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Making a dent in the tech universe

Making a dent in the tech universe


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Sustainability in IT business. What you can do to decarbonise

Most of us are onboard with the fact that humans have been overconsuming the earth's resources at an unsustainable rate. Action from a global, government, and local government level is still unsatisfactory. Everyone needs to start doing their bit, and hopefully each little bit adds up and makes a big difference.

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    Devs for Ukraine Conference

    ARTICLE

    On the early mornings of 26th and 27th April (4am NZ time) members of the developer teams from Abletech and Addressfinder attended the [Devs For Ukraine](https://www.devsforukraine.io/) Conference, a free, online engineering conference with the goal to raise funds and provide support to Ukraine.

    What App Should You Develop?

    ARTICLE

    Navigating the choices for building front ends can be daunting. Like everything technology based, you are faced with a bunch of technology choices and tradeoffs. This article attempts to distill your app development options and outline the various pros and cons.

    Choosing a Headless CMS

    ARTICLE

    Content Management Systems seem to be a hot topic at the moment. We have been building varying solutions for several clients with integrated CMS systems, including our very own websites abletech.nz and addressfinder.nz. Our personal experience sees us on a three to five year lifecycle with CMS’s. Abletech went from WordPress, to BlogSpot, to Tumblr, to Medium, and now to Strapi over the course of 16 years! This article outlines some of our learnings, why we keep changing, and what we are really after from our CMS.

    Business transformation

    ARTICLE

    Loyalty NZ chose Abletech as a key partner to transform their business and build their software capability.

    Necessity > invention

    ARTICLE

    During covid lockdown we maintained business as usual, working from home. Life went on but we missed our team tradition of gift giving.

    Cardiac arrest

    ARTICLE

    The latest New Zealand Listener highlights recent research into heart disease.

    Sustainable future

    ARTICLE

    At Abletech we have embarked on the process of seeking advice and following recommendations. Read about some of our efforts below.

    Ruby Conf in Wellington

    ARTICLE

    The Ruby community holds conferences all over the globe, using local and international speakers, for Rubyists of all levels. The latest conference was a single day of talks held at Te Papa in Wellington which is two blocks from Abletech’s headquarters.

    Watch a live demo of the prototype

    WebSockets multi-player game

    ARTICLE

    Alex has been working on a game prototype that mimics Jackbox TV games. At our recent Tech Talk he gave us a demo and showed us what he’s built so far.

    Automate with Selenium

    ARTICLE

    Cam had a problem with his budgeting software. It doesn’t support banks in New Zealand, and the banks don’t give access to internal APIs.

    Content Security Policy

    ARTICLE

    The Content Security Policy is a relatively new mechanism to restrict outgoing requests and resources, that a web page refers to.

    Somewhere in the wild, Golden, BC, Canada

    16 Months Remote, In Review

    ARTICLE

    Last year, my partner and I moved to Canada, mainly to explore the other side of the world from New Zealand. We wanted to be away one or two years, but we didn’t have funds to do that without working.

    App matches Clients with Consultants

    ARTICLE

    Matt purpose-built the appliction for Planit Software Testing for his Honours project towards his Software Engineering degree at Victoria University of Wellington. He recently showcased his work to industry professionals and academics from the School of Engineering and Computer Science.

    Devs for Ukraine Conference

    ARTICLE

    On the early mornings of 26th and 27th April (4am NZ time) members of the developer teams from Abletech and Addressfinder attended the [Devs For Ukraine](https://www.devsforukraine.io/) Conference, a free, online engineering conference with the goal to raise funds and provide support to Ukraine.

    What App Should You Develop?

    ARTICLE

    Navigating the choices for building front ends can be daunting. Like everything technology based, you are faced with a bunch of technology choices and tradeoffs. This article attempts to distill your app development options and outline the various pros and cons.

    Choosing a Headless CMS

    ARTICLE

    Content Management Systems seem to be a hot topic at the moment. We have been building varying solutions for several clients with integrated CMS systems, including our very own websites abletech.nz and addressfinder.nz. Our personal experience sees us on a three to five year lifecycle with CMS’s. Abletech went from WordPress, to BlogSpot, to Tumblr, to Medium, and now to Strapi over the course of 16 years! This article outlines some of our learnings, why we keep changing, and what we are really after from our CMS.

    Business transformation

    ARTICLE

    Loyalty NZ chose Abletech as a key partner to transform their business and build their software capability.

    Necessity > invention

    ARTICLE

    During covid lockdown we maintained business as usual, working from home. Life went on but we missed our team tradition of gift giving.

    Cardiac arrest

    ARTICLE

    The latest New Zealand Listener highlights recent research into heart disease.

    Sustainable future

    ARTICLE

    At Abletech we have embarked on the process of seeking advice and following recommendations. Read about some of our efforts below.

    Ruby Conf in Wellington

    ARTICLE

    The Ruby community holds conferences all over the globe, using local and international speakers, for Rubyists of all levels. The latest conference was a single day of talks held at Te Papa in Wellington which is two blocks from Abletech’s headquarters.

    Watch a live demo of the prototype

    WebSockets multi-player game

    ARTICLE

    Alex has been working on a game prototype that mimics Jackbox TV games. At our recent Tech Talk he gave us a demo and showed us what he’s built so far.

    Automate with Selenium

    ARTICLE

    Cam had a problem with his budgeting software. It doesn’t support banks in New Zealand, and the banks don’t give access to internal APIs.

    Content Security Policy

    ARTICLE

    The Content Security Policy is a relatively new mechanism to restrict outgoing requests and resources, that a web page refers to.

    Somewhere in the wild, Golden, BC, Canada

    16 Months Remote, In Review

    ARTICLE

    Last year, my partner and I moved to Canada, mainly to explore the other side of the world from New Zealand. We wanted to be away one or two years, but we didn’t have funds to do that without working.

    App matches Clients with Consultants

    ARTICLE

    Matt purpose-built the appliction for Planit Software Testing for his Honours project towards his Software Engineering degree at Victoria University of Wellington. He recently showcased his work to industry professionals and academics from the School of Engineering and Computer Science.

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