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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...

All About Hiring

Apr 10, 2020 · Matt Stauffer, Dave Hicking

Tighten is relaunching Twenty Percent Time and we're starting Season 2 by talking with our CTO Matt Stauffer about all things hiring: when & why Tighten decides to hire, what we look for, what we wish people knew when applying, and...

Opting Out: A Simple Solution for Conditionally Cancelling Laravel Notifications

Mar 16, 2020 · John Bonaccorsi

The average Laravel app sends between a few and a few dozen notifications to users, but what happens when they want to opt out? With legal regulations like GDPR, it's more important than ever to give users control over the emails they receive.

Adding Commits to Someone Else's Pull Request

Jan 31, 2020 · Jake Bathman

At Tighten, we do lots of open source work. We even have a whole day every week devoted to it. And, thankfully, we have many members of the open source community contributing pull requests to our projects and packages. But occasionally we have...

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.

Dec 20, 2019 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

Tighten will be closed from Monday, December 23rd 2019 through Wednesday, January 1st 2020 to celebrate the end of year holidays with family and friends. As we close out 2019, we took a little time to celebrate and reflect on team...

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...

Developing Community and Culture

Oct 4, 2019 · Marje Holmstrom-Sabo

Team culture and a sense of community can develop naturally in physical offices, but remote companies like Tighten must build them deliberately. Here are some ways we foster a positive culture based on our shared values.

What's In A Degree

Aug 16, 2019 · Cenitoria Melton

So, you want to work as a web developer, but you don’t have a Bachelor’s degree. Does that mean you’re out of luck? No, it turns out, not at all. I’m a new kid on the web development block. My first ever job as a developer is also my...

Open a GitHub Pull Request From Your Terminal

Jun 11, 2019 · Jose Soto

Learn how you can quickly open the GitHub Pull Request page from your terminal by using bash functions. Walk through the scripts so you know what's happening.

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