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Six Tips For A Successful Job Interview
Job interviews are an inescapable reality of the labor market, and unfortunately they’re still an … Read more Six Tips For A Successful Job Interview
Categories: MarketingTags: Apprenticeship, Communications, Community, CraftsmanshipA Color Coded Guide to Ports and Adapters
Ports and Adapters is an architecture pattern that aims to decouple your application from the details. … Read more A Color Coded Guide to Ports and Adapters
Categories: MarketingTags: Architecture, Coding, design patternsUI smoke-testing with Cypress
In NextRoll, many teams are continuously working on different micro-frontend applications, many little bricks of … Read more UI smoke-testing with Cypress
Categories: MarketingMinimally Privileged Terraform
By default, every newly created AWS resource lacks permission to perform any actions. AWS strongly … Read more Minimally Privileged Terraform
Categories: MarketingTags: aws, DevOps, security, TerraformStatic Site Deploy Previews on AWS
There are tons of options out there for deploying websites, but my default approach for … Read more Static Site Deploy Previews on AWS
Categories: MarketingTags: aws, CodingIntroducing 8th Light’s Board of Directors for 2021
We founded 8th Light to be a place where our philosophy of approaching software as … Read more Introducing 8th Light’s Board of Directors for 2021
Categories: MarketingTags: Business, CraftsmanshipContinuous compliance on AWS
A looming deadline. A long list of requirements handed off to the team without their … Read more Continuous compliance on AWS
Categories: MarketingTags: aws, DevOps, toolsIn Slack, no one can hear your scream!
Hey, my name’s Ian. I’m a Senior Consulting Software Engineer at 8th Light’s Pod Services … Read more In Slack, no one can hear your scream!
Categories: MarketingTags: Communications, RemoteThe World’s Your Stage: An Interview with Senior Crafter Ian Carroll
8th Light’s modern apprenticeship program allows us to hire software professionals from a wide range … Read more The World’s Your Stage: An Interview with Senior Crafter Ian Carroll
Categories: MarketingTags: Community, Craftsmanship, LearningLearning to Learn With Metacognition
Software is a complex and ever evolving domain. As software developers, this means that, in … Read more Learning to Learn With Metacognition
Categories: MarketingTags: Craftsmanship, Learning
Mozilla Explains: What Is AI?
What is AI? When you hear artificial intelligence (or AI) you probably assume it’s something … Read more Mozilla Explains: What Is AI?
Categories: NewsThe Winner's Curse
Introduction Anytime you have an auction, you have the potential for the winner’s curse, a … Read more The Winner's Curse
Categories: MarketingJon Wettersten joins 8th Light as Head of Design
8th Light is pleased to announce that it has greatly advanced its mission to be … Read more Jon Wettersten joins 8th Light as Head of Design
Categories: MarketingTags: Business, CommunityMozilla Fellowship & Awards News: February – March 2021
Looking to learn more about or engage with Mozilla Fellows and Awardees around the world? … Read more Mozilla Fellowship & Awards News: February – March 2021
Categories: News
Mozilla News Beat, March 26, 2021
Welcome to the Mozilla News Beat, a glance at the internet news of the week … Read more Mozilla News Beat, March 26, 2021
Categories: News
How To MozFest: A Digital Book For The Community
MozFest 2019 | MozFest Book Release How To MozFest: An Open Book For the Internet … Read more How To MozFest: A Digital Book For The Community
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Wrapping Up the MozFest Youth Zone 2021 Hackathon!
We’re wrapping up our first ever MozFest Youth Zone Hackathon! Over the last 10 days, … Read more Wrapping Up the MozFest Youth Zone 2021 Hackathon!
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How can we tell the story of MozFest Week 2
How can we tell the story of MozFest Week 2? Every participant’s journey through this … Read more How can we tell the story of MozFest Week 2
Categories: News