conferences without missing a year, until Coronavirus hit. I also travelled to […]
8 Tips to Better Architecture Diagrams
A good architecture diagram (aka a cloud architecture diagram or system architecture diagram) gives a great overview of your project. It lets you see at a glance what the overall structure of the solution is. This is useful for gaining an understanding of how the system fits together, how it flows, and what it does. It also helps […]
Google Search – Australia no longer “Feeling Lucky”
Aussies using Google have noticed they are caught in the middle of a recent conflict between Google, and the Australian Government over the newly proposed News Media Bargaining Code. Aussies have a dependency on Google 93% of our online experiences begin with search engines. According to The Australian Bureau of Statistics, Google is by far the most […]
Pull Request Approved – Using GitHub as a CMS
Content Management Systems like WordPress, are often a popular choice when it comes to managing content, but have you ever considered using GitHub for the back-end? At SSW we are fans of GitHub, not just for source code but for web content too. I’ve discussed how we recently migrated our staff profiles from SharePoint to […]
I am on Cloud 9 – SSW has migrated to Dynamics 365 Sales cloud version 9
After months of planning, data trimming and delays (not helped by COVID-19!), I am happy to say that SSW has finally migrated our Dynamics from on-premises to the cloud. It has been well-received by all and the UX is much nicer. In addition, this is not the end of the journey – it is the […]
Connecting Through Video – How To Engage Customers
Last month I talked about how easy it is to work from home, but to work from home effectively is hard. Likewise, making a video can be easy, but *really connecting* with your audience via video is hard. This is especially true for business videos. There is so much content that it is easy for people to […]