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Successful Digital Product Innovation
by Mark VanDriel | insights | February 10th, 2023
5 Essential AWS Services for Successful Application Modernization
It can be a little daunting to start building out your architecture. After all, AWS offers over 200 services that can be used in nearly infinite combinations to solve problems. Where do you start? What are the best services for the job? How should they work together?
SDG Hackathon: Up and Running with Kubernetes, Crossplane, and ArgoCD
Go through solving a hackathon using Kubernetes, Crossplane and ArgoCD.
Interviewing in a virtual world
The last three years have been a whirlwind, for a variety of different reasons! The pandemic has really shifted the way we do things these days, specifically the way recruiters do our job. As Recruiters at SDG, we’ve discussed this topic more than once and I’m willing...
A primer to game design
Get into game design. Remember it’s an iterative process with the goal of always having fun!
Three improv games to play with your agile team
You may be asking yourself - what does improv have to do with me and my agile team? Well, the principles behind successful improvisation can relate directly to the core values and principles of a successful agile team. The three improv games linked in this list will...
Ascending with Optimism
how to turn the mundane into the best parts of life. By shifting your perspective on the small obstacles in life, you can gain positive momentum. There are only so many hours in a day, and you influence how many of them bring you joy.
We’re bored with the board!
It’s time to challenge the traditional daily scrum practices, try some new methods, and remember the true purpose behind the daily scrum is a valuable team interaction, not just another obligatory meeting.
You’re the PM? I thought I was the PM!
SDG’s Head of Product explores the relationship between *project* management and *product* management. One simple way to understand your company’s dominant mindset: what do you mean by the abbreviation “PM”?
Q&A with Young Cardinal, SDG’s Newest Talent Sourcer
"It's very interesting to speak with folks about how they found the world of IT and why they're passionate about it!" What do you like most about your job? What I love most about my job is learning about each individual candidate’s background. Rarely do you see a...
Why test?
Testing is more than just testing. Despite its importance, many developers tend to shy away from writing automated tests, citing the added effort involved and the difficulty of quantifying its benefits in real-time. However, by shifting our perspective and emphasizing...
Architecture is an art form
So, you’re building a digital product. The business goals are well defined, the user or customer needs have been established, and the concept has been reviewed with enthusiastic support. It’s now time to determine the technical architecture for this product, but the...
Stepping outside the developer status quo
“I think something that I’ve been really enjoying about this festival is that I feel like there is so much space here for thinking about new ideas and opportunities and radical Imagination,” Agyei Archer. As a developer, I have been pondering on how I can merge more...