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The Intersection of Design and Engineering

Alice Toth
April 20, 2023

Build a value-driven backlog with value stream mapping

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Rob O'Brien
April 17, 2023

Stress Doesn't Have to Be Bad

Debbie Madden
April 13, 2023

What Is Dual-Track Agile and How Does It Work?

Vishal Patel
April 13, 2023

When Should an Employer Ask an Employee to Quit?

Debbie Madden
April 13, 2023

What the Death Stars Can Teach You About Lean Development

Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
April 13, 2023
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In Retrospect

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You Can’t Just Slap a Sticker on It: Why Gen AI Demands a Workforce Evolution

You Can’t Just Slap a Sticker on It: Why Gen AI Demands a Workforce Evolution

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Can I Generate Code Using Generative AI Models? Yes. Should You? Well...

Can I Generate Code Using Generative AI Models? Yes. Should You? Well...

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AI & Modernization: The Key to Healthcare’s Digital Transformation

AI & Modernization: The Key to Healthcare’s Digital Transformation

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Does AI + XP Make the Myth of Better, Faster AND Cheaper a Reality?

Does AI + XP Make the Myth of Better, Faster AND Cheaper a Reality?

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Dan Mason
Why 2025 is the Year of Software Modernization for Automotive, Logistic, and Manufacturing Industries

Why 2025 is the Year of Software Modernization for Automotive, Logistic, and Manufacturing Industries

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Legacy Software: Yesterday's Innovation, Today's Limitation

Legacy Software: Yesterday's Innovation, Today's Limitation

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Balancing AI and Human Insight in Legacy Software

Balancing AI and Human Insight in Legacy Software

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Understanding AI-Driven Legacy Software Modernization in Finance

Understanding AI-Driven Legacy Software Modernization in Finance

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The Enterprise Guide To Launching MVPs

The Enterprise Guide To Launching MVPs

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Debbie Madden
The UX of LLMs

The UX of LLMs

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Alice Toth
Breast Cancer Nearly Took my Life. Instead, it Made Me a Better CEO.

Breast Cancer Nearly Took my Life. Instead, it Made Me a Better CEO.

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Debbie Madden
LLMs will transform the way everyone, everywhere, builds software

LLMs will transform the way everyone, everywhere, builds software

LLMs
AI
Francisco Martin
The Resurgence of TDD in the Age of Large Language Models

The Resurgence of TDD in the Age of Large Language Models

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Tyler Orden
A Caveat: Trusting Our Tests in the LLM Era

A Caveat: Trusting Our Tests in the LLM Era

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Tyler Orden
What is a Developer Consultant?

What is a Developer Consultant?

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Debbie Madden
Understanding Grid Hosting Capacity in Energy

Understanding Grid Hosting Capacity in Energy

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Declarative infrastructure for beginners

Declarative infrastructure for beginners

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Stephen Meriwether
How to align your team with the OMV framework

How to align your team with the OMV framework

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Vishal Patel
7 things you can do today if you’ve been laid off

7 things you can do today if you’ve been laid off

Leadership
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Debbie Madden
Using the ASK Framework to Give Good Feedback

Using the ASK Framework to Give Good Feedback

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Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
Five Steps to a Good Pair Programming Experience

Five Steps to a Good Pair Programming Experience

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Cody Duval
How to Create a Storyboard Sketch

How to Create a Storyboard Sketch

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Alice Toth
Breaking the Bottleneck: Tackling Long Interconnection Queues

Breaking the Bottleneck: Tackling Long Interconnection Queues

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How to Increase the Efficiency of Your Software Team

How to Increase the Efficiency of Your Software Team

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Steven Solomon
Three Lessons The People Team Learned From Axe Throwing

Three Lessons The People Team Learned From Axe Throwing

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Stride’s Agile Consulting Fuels Effective Transformation

Stride’s Agile Consulting Fuels Effective Transformation

Agile
Boosting Engineering Team Performance with ChatGPT

Boosting Engineering Team Performance with ChatGPT

Engineering
AI
Stride Staff
Why and How to Keep a Work Journal

Why and How to Keep a Work Journal

People & Culture
The LLM Hype Curve

The LLM Hype Curve

AI
LLMs
Ako Gagarin
How Meal Prepping Can Help You Understand WIP

How Meal Prepping Can Help You Understand WIP

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Brian Lam
An Introduction to DER Aggregations

