Traveling the Software Underground

Here is a scrawny student in India with big hair and no life. Barely scraping through his undergrad in Electronics, he should be focusing on his coursework. Instead, he stays up late every night in the computer lab, hacking away at utility applications he can sell to…

Appian Technology

Organizations win by their unique values and by how effectively they execute on them. The organization I am a part of at Appian…

Scaling Your Agile Organization

If you work in a growing, Agile organization, you will sooner or later face the challenge of trying to keep your multiple, autonomous, Scrum teams rowing in the same direction. I work at Appian where the Engineering team builds a low-code platform for rapidly creating…

SAIL: Appian’s UI Framework

Anyone can easily design a powerful application that stands the test of…

A Day in the Life of an Appian Intern

I’m a software engineering intern at Appian, the leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software. Here’s a look at my day of coffee, coding, and the…

Rescue your mobile builds from madness using fastlane

Simplify building different iOS app…

What does “Quality Assurance” mean in an Agile World

Have you ever heard this conversation before: “We are totally Agile, we have stand-ups everyday! That isn’t agile. That is trying to be “hip” to all the “new jazz.” #FellowKids

Appian’s Engineering Education: Creating a scalable and sustainable learning culture

Over the last several years, Appian’s Engineering department has grown tremendously (~30% per year). We have cultivated a great pipeline of top graduates coming from the Computer…

Mitigating Drawbacks of being Remote

There are many well-known benefits to being a remote engineer:

• location flexibility
• not having to wear pants to work
• having a cat attend your stand-ups

In the Wrong Place at the Right Place

I’m an introvert, the type of person who enjoys putting on his headphones and working independently, not having to…