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Say hello to Erica Gugliemella, the newest addition to the team at Cloud Construct and our Senior User Experience (UX) Engineer.

Explain it to me... Design Systems

August 30, 2022

Doug Hopkins

Design systems are a powerful way to think about, plan, and execute digital product design implementations. Whether a digital product team is very small and centrally located—or very large and spread out across multiple global work locations—design systems can...

Employee Spotlight: Doug Hopkins

May 24, 2022

Brooke Yu

Meet Doug Hopkins, the newest addition to the Cloud Construct team and our Director of Customer Experience (CX) Design.

Automating Code Style Guides

August 12, 2021

Jason Gravell

This is some C# I've written for querying a record from Entity Framework Core. entity = await context.Entities.Include(e => e.SubEntities) .ThenInclude(s => s.SubSubEntity) .AsNoTrackingWithIdentityResolution() .FirstOrDefaultAsync(e => e.Id == id); Here's that same...

Explain it to me... Branding

July 27, 2021

Kate Ratner

Branding is often misunderstood to refer to only aesthetic components—pretty colors and pictures. It’s a common mistake to consider it a secondary priority or a nice-to-have. As a result, companies frequently invest in building a brand too late and miss opportunities to...

What Can Experience Design Do for You? Maybe More than You Think

July 12, 2021

Scott Padgett

Our Experience Design team has been working with clients to turn out stellar experiences in websites, web apps, and mobile apps for over a decade now. We h...

Live Updates from SQL Server to Your Browser with Service Brokers and SignalR

June 7, 2021

Jason Gravell

Getting up-to-date data from SQL into your browser window is usually an active process. Let's say you have a simple web application that retreives data from a database. You tell your browser to fetch a page, it contacts th...

Explain it to me... SNOWFLAKE

May 21, 2021

Mike Paterson

Snowflake is an exciting new option for companies to increase efficiency and cut computing costs. Why do I care? If you are...Business Manager. On-demand storage and compute resources based on need and budget. Seamless and secure data sharing with your customer...

Explain it to me... MICROSOFT MESH

May 11, 2021

Mike Paterson

Microsoft Mesh has the capability of changing the way companies and teams conduct business. Could this be the future of remote working? Why do I care? If you are...Business Manager. Enhance virtual meetings, conduct virtual design sessions, help others remotely...

Querying with JMESPath query string in the Azure CLI

April 27, 2021

Mike Paterson

The Azure command-line interface (Azure CLI) is a set of commands used to create and manage Azure resources. Inevitably I end up querying my Azure resources via the CLI more often then I do anything else. At Cl...

Employee Spotlight: Erica Gugliemella

Explain it to me... Design Systems

Employee Spotlight: Doug Hopkins

Automating Code Style Guides

Explain it to me... Branding

What Can Experience Design Do for You? Maybe More than You Think

Live Updates from SQL Server to Your Browser with Service Brokers and SignalR

Explain it to me... SNOWFLAKE

Explain it to me... MICROSOFT MESH

Querying with JMESPath query string in the Azure CLI

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