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Does being a QA engineer mean that you get paid for complaining? Is nitpicking an actual part of your job? Here’s how a QA superhero’s day looks at the fireup.pro HQ. It might help you especially if you’re just beginning your adventure with QA. If you fully understand what this position entails, you can truly help your colleagues.

January is the month of last year’s summary. It’s a great opportunity to take a look at our achievements and plan new actions. What happened at fireup.pro in 2020? So here we are – wrapping up this unique year in this article. Enjoy! Sales The most important events in the business aspect of our company… Czytaj dalej Summary of 2020 at fireup.pro

2020 is almost over, and it was one exceptional year for us at fireup.pro. We have a special message to our programming folks, and our team members as well. They say it’s not about how you start, but about how you finish things. We couldn’t agree more. For many years, we’ve been putting a lot… Czytaj dalej Holiday Time at fireup.pro

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?

When you want to host your application, you need a server. It’s a given, right? Or IS IT? Serverless is a different approach that might be the most cost- and performance-effective for your project. Serverless is a somewhat mysterious solution on the surface, which actually turns out approachable and worth checking out. In this article,… Czytaj dalej Hosting Without a Server? Meet Serverless, and See How You Can Take Advantage of It

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

The relation between Scrum and Agile is similar to the one between squares and rectangles. If you use Scrum, you also use Agile. But if you use Agile, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you also use Scrum. The main difference between Scrum and Agile is that while Scrum is quite specific about how you do… Czytaj dalej The (Often Ignored) Difference Between Agile and Scrum

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?