Category Archives: Full stack

user story / bug estimates

By | January 2, 2020

After creating a user story or bug the team should be included in the estimation process. There is a great benefit to involving the team. First it allows them to have a stake in estimating their workload, but more importantly it is accurate. The reason why is because of the principle of collective opinion, also… Read More »

myDynamoDB in react

By | December 13, 2019

My first react project is available online at https://mydynamodb.com. MyDynamoDB is a social media app that saves github users to a database using API gateway, lambda functions, and a dynamoDB database. The user data comes from github using the github API. Watch the video about it here Goals for the project My main objective in… Read More »

what is all this Agile talk about?

By | July 12, 2019

In my previous job we practiced agile by having sprint meetings every day. However the business was run more with a waterfall approach. We called it Agile but it didn’t use any of the typical tools you find in agile training. There were no user stories, burndown charts, agile board or component testing done. You… Read More »

Learning full stack is now my full time job!

By | May 18, 2019

My last day at being a project manager in biotech was yesterday. Now I have a new job learning full stack engineering and running my business JimmySoft LLC. This is a leap of faith. Let me explain why I am doing this. I have always had an interest in computer programming. It started early in… Read More »

OK what is full stack anyway?

By | May 2, 2019

Now that I am curious… let’s figure out what full stack is. “A full stack web developer is a person who can develop both client and server software.” -Wikipedia OK, my WordPress site runs on the server and renders pages to my chrome browser. Does that mean it is a full stack application? Wait, what exactly is the nuance… Read More »