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Author: Rob Broadhead
Rob is a founder of, and frequent contributor to, Develpreneur. This includes the Building Better Developers podcast. He is also a lifetime learner as a developer, designer, and manager of software solutions. Rob is the founder of RB Consulting and has managed to author a book about his family experiences and a few about becoming a better developer.
In his free time, he stays busy raising five children (although they have grown into adults). When he has a chance to breathe, he is on the ice playing hockey to relax or working on his ballroom dance skills.
The Adapter Pattern is one of the easiest to understand and relate to the real world. We see adapters used every day and they have become a critical factor in our daily success. …
Why Bother With Automated Testing?
I recently saw an article that questioned whether automated testing was a good investment. They essentially laid out an argument that automated testing tools are too expensive, too fragile, and never give…
AWS Business and Productivity Tools
This episode tackles the AWS business and productivity tools group of services. It includes Chime, Alexa for business, WorkMail, WorkDocs, and we add a quick look at WorkSpaces. These combine to provide a set…
Customer Relationship Management Tools – Free and Low-Cost CRM
Customer Relationship Management Tools are big business. You can see examples in vast and expensive solutions like SalesForce.com. However, not every answer is world-class and focused on the enterprise customers. There are…
Software Design – The Singleton Pattern
The last of the creation patterns we will cover is the Singleton. This is a pattern that has a little controversy around it and may even be an anti-pattern. It is easy…
Detecting and Avoiding Burnout
Every developer is different in their ability to sustain a high level of productivity for any amount of time. The higher you push productivity and the longer you try to maintain it,…