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Rakesh Geddam in Renaissance Learning R&D

DMs Aren’t Doing Your Team Any Favors

Chat tools like Slack have revolutionized how we collaborate. However, over reliance on…

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Zach Wallace in Renaissance Learning R&D

Data Platform: Transform a Data Monolith

Data is the heart of the value generated throughout any digital ecosystem. When your…

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Evan Borden in Renaissance Learning R&D
A developer standing at the start of a path, holding a document and a question mark. An imposing visage is in front of them, labeled process.

Process is a Cost, Focus on Why

For software engineers, the mention of “process” often evokes a collective groan. It’s not hard to…

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Pat Brisbin in Renaissance Learning R&D

Using Amazonka 2.0

by @pbrisbin on September 22, 2023

A few months ago, those of us at the intersection of Haskell and AWS received a gift. Amazonka, the de-facto AWS SDK for Haskell, released its much-anticipated 2.0 rewrite to Hackage. At Freckle, we had been testing the release…

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Evan Borden in Renaissance Learning R&D

Engineering Excellence (part 2)

by @eborden on October 03, 2022

In the previous post we discussed measures of excellence that have wider adoption in industry. They are accepted, have benchmark values, and frequently speak to delivery/user-value. These metrics keep us honest about…

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Evan Borden in Renaissance Learning R&D

Engineering Excellence (part 1)

by @eborden on October 03, 2022

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Go to the profile of Pat Brisbin
Pat Brisbin in Renaissance Learning R&D

AWS SSO Credentials

by @pbrisbin on September 16, 2022

At Freckle, we use AWS SSO to manage our operators’ CLI access. The process typically goes like this:

  1. You call aws sso login and go through a browser authentication
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Corey Johns in Renaissance Learning R&D

Bulk updating YAML/CSV files with Bash

by @stackptr on August 18, 2022

At Freckle we maintain hundreds of thousands of questions to engage students and help them practice their skills. These questions are spread across many CSV and YAML assets. On occasion we need to make…

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Pat Brisbin in Renaissance Learning R&D

Structured Logging with Blammo!

by @pbrisbin on August 04, 2022

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Go to the profile of Evan Borden
Evan Borden in Renaissance Learning R&D

Give Away Your Legos Matrix

by @eborden on July 27, 2022

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The technology blog from Renaissance Learning’s R&D group. We believe the right technology can unlock a more effective learning experience: one in which every student grows to their full potential and teachers are freed up to do what they do best — teach.
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