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All About On-sites for Distributed Companies
Marje Holmstrom-Sabo
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Anna Shevlin
,
Dave Hicking
Nov 12, 2021
37 minute podcast
Marje Holmstrom-Sabo (Ops & Content Manager at Tighten) and Anna Shevlin (Operations Coordinator at Tighten) join us this week to talk about on-sites for distributed companies - why they’re important, how to make a virtual on-site work in the...
Larabelles
Zuzana Kunckova
,
Dave Hicking
Oct 29, 2021
30 minute podcast
Zuzana Kunckova (a Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to dive deep into Larabelles - how she got the idea for it, what’s coming next, what it’s like to build a community, and a lot...
Flying Solo
Nohemi Olvera
Oct 27, 2021
3 minute read
Over the last eight years I’ve worked as a designer in many different contexts: non-profits, startups, corporations, and more. I joined Tighten in 2018 as the company’s first full-time designer. Having the opportunity and freedom to develop a...
Life as a Junior Developer
Rissa Jackson
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Dave Hicking
Oct 15, 2021
30 minute podcast
Rissa Jackson (an Apprentice Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about life as an apprentice/junior developer, tips for getting that first job as a junior developer, and a lot more. Links for this episode:...
Jigsaw
Keith Damiani
,
Dave Hicking
Oct 1, 2021
29 minute podcast
Keith Damiani (Principal Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about Jigsaw (what it does, what’s coming next, etc.) and what it’s like to manage an open source project at...
A Project Manager’s Top Tips
Jeanne Henry
Sep 20, 2021
8 minute read
Just as each workday is a little different, the same can be said about digital projects. Some digital projects are big and require large teams, months of collaboration, and brand new everything to bring them from beginning to end. Some come and go in...
Working Through A Pandemic
Marje Holmstrom-Sabo
May 6, 2021
5 minute read
At this point, I think the world is in agreement that global pandemics are terrible. Even with the advantages of already working as a fully remote company, folks at Tighten still struggle with the realities of working through isolation, finding...
Improving Google Maps Performance on Large Datasets
Tammy Robinson
Mar 15, 2021
9 minute read
If you've ever built an app that plots data on a map, you've probably noticed that performance tends to slow down as your dataset grows larger. Zooming out too far causes thousands of map markers to display, slowing your map to a crawl, or perhaps...
Full-Text Search with MeiliSearch and Laravel Scout
Jose Soto
Feb 1, 2021
2 minute read
Learn how to add full-text search to your Eloquent models using the free, self-hosted search engine MeiliSearch and Laravel Scout.
Reasons for Gratitude
Marje Holmstrom-Sabo
Dec 22, 2020
2 minute read
2020 has been described as many things–unprecedented, a year like no other, a dumpster fire, a train wreck. It has indeed been a challenging year, for many reasons. Rather than rehashing those challenges, I asked my favorite team to share some of...
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