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Confessions of a Scrum Master

Sandra Clark August 26, 2018

Rabid and Story Inc have been working collaboratively on an amazing project called Together We Make a Nation, an interactive documentary about former refugee women living in NZ. Initially developed in my 20% time, it was then kindly…

My first Rails Camp

Vini Natarajan August 26, 2018

2017 Rails Camp NZ was held at Mt.Cheeseman in Christchurch. Rails Camp NZ is full weekend retreat, held annually for people interested in web development to gather and be awesome together. This year’s event ran from Friday 24th…

RubyConf AU 2017

Cara Hill August 23, 2018

On 9-10 February, I had the good fortune of attending RubyConf AU 2017 in Melbourne. It was my first RubyConf, my second time in Melbourne, and my first time attending a tech conference outside of New Zealand. I…

Rabid appointed to All of Government Web Services Panel

Josh Forde August 23, 2018

Rabid has been appointed as a supplier on the All of Government Web Services panel! We’re of course delighted. The panel offers a range of services, and we are included in: User Insight Visual Design Front-end Development Back-end…

The points don’t matter

James Harton August 23, 2018

The points don’t matter; if it sounds like a line from Whose Line Is It Anyway? that’s because it is. When it comes to our Agile process, there’s one thing that is quite often misunderstood by…

Agile Australia ’17

Sandra Clark August 23, 2018

Having recently come back from #AgileAus, I have been thinking about what I learnt and what actions I can take. It was a great conference, held in June at the Sydney Hilton with over 1,200 Agilists attending. A nice surprise to see a large presence from some big banks and insurance companies who are newly implementing Agile. It was wonderful to have access to so many international speakers over a pretty intensive two day programme. I’ve been reviewing my notes in preparation for this blog, and there are some clear themes emerging: behaviour change, agile leadership and continuous learning.

Using AWS Lambda for DevOps and experimenting with ‘serverless’ reporting

Ben Bradshaw August 23, 2018

This post is a bit of a geeky one – I hope it’ll be useful for you, even if you haven’t used AWS yet. This isn’t a technical deep dive post, but I hope I can sell you on the…

Fintech in Singapore

Breccan McLeod-Lundy August 23, 2018

Last week I attended the Fintech Festival in Singapore. With over 25,000 attendees, it’s one of the largest financial technology events in the world, bringing together an impressive cross-section of enterprise, startups, and government. With funding from the…

Rails upgrades for beginners

Elspeth Dick August 23, 2018

Keeping your Rails applications up to date with the latest version of Rails and its supporting gems is best done in small increments, and frequently. In the real world, you might be asked to upgrade a Rails app by two…

Developer 1.0.1

Lou Robinson-Blue August 23, 2018

In March 2018, I joined the team at Rabid Tech and when asked to contribute a blog, I wondered what I could share with readers that might help them better understand life as a junior developer. There is plenty already…

Confessions of a Scrum Master

Confessions of a Scrum Master

My first Rails Camp

My first Rails Camp

RubyConf AU 2017

RubyConf AU 2017

Rabid appointed to All of Government Web Services Panel

Rabid appointed to All of Government Web Services Panel

The points don’t matter

The points don’t matter

Agile Australia ’17

Agile Australia ’17

Using AWS Lambda for DevOps and experimenting with ‘serverless’ reporting

Using AWS Lambda for DevOps and experimenting with ‘serverless’ reporting

Fintech in Singapore

Fintech in Singapore

Rails upgrades for beginners

Rails upgrades for beginners

Developer 1.0.1

Developer 1.0.1

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