An Introduction to DER Aggregations

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A Dev’s View of Sprint Planning

A Dev’s View of Sprint Planning

Agile
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Building a Custom LLM is Key to Your AI Transformation

Building a Custom LLM is Key to Your AI Transformation

AI
LLMs
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Stride Staff
Harnessing AI/LLMs for Real Business Results

Harnessing AI/LLMs for Real Business Results

AI
LLMs
Stride Staff
LLMs are the ultimate interns

LLMs are the ultimate interns

AI
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Dan Mason
Four Agile Principles for Business Transformation

Four Agile Principles for Business Transformation

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Michael Kellman
Building an Agile Feedback Loop

Building an Agile Feedback Loop

Continuous Integration
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How your culture impacts business

How your culture impacts business

People & Culture
Victoria Gray
How to build product prototypes

How to build product prototypes

Design
Alice Toth
A Highly Effective Method to Designing Software

A Highly Effective Method to Designing Software

Design
Alice Toth
What Are User Personas?

What Are User Personas?

Design
Process
Alice Toth
This is the (Agile) Way

This is the (Agile) Way

Agile
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Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
A Privacy Mindset for Web Developers

A Privacy Mindset for Web Developers

Process
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Joe Merante
What is process flow in UX design?

What is process flow in UX design?

Design
Alice Toth
How to Create a Winning Product Vision Framework

How to Create a Winning Product Vision Framework

Product Management
Ako Gagarin
Learning Web Accessibility

Learning Web Accessibility

Design
Ro Dixon
Google Isn’t Perfect. Here’s What We Can Learn From Their Mistakes

Google Isn’t Perfect. Here’s What We Can Learn From Their Mistakes

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
How to design for accessibility

How to design for accessibility

Design
Ro Dixon
The Role of Domain Driven Design in Product Discovery

The Role of Domain Driven Design in Product Discovery

Product Management
Eugene De Villiers
Stride Ranks on Inc 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies

Stride Ranks on Inc 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies

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Stride selected as 2019 Leading Software Development Consultancy in NY

Stride selected as 2019 Leading Software Development Consultancy in NY

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4 Steps To Creating a Zero Tolerance Policy on Harassment

4 Steps To Creating a Zero Tolerance Policy on Harassment

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Debbie Madden
Trying to Scale? Double Down on Culture Before You Even Think About It.

Trying to Scale? Double Down on Culture Before You Even Think About It.

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
10 Ways You Can Hire More Women Today

10 Ways You Can Hire More Women Today

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Hiring
Debbie Madden
Why diversity in tech matters (for reals, though)

Why diversity in tech matters (for reals, though)

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Kimberly Suazo
QA for Agile Teams

QA for Agile Teams

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Grant Ziolkowski
Stride Recognized As The Fastest Growing Women-Owned Business in New York

Stride Recognized As The Fastest Growing Women-Owned Business in New York

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Stride News
My First Week With Elixir As A Rubyist

My First Week With Elixir As A Rubyist

Technology
Steven Solomon
What I Learned about Software Consulting from Marie Kondo

What I Learned about Software Consulting from Marie Kondo

Process
Meredith Edwards
Setting up a basic Restify API powered by Cassandra and Solr

Setting up a basic Restify API powered by Cassandra and Solr

Technology
Ka Mok
7 Ways to Be a Healthy Web Programmer

7 Ways to Be a Healthy Web Programmer

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Luna Lunapiena
Top 4 Mistakes Enterprises Make When Outsourcing Application Development

Top 4 Mistakes Enterprises Make When Outsourcing Application Development

Technology
Debbie Madden
Building a learning culture at Stride

Building a learning culture at Stride

People & Culture
Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
How outside-in TDD can protect your domain

How outside-in TDD can protect your domain

Engineering
Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
[Video] Progressive Web Apps vs. Native Apps with AB Inbev and IBM

[Video] Progressive Web Apps vs. Native Apps with AB Inbev and IBM

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You Don't Need a CTO, You Need Squarespace

You Don't Need a CTO, You Need Squarespace

Leadership
Debbie Madden
Breaking Through The Vim Learning Curve

Breaking Through The Vim Learning Curve

Technology
Nichol Alexander
What Are High-Fidelity Wireframes?

