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How AI Will Change Software Delivery in the Next 2 Years

Everybody is excited about AI. The headlines tout how models can write code, generate tests, scaffold applications, and even “automate software development.” The promise is seductive: faster delivery, fewer bugs, more features, happier clients, larger margins. Yet for...

Exploring Angular Signals: A Case for Fine-Grained Reactivity in Modern Applications

Better architecture requires attention and precision. Angular’s shift toward fine-grained reactivity is making that possible. Introduction The property I call home is what most would refer to as the middle of nowhere. It is, however, intentional. The pastoral...

Is Cypress Cloud Worth It? A Cost-Benefit Breakdown for Modern Testing Teams

When embarking on an app rewrite, one of the crucial decisions teams face is selecting the right testing infrastructure. A common question that arises is whether to use the free Cypress App or invest in Cypress Cloud. Let's explore the options and help you make an...

Deep Dive: The Accessible Angular Application

From ARIA to WGAC’s accessibility standards, any business can elevate the user experience (UX) of its software to enhance their product value. From responsive design and semantic HTML to keyboard navigation, color themes, and accessibility in forms, your company’s software, especially when using the Angular framework, can unlock valuable potential.

Case Study: Turning Around a Stalled Platform with Strategic Technical Leadership

Stabilizing Development, Restoring Confidence, and Building for Scale Overview A rapidly growing gifting platform approached Briebug during a period of significant dysfunction. Feature development had slowed to a crawl, releases were plagued with defects, and critical...

A Game-Changer for Software Development

The Repeal of Section 174: A Game-Changer for R&D Investment. Meanwhile, understanding Federal Reserve interest rate cuts are crucial for navigating economic landscapes. What Was Section 174? The Amortization Burden Under the rules effective from 2022 through...

Angular 19: The Most Transformative Angular Release Yet

Published: May 2025By Jesse Sanders, CEO of Briebug Angular 19 Angular 19, released in November 2024, is one of the most significant updates in the framework’s recent history. This version brings performance, developer experience, and scalability to the forefront —...

State of the Art: Angular State Management with NgRx SignalStore

State management is a cornerstone of modern Angular application development, ensuring consistency, scalability, and maintainability of the application state. While the traditional NgRx Store has long been a go-to solution, NgRx SignalStore emerges as a modern...

How to Use CodePush in React Native

Introduction So you’ve got a React Native application and things are going well: you write code and when you’re ready to release to your customers, you create your Google Play and App Store builds, fill in all the information, submit your builds and now you wait for...

Mastering Vue 3 Components: A Comprehensive Guide for Software Developers

One of the most powerful features of Vue is the ability to create custom components that can be easily reused across different parts of your application. Whether you're a seasoned Vue.js developer or just getting started with the framework, mastering Vue components...

Recent Articles

Intro to Angular Dependency Injection

Intro to Angular Dependency Injection

One of the great features built into Angular is its dependency injector. An Injector like the one included with Angular supports rich, configurable Inversion of Control, which is a key principle of software design that improves quality, flexibility, testability and...

UX vs. UI

UX vs. UI

So, UX vs. UI huh? Sorry to say but you've already been bamboozled by the title! There is no such thing as UX apart from UI because every UI produces a UX. And every UX design exists through a UI. While they are distinct from one another in that you can hire services...

The #1 Mistake Made in Agile Backlog Grooming

The #1 Mistake Made in Agile Backlog Grooming

If you’re familiar with Agile ceremonies, you’ve likely heard of backlog grooming, also known as backlog refinement. I love a good spoiler, so I will share right here at the beginning of this article that the number one mistake I see in backlog refinement is that it...

The Guide to Using Bootstrap With Angular

The Guide to Using Bootstrap With Angular

Intro Let's talk about how to add bootstrap to Angular. Not to be confused with that most famous footwear adorning the feet of the legendary cowboy, Bootstrap is an open-source CSS framework from Twitter. It comes loaded with classes, components and a ton of other...

What are React Fragments?

What are React Fragments?

After reading this post you will know all the ins and outs of React Fragments, how to use them and why they are useful. I will also give you some use case examples along with code snippets. React fragments allow you to return multiple elements within a component. You...

Conditional Rendering in React

Conditional Rendering in React

Conditional rendering is showing content dynamically based on values that can change over time. This can be done inline in the template using interpolation with conditionals, or by returning a component or JSX from a function. Using these methods dynamic content can...

Mocking Cypress GraphQL Response With Fixtures

Mocking Cypress GraphQL Response With Fixtures

Background Why would you need to mock Cypress GraphQL responses? It’s important to have control of the data you are handling. Say you are fetching data from an API that is replying with thousands of objects, you don’t need all of that data. So mocking the response...

Cloud Compute Services Comparison

Cloud Compute Services Comparison

In this article we will take a deeper dive into the compute services that are offered by the major cloud providers: Amazon Web Services vs Google Cloud Platform vs Microsoft Azure. If, instead, you are looking for a high level overview of everything offered on these...

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