Distributed workforces, where teams are spread across more than one physical location, are not a new concept, but the pandemic has pushed many companies to adopt hybrid models of work and has further shifted the balance of work from analog to digital. In this article, we share some of the technical, procedural, and cultural challenges … Continued
As many Americans already know, taxes are neither simple nor straightforward. Lookup tables, conditional branching, dynamic calculations, and numerous provisions add complexity to an otherwise linear process. That goes double (maybe triple) for fintech applications involving taxes, such as payroll processing platforms. We Write Code takes on our fair share of payment platform engineering and … Continued
Prepare your Platform for ACH Updates New Nacha mandates around Automated Clearing House (ACH) fraud detection and account validation are here! If your business or platform uses ACH transfers, We Write Code can provide the technical resources and due diligence to meet and maintain compliance, reduce risk, and avoid costly fines. About ACH and Nacha … Continued
Throughout my career, I’ve often been asked “What makes you different from your competition?” From a hiring leader perspective, there are multiple staffing agencies reaching out to them daily to procure a meeting or business. From a job seeker perspective, they have many agency options to choose from when it comes to representing them for … Continued
Recently, I got to dive into a project that was making use of CakePHP, which is an open-source MVC web framework. To make things interesting, PHP itself was almost entirely new to me going into the project. But after working with it using this framework, I think there are a few reasons you might want … Continued
Chances are, you’ve likely heard of the term garbage collection. It would not be uncommon, however, if you also did not understand the concept behind it. Most modern programming languages such as Java, C#, or JavaScript utilize garbage collection. In fact, garbage collection is so efficient at what it does that, as a programmer using … Continued
In this three part series, these technical experts will look at the overarching problems women face in STEM careers and what they’re doing to go above and beyond the stats. Read Part 1 here. Kellee H. | Sales Engineer, Workiva Hey Kellee, tell us a little bit about your background and what has led you … Continued
I often envisioned hackathons as high-pressure, weekend-long events involving sleep deprivation with a diet of pizza and Mountain Dew, which is perhaps a big part of the reason I’d never attempted one in my development career thus far. That is, until a few weeks ago when the opportunity came up to join a few coworkers … Continued
Two of the hottest frontend technologies to emerge from the last decade are the Angular framework and the ReactJS library. Before going any further, it is important to understand the differences between the concepts of a framework and a library. A framework enforces the workflow by defining a template that the developer expands on to … Continued
Women in tech isn’t an anomaly, but it’s a sadly linear statistic. As of early 2020, only 26% of computer and mathematical professions are held by women, a number that hasn’t exceeded 27% since 2003 and stayed mostly stagnