6 blockchain podcasts to get you through quarantine

What better way to get through self-isolation than binge listen to a bunch of blockchain podcasts? For many across the world, quarantine orders are keeping people holed up in their homes — myself included. If anything, it’s giving us all a lot of time to take stock, slow down — and for me at least […]

Comparing the cost of internal hire to an outsourced team

Comparing the cost of internal hire to an outsourced team

Hiring internally or outsourcing your software project is on the minds of businesses everywhere. Now, as the world prepares for tighter budgets and narrow margins, weighing the costs and benefits of outsourced teams is ever more important. I’ve laid out a cost comparison for hiring a U.S.-based software developer versus a counterpart abroad. Long story […]

Top causes of system downtime and how devops prepare to avert a crisis

Top causes of system downtime and how devops prepare to avert a crisis

These last few weeks have been a challenge for devops teams everywhere. For months everyone watched as the novel Covid-19 coronavirus swept across the world. Governments have called for people to stay home to help stop the spread of the disease. Nobody knew exactly how it would affect business and our everyday lives. Hardly anyone […]

How blockchain is bringing gamification to every industry

Distributed ledger technology is not the most user friendly or easy to grasp. Blockchain gamification is one way to bridge this user gap. The gaming sector has plenty in store to enrich other industries on how to keep customers engaged. According to a recent study by Newzoo, the global gaming industry has over two billion […]