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Field notes, primers, and case-tested patterns from Rangle on agentic systems, design systems, frontend, and AI strategy.

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Aneesh Datta

Feb 28, 2019

Building Product Roadmaps: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Agility is essential in order to innovate in today's digital world. It enables organizations to find ways of creating new sources of value that meet the evolving needs of customers. If done right, the product roadmap can be the link that articulates how the organization plans to deliver value. In contrast, a poorly constructed roadmap can lead to a series of unintended consequences that we'll explore in this post. But before we do, let's define what a product roadmap is.

Align Product Strategy

Anya Craig

Feb 19, 2019

Six hard-won lessons for fledgling developers

When I started out as a freshly-minted developer three years ago, I was bursting with energy and ambition. Although I suffered (and still suffer at times) from an acute case of impostor syndrome, I was keen to learn, and it seemed like there was nothing that I couldn't - and shouldn't - attempt.

Xiyang Chen

Feb 15, 2019

Artificial Intelligence for Creativity and Design

This past December I attended a Machine Learning for Creativity and Design workshop at NeurIPS 2018 in Montreal. NeurIPS (formerly NIPS) is a Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems or what today is often referred to as "AI". It's one of the most popular conferences in the space attracting thousands of submissions and attendants each year.

Sara Rehman

Feb 14, 2019

Rangle x TD Tech Connect: Customer Centric Digital Transformation

We recently had the pleasure of hosting a panel of industry experts to discuss how financial technology (fintech) is disrupting the world of banking. More importantly, we learned what's needed from traditional organizations in order to stay competitive. Along with some of Rangle's innovation leadership, we heard from fintech trailblazers Andrew Graham, co-founder of Borrowell and Michael Garrity, CEO of Financeit moderated by tech analyst and host of Globe & Mail's tech podcast, "I'll Go First", Takara Small. Let's get into it!

Modernize Your Stack

Benjamin Martin

Feb 12, 2019

Learning Docker - The Command Line Interface

Learning development on the JavaScript stack can sometimes be quite frustrating (even with tools like Node or NVM). This is especially true when you manage different applications with different environment dependencies (or different versions of node, npm etc.) for each app that you're developing. You may have some legacy apps that you don't touch very often, but you want your host machine to have the latest and greatest when you start your next project. That's understandable and we've all been there before.

Frontend Development

Harry Nicholls

Feb 06, 2019

Developers and QAs: A Match Made in Heaven

One of the most difficult relationships in a software development team is the relationship between developers and the QA team.

Nick Van Weerdenburg

Feb 04, 2019

Rangle's Diversity and Inclusion Report

Diversity and inclusion are top of mind for tech companies these days and it's about time. As an industry, we have failed to provide opportunities and empowerment for all people. We can't let our past mistakes dictate our future.

Jan Scholz, Ryan Marchildon

Jan 31, 2019

AI is Coming to You: The Neural Edge

In 2019 we are beginning to see trends such as Browser-Based Artificial Intelligence with TensorFlow.js taking over the landscape. This is part of a larger movement that will continue as AI solutions become less dependent on the backend-heavy distributed cloud-based infrastructure which was originally developed for big data applications.

Frontend Development

Evan Schultz

Jan 25, 2019

Simplifying React Forms with Hooks

Forms, like death and taxes, are one of the unavoidable aspects of web development. From Login Forms, Contact Pages, to heavy form-centric applications - at some point, you will need to wire up an input field to your application state. Working with forms in React can require a bit of boilerplate, and while there are libraries like Formik, Redux Form or React Redux Form can help make things easier, they can be overkill for many situations.

Frontend Development

Jennifer Shannon

Jan 15, 2019

From one retailer to another, we're missing the mark

I worked in retail for a long time. A really long time. I loved working retail and still love retail. This doesn't just mean that I love shopping (which I do). For me, the draw of retail was the connection to people and services while on the front lines. This connection remains my favorite part of my job, even though I now work in a marketing role.

Modernize Your Stack

Ryan Marchildon, Jan Scholz

Jan 10, 2019

Bringing Artificial Intelligence to the Browser with TensorFlow.js

Are you a web developer interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Want to easily build some sweet AI apps entirely in JavaScript that run anywhere, without the headache of tedious installs, hosting on cloud services, or working with Python? Then TensorFlow.js is for you!

Frontend Development

Ehsan Motamedi

Jan 04, 2019

Five Things to Consider Before Choosing Micro Frontends

The idea of micro frontends is all the rage right now. It's been gaining traction over the years, and we've noticed more clients asking us about it. Although it's an incredible solution for a lot of use cases, it can be cumbersome if your organization's expectations are not properly set. Here are five considerations to help you determine if the micro frontend idea is right for your needs.

Modernize Your Stack

Blog

Building Product Roadmaps: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Six hard-won lessons for fledgling developers

Artificial Intelligence for Creativity and Design

Rangle x TD Tech Connect: Customer Centric Digital Transformation

Learning Docker - The Command Line Interface