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Engineering
The DRY Principle: What is it and how to apply it
4 min read The DRY principle stands for “Don’t Repeat Yourself” and was first introduced to the masses by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas in the book The Pragmatic Programmer. Find out how you can apply it right now!
Christopher Long
February 16, 2022
Engineering
Visual Studio 2019+ Regex Features
3 min read Whether you’ve never heard of regex before, or use it in your code all the time, one thing is almost certain…it is not that easy to read!
Thankfully the Visual Studio team at Microsoft have included several handy features inside the code editor to help using regex a little less painful. Read all about it here.
Christopher Long
February 9, 2022
short-reads
When technology goes wrong: Tesla’s outage case study
3 min read You’d be right to think that Tesla’s technology surely wouldn’t go wrong, especially with the huge amounts of media coverage it gets. But in 2021, Tesla suffered a few awkward technological faults. Find out everything you need to know about it right here.
StatusCake Team
February 9, 2022
Engineering
Spotting opportunities to write your own dev tools
7 min read Our developer guest blogger gives you a step-by-step guide on how to spot opportunities to write your own dev tools, and more importantly, how you should go about it.
Christopher Long
February 2, 2022
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STOP PRESS: How website downtime affects your brand
3 min read Website downtime happens to the best of us, even the likes of mammoth websites like Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter all experience it. Luckily for these big companies, they’re so established and have such a huge customer base that downtime is unlikely to make them lose a large proportion of them. But if you’re not as big as Amazon, how does website downtime affect your brand?
StatusCake Team
February 1, 2022
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5 hacks to maximise your website’s potential
3 min read There are reportedly over 1.7 billion websites, making it almost impossible for yours to stand out unless your name is Jeff Bezos and you started a little-known company called Amazon. That’s why, when our customers asked us what we would suggest to help their website perform better, we thought we’d whip together 8 quick and easy hacks that can easily be implemented but make a big difference.
StatusCake Team
January 28, 2022
short-reads
The optimum page speed for your website and how to achieve it
3 min read Website page speed has become more important than ever, especially now Google’s Core Web Vitals are pushing mobile-first and penalising websites it deems to be “too slow”. This means that there is a direct link between slow page speed and lower SEO rankings, and therefore potentially, less traffic to your website. Find out everything you need to know in this blog!
StatusCake Team
January 18, 2022
Engineering
Solving Code Katas Using Test Driven Development (TDD)
7 min read Let’s dip our toes into TDD by using a Code Kata. A Code Kata is an exercise in programming which helps developers hone their skills through practice and repetition. There are many code katas out there, I’m going to pick a simple one for this example. You can follow along in any language you chose, for this example I’ll be working in C#.
Christopher Long
January 17, 2022
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How does your website design and content affect customer interactions and conversions?
4 min read The aim of your website is obviously to get potential customers to engage with as much of it as possible, and ultimately, make a purchase. But as we well know, it isn’t as simple as someone landing on your website and instantly converting. 9 times out of 10, there’s a whole sequence of actions that take place before a customer makes a purchase. The best thing? You can see exactly what this sequence of events looks like by analysing and combining data from a couple of your tools so you can make better, more informed decisions about the content of your website.
StatusCake Team
January 7, 2022
Engineering
DevOps Explained
4 min read If you’re in the software development space, or just started a career in software development you’ve probably heard people talking about DevOps. Studies show that 74% of companies have implemented DevOps in some fashion, but what is it exactly? Find out everything you need to know in this post.
Christopher Long
December 13, 2021
short-reads
5 WordPress tips for your website that you should use right now
3 min read If you’re using WordPress, you might be thinking you’ve maximised every part of it. We’d beg to differ! Here’s the top 5 tips for working with WordPress on your website to maximise your page speed, security, and overall user experience.
StatusCake Team
November 28, 2021
Engineering
Microservices vs Monoliths explained
6 min read If you’re a dev you’ve no doubt, come across people talking about monolith and microservice application architecture. Perhaps you are involved in designing a new system and have been asked to consider both architectures. The conversations are often regarding how microservices are the successor to monolith architecture, but today I’m going to try and layout why it’s not as simple as one being better than the other.
Christopher Long
November 24, 2021