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11 Tips for Digital Project Management Success

Sep 20, 2021 · Jeanne Henry

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

May 6, 2021 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

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

Mar 15, 2021 · Tammy Robinson

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

Feb 1, 2021 · Jose Soto

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

Dec 22, 2020 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

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...

The Laravel Community Gathers to Provide Conference Scholarships

Sep 24, 2020 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

Late last year, Tighten founders Matt Stauffer and Dan Sheetz were planning how they could contribute positively to the Laravel community. They made a pledge: Tighten would sponsor ten guests to attend Laracon US, and they'd focus on inviting folks...

Shaping Your Role

Aug 14, 2020 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, Dave Hicking

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo (Ops & Content Manager at Tighten) returns to the show to talk to Dave Hicking (Production Manager at Tighten) about shaping your role at an agency, the concept of 'tours of duty', and...

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.

Staying Organized

Jul 31, 2020 · Andrew Morgan, Dave Hicking

Andrew Morgan (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all things organization - why it's important for devs (and all of us, really) to stay organized, how he does it, and a lot...

Legacy to Laravel: How to Modernize an Aging PHP Application

Jul 28, 2020 · Andrew Morgan

Many of our clients have legacy PHP apps and want to move to Laravel. We’re often asked "should we rewrite or refactor?" While full rewrites are appealing, they’re also risky. Here’s our approach to gradually refactoring legacy code that lets you start using Laravel right away.

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