DevSecOps at the Tactical Edge Jul 12, 2024 in From Our Experts DevSecOps at the Tactical Edge BrainGu recently attended Eurosatory 2024, the top international defense and security exhibition, spotlighting cutting-edge innovations where I had the privilege of taking the stage to present DevSecOps at the Tactical Edge - The New Reality of Software Defined Warfare. Read more
The Goal is Not the Platform Jul 10, 2024 in From Our Experts The Goal is Not the Platform I recently had the opportunity to represent BrainGu at PlatformCon 2024, a premier event showcasing the latest in platform engineering and DevOps. During this influential conference, I delivered an presentation titled "The Goal is Not the Platform." Read more
Hardened Kubernetes and Edge Computing for Field-Deployable Applications Jan 29, 2024 in From Our Experts Hardened Kubernetes and Edge Computing for Field-Deployable Applications Case Study: Real-World DevSecOps Brought to Life for Everyone Read more
Continuous Problem Solving Sep 19, 2023 in Culture, From Our Experts Continuous Problem Solving Teams in modern software development face a wide variety of problems on a daily basis. These teams are smart, motivated, and possess a wide range of personal experience. Read more
View From The Edge Apr 13, 2023 in From Our Experts View From The Edge This article explores when stepping to the edge, what should be the primary considerations. Edge deployments provide increased freedom to develop for latency-sensitive applications, reduce cloud costs by offloading processing, and help reduce operational overhead. Read more
React Rendering for Rapidly Changing UIs May 26, 2022 in From Our Experts React Rendering for Rapidly Changing UIs This article presents situations where imperative programming can be used to improve performance when updating multiple UI components. Read more
Scaling Design Systems Apr 26, 2022 in From Our Experts Scaling Design Systems What does a system of design systems look like in practice? Read more
WIDOW Enabling Warfighters through Direct Access to Developers Oct 12, 2021 in Conferences, From Our Experts WIDOW Enabling Warfighters through Direct Access to Developers This presentation was delivered at AFITC 2021 and focuses on how a process that focuses on User Experience can lead to developing modern and secure software that helps warfighters achieve their mission objectives. Read more
Introduction to Being Agile - Part 2 Oct 4, 2021 in Culture, From Our Experts Introduction to Being Agile - Part 2 First, let’s define some things. Agile is not Scrum (or XP, or Kanban). Agile is not JIRA (or Rally, or VersionOne). Read more
Sharing Logic Between Components in Different React Renderers Sep 15, 2021 in From Our Experts Sharing Logic Between Components in Different React Renderers The bottom line is that there are more targets for React and it may still be necessary to reuse logic across multiple renderers for different platforms. Fortunately, building a custom hook provides an easier path to share component logic than the original render props technique did. Read more
Personas and Scenarios in UX Jul 1, 2021 in From Our Experts Personas and Scenarios in UX A key to BrainGu's product designs is that we design products around people rather than teach people how to use our products. To do so, we understand our customers - their behaviors, attitudes, needs, and goals. We get to know the end-users/operators to create a design that will satisfy their needs. Read more
Introduction to Being Agile Jun 15, 2021 in Culture, From Our Experts Introduction to Being Agile First, let’s define some things. Agile is not Scrum (or XP, or Kanban). Agile is not JIRA (or Rally, or VersionOne). Read more
The Importance of Usefulness in UX and UI Jun 15, 2021 in From Our Experts The Importance of Usefulness in UX and UI Tl;dr - To determine if a UX/UI is ‘Useful,’ we combine two qualitative measures, ‘Usability’ and ‘Utility.’ Usability measures how easy and pleasant a feature is to use, while ‘Utility’ measures its functionality. We explore usability and utility through five major areas. Learnability, Efficiency, Memorability, Errors, and Satisfaction. Read more
BrainGu partners with Girls Who Code to close the gender gap in tech. Apr 1, 2021 in Announcements, From Our Experts BrainGu partners with Girls Who Code to close the gender gap in tech. Girls Who Code is changing the game. They're reaching girls worldwide and are on track to close the gender gap in new entry-level tech jobs by 2027. Read more
The BrainG-UX Philosophy Mar 1, 2021 in From Our Experts The BrainG-UX Philosophy An authentic user experience goes far beyond giving customers what they say they want. So we go deeper and research the underlying wants and needs of the end-user. To provide a high-quality user experience, we have to be seamless in our disciplines, which we discuss in detail. Read more