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Sara Bine

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You Aren’t Gonna Need It (YAGNI)

Apr 15, 2022 · Sara Bine, Dave Hicking

Sara Bine (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about YAGNI aka ‘You Aren’t Gonna Need It’: what it is, why it’s so important for anybody who’s building software, and more. Transcript Dave...

The Tighten Test: 12 Steps to a Better Team

Aug 9, 2020 · Sara Bine

A modern take on Joel Spolsky’s “The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code” listing 12 qualities we think the best software development teams have in common.

Your App is a Package Manager

May 15, 2020 · Chris Trombley, Sara Bine

Keeping code organized, readable, and maintainable is tough, and there's no one-size-fits-all solution. Separating your features into dependencies is a good first step for most applications, resulting in cleaner code without the huge complexity cost of a microservice architecture.

Intro to Mobile App Development with NativeScript-Vue

Apr 27, 2020 · Sara Bine

Learn how to build cross-platform, native mobile apps using familiar Vue.js syntax and Tailwind CSS.

Building An App With NativeScript-Vue

Apr 24, 2020 · Sara Bine, Dave Hicking

Sara Bine, a Lead Programmer at Tighten, stops by Twenty Percent Time to talk about what it's like to build an app with...

Developing Blocker-Friendly Websites

Jan 10, 2020 · Sara Bine

Internet tracking has gotten out of control, and some users are turning to "blocker" browser extensions to protect themselves. Learn how to adapt your website so these users (and all other users) have a better experience.

The Art of Mentoring

Nov 4, 2019 · Shawn Jones, Sara Bine

In software development, we have a tendency to glorify the self-taught. It's understandable—self-directed teaching is an important skill! Our industry changes rapidly, and to keep up we have to do some of the learning on our own. However, we tend to...

Publishing Your First Laravel Nova Tool

Aug 30, 2018 · Sara Bine

Laravel Nova gives us an easy way to manage the data in our Laravel applications. With a few lines of code, you can define "resources" corresponding to your Eloquent models, and Nova will generate beautiful...

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