What Are High-Fidelity Wireframes?

Design
Alice Toth
3 Tips: How to Hire For Motivation

3 Tips: How to Hire For Motivation

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
Three reasons why Darth Vader is a bad team leader

Three reasons why Darth Vader is a bad team leader

People & Culture
Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
Continuous Learning with Sandi Metz & David A. Black

Continuous Learning with Sandi Metz & David A. Black

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14 Tips for Better Front-End Testing

14 Tips for Better Front-End Testing

Technology
Ian McNally
Optimize your hiring process today to prevent layoffs tomorrow

Optimize your hiring process today to prevent layoffs tomorrow

Hiring
Debbie Madden
How to Create a Workflow for Design

How to Create a Workflow for Design

Design
How Your Website Contributes to Climate Change

How Your Website Contributes to Climate Change

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Zach Jones
Interviewing at Stride as a Software Engineer

Interviewing at Stride as a Software Engineer

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Matt Micheletti
How Stride Makes It Easy for You to Interview

How Stride Makes It Easy for You to Interview

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People & Culture
Dan Chessin
Outside-in versus inside-out TDD

Outside-in versus inside-out TDD

Engineering
Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
Introducing Stride's New Podcast: The Rabbit Hole

Introducing Stride's New Podcast: The Rabbit Hole

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Michael "Bobby" Nuñez
Is Snapchat's Culture As Sexist and Toxic As Uber's?

Is Snapchat's Culture As Sexist and Toxic As Uber's?

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People & Culture
Debbie Madden
The Intersection of Teaching, Coding, and Consulting at Stride

The Intersection of Teaching, Coding, and Consulting at Stride

People & Culture
Agile Mentorship
David DiPanfilo
2018 Scale Up Summit New Orleans Debrief

2018 Scale Up Summit New Orleans Debrief

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Debbie Madden
[VIDEO] What Makes the NYC Tech Scene So Great?

[VIDEO] What Makes the NYC Tech Scene So Great?

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Technology
Debbie Madden
How TDD Improves Products

How TDD Improves Products

Process
Technology
Agile
XP
Steven Solomon
Improve Company Culture With Volunteer Task Forces

Improve Company Culture With Volunteer Task Forces

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
Chicago, Here We Come! [VIDEO]

Chicago, Here We Come! [VIDEO]

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
Stride Tech Talk: Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies - Liftoffs

Stride Tech Talk: Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies - Liftoffs

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Debbie Madden
5 Ways to Stop Engineering & Product Communication Breakdown

5 Ways to Stop Engineering & Product Communication Breakdown

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
Technical Books For Any Stage In Your Career

Technical Books For Any Stage In Your Career

Technology
Nichol Alexander
Stride’s Top 5 Recommended Tech Podcasts of 2017

Stride’s Top 5 Recommended Tech Podcasts of 2017

Technology
Debbie Madden
How Stride has worked towards a more equitable interview process

How Stride has worked towards a more equitable interview process

Interviewing
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Dan Chessin
9 Reasons Why Everyone Has Gone Agile

9 Reasons Why Everyone Has Gone Agile

Agile
Debbie Madden
Communication Best Practices for Agile Teams

Communication Best Practices for Agile Teams

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
Co-located Outsourcing: The Newest Trend In Tech Outsourcing

Co-located Outsourcing: The Newest Trend In Tech Outsourcing

Process
Debbie Madden
Being Truly Agile: The Method and the Mindset

Being Truly Agile: The Method and the Mindset

Process
Debbie Madden
How to leverage positive feedback for personal growth

How to leverage positive feedback for personal growth

People & Culture
Developer Lifestyle
Aaron Foster Breilyn (afb)
Pairing with a Very Well-Grounded Rubyist: Interview with David A. Black

Pairing with a Very Well-Grounded Rubyist: Interview with David A. Black

People & Culture
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Linda Gonzalez
11 Ways to Fight Burnout 🔥

11 Ways to Fight Burnout 🔥

People & Culture
Linda Gonzalez
[Ebook] The Importance of Effective Team Communication

[Ebook] The Importance of Effective Team Communication

People & Culture
Debbie Madden
Great Company Cultures Are Not Accidents

Great Company Cultures Are Not Accidents

People & Culture
Debbie Madden

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