Smashing Boxes

The Foundation of Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation -- the pivotal process of using emerging or new technologies to modify or improve how your organization or product functions; improving your business processes, corporate culture, and customer experiences to align with evolving market dynamics.

Cracking the Blockchain Code: A Comprehensive Guide

Discover the intriguing world of blockchain technology in this comprehensive guide. Unveil the inner workings of blockchain mining and gain an understanding of how this revolutionary technology is transforming financial transactions.

What All Software Engineers Need to Know about WWDC 2019

With the new home screen, apps can now play fullscreen video previews, which makes the Apple TV 4K more discoverable and engaging.

We Are Smashing Boxes

After 10 years in the game, we had to take stock and make a plan to thrive for the next 10 years and beyond. In short, we are iterating on ourselves, we’re disrupting ourselves, and we are evolving.

Taperole: the Smashing Boxes Way to Deploy Your Rails App

Days have been lost trying to get a project from your local computer to somewhere on the magic internet.

Tech Strategy Imperative for Success

When historians look back at this year, 2020 will be remembered as the year that changed everything. Every business, regardless of industry, had to put technology at the forefront – many having to create tech strategies for the first time, on the spot, and with no one to lead the way or equipped with the necessary knowledge.

RIoT Atlanta Preview: How Stark RFID is Changing the Game for Sports Fans

Stark RFID made the leap in 2010 when “one of our suppliers asked if the company could track people at an event".

#RobTrip

Over the course of a Labs day or two (and a couple nights and weekends) we set up a website and built an app to celebrate Rob’s return and spread the good news.

Regarding Rails Templates

If you're a dev at product shop, you probably don't need to create a greenfield Rails application all that often.

Putting QA Tool PractiTest to the...test

When it comes to managing your QA and testing processes, it’s ideal to have a tool that fully supports your business needs.

Navigating the Highs and Lows of Open Source

Most developers are encouraged to contribute to Open Source Software projects.

Message to My Extended Family (excerpts)

In honor of National HBCU Week, Smashing Boxes is celebrating with a Mixer at our Durham office on Thursday, Sept. 20

LinkedIn Thumbnail Workaround

Like any self-respecting small business, Smashing Boxes is working on its LinkedIn presence.

Made in Durham: Developing Our Community's Youth

Made in Durham is a community partnership comprised of educators, businesses, nonprofits, government, and local youth aiming to create a strong education-to-career system.

Learn React.js a Little at a Time, Part 3

After the first two parts of this series, you have a simple app for posting messages into a feed.

The New Leaders of Smashing Boxes

Introducing the Smashing Boxes Newsletter

One of our core values at Smashing Boxes is “Stay Curious.”

Introducing Fraqture: A Platform For Uniting Tech and Art

We here at Smashing Boxes are excited and proud to see one of our favorite recent Labs projects go up in the 21C storefront window in downtown Durham this week!

I Declare My Independence From...

Cue the fireworks! Here at Smashing Boxes, we’re celebrating Independence Day a little different this year.

How Developing a Software Product is Like Peeling an Onion

Developing software is a lot like cooking. Specifically, it’s like slicing and peeling an onion. At every turn you peel back layers and layers of details, complexity, and possibilities.

Get to Know Our CEO Nick Jordan

Nick Jordan strongly believes that entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial minded teams can change companies and change the world for the better.As founder and CEO of Smashing Boxes,

driver.get() series: QA Automation and Value

In my previous post, QA Automation and Domain Knowledge, we discussed the importance of acquiring domain knowledge and being intimate with the details of client priorities and needs with empathy.

driver.get() series: QA Automation and Domain Knowledge

This is the first of a series of posts relating to Quality Assurance, automation testing and automation engineers.

Domain Logic in Rails

All software has a domain in which it attempts to solve problems.

Dev Download: Google I/O 2019 #io2019

Security, Privacy, Performance, and Machine Learning were focal points of this year’s Google I/O event. Let’s dive into the key takeaways.

Defying Race Stereotypes in Tech

The lack of diversity in tech is no secret and it has long been an issue that companies around the world have seemed to sweep under the rug or be afraid to discuss publicly. In 2014 Google did the unthinkable by making their diversity numbers public, and unsurprisingly the company’s nearly 50,000 employees were predominantly male and white or Asian.

Clojure: A Reflection On My Latest Obsession

Every Friday, we at Smashing Boxes take four hours out of the day to play and explore our own personal interests and, for the past few months, I’ve been interested in Clojure.

Choosing your future tech stack: Clojure vs Elixir vs Go

Programming is a fashion industry. As developers, we have to keep on top of the trends or we quickly become outdated.

16 for ‘16: Smashing Boxes in 2016

Any way you slice it, 2016 has been... interesting.

2014 In Review

2014 is coming to a close and we are ecstatic about what we have seen this year.

15 Must-Read Software Engineering and Entrepreneurship Articles

To keep up with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices, our team of “digi-preneurs” constantly share the “best of” what they’re learning