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There is no golden measure on how to become a programmer, but I believe that it is worth sharing knowledge in this area and helping people who are at the crossroads of their careers and do not know what to do. This article is especially intended for people who are planning their first steps in IT, but I hope that every reader of this blog will gain something valuable from there.

Most businesses you can think of are driven by quality. The quality of the product, of delivery, of customer service. And most of these factors at least partially depend on the software you use. Considering all of the above, is it a good idea to get a solution readily available in a store? Or should you invest in custom software?

Thanks to this technology, you can not only automate tests but also speed up other processes in the project. In this article, you will learn why automation is so important, why we decided on such a solution, and how we dealt with the problems we encountered along the way.

If something’s for everyone, then it’s for no one in particular. This goes for software as well. You have your specific needs, your company has its specific quirks. You may discover that there are numerous ready-to-use software options available, but none offers exactly what you’d like to see. That’s when software solutions come into play. A software development company can create an app tailored to suit your company. See what you’d gain, and at what cost.

From this article, you will learn step by step how to run automated tests with CI/CD managed by GitHub Actions together with a test runner able to deal with your private services deployed in an AWS VPC (virtual private cloud).
You will see how powerful is the combination of AWS Code Build and K6 tools in a case when automated performance testing is a must-have.

If your company is thinking about migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS), you may feel a bit… overwhelmed. Switching to the cloud is always a challenge. But we have good news: you don’t have to learn from your own mistakes anymore! After completing numerous migration projects at fireup.pro, we can share experiences and give you… Czytaj dalej 5 Things You MUST Consider Before Migrating to AWS

What’s the connection between JavaScript and home automation? And why would anyone be interested in custom HA if there’s a ton of ready to use solutions that you can just download and install?  I decided to start the project for a simple reason. I like tinkering. One day, I decided to create such an automation… Czytaj dalej Making Custom Home Automation Using Raspberry Pi and JavaScript

Node.JS is JavaScript on a server. It hangs on a single thread, using non-blocking I/O queries. Thanks to this, it can process tens of thousands of connections at the same time. It has advantages, but it also has flaws. It’s certainly not for everyone. D’uh! But if you have a minute to read more about… Czytaj dalej What’s the Deal with Node.js?

The title of this article may be a little provocative, but that’s a general idea. This time, it’s not just about sharing knowledge. We want to start a discussion about different approaches to programming. And also about how ignoring or underappreciating certain aspects may harm the final product. Let’s start with defining a microservice. It’s… Czytaj dalej Microservice Madness, or 8 Flaws of Distributed Processing

In today’s world data is king, and you need to have a clear view of its entirety if you want to make proper use of it. In this article, we’ll show you how to use widely available free tools to create a platform for streaming data from multiple sources to a single source – for… Czytaj dalej How to Build a Real-Time Data Streaming Platform in Apache Kafka Using Free Tools Only?