Software and Sourdough
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista My non-computer hobby since quarantine started has been making sourdough bread. I created my own starter and I’ve been making bread almost every weekend since last March. I’ve gotten pretty good at it, such that commercial bread now is unacceptable to anyone in my family. (In […]
What Can The IRS Do For You?
Written By: Andrew Fruhling, Chief Operating Officer at Calavista As you start the new year and set your goals, I suggest looking into how the IRS can actually help you. I’ve seen many cases where it has improved the user experience for key customers, built product capability beyond your team’s capacity and accomplished so much more. As […]
Shopping for Quality- How to Ensure You’re Hiring a Company That Can Deliver
Written By: Lawrence Waugh, Founder at Calavista I’ve written before that most people who are looking for a software development firm to deliver code for them tend to really care about 3 things. Those things are: 1) Price2) Quality3) Speed of delivery There’s no surprise there – those are the things we all care […]
Software on a Budget- Charting the Least Expensive Path to a Successful Delivery
Written By: Lawrence Waugh, Founder at Calavista I’ve a friend who’s a software architect for a large (Fortune-100ish) financial institution. If you ask him what his company’s priorities are when working on a software project, it’s simple. The number one priority is security. Scalability is a distant 2nd. Everything else is noise. If it’s […]
Key Indicators for High Performing Software Teams
Written By: Andrew Fruhling, Chief Operating Officer at Calavista It’s great to hear someone reference a book that you have recently read. It gives an instant level of rapport and usually several good conversation topics. I recently had this experience with two of our customers as they mentioned an excellent software development book called […]
Does Your Software Team Deliver as Well as Amazon Delivers Packages?
Written By: Andrew Fruhling, Chief Operating Officer at Calavista Where is my Amazon Package? As we all learn to adjust to the new normal, many of us are becoming even more dependent on software. Software is responsible for bringing us our news, our entertainment, our meetings, our social interactions, our groceries, and much more. […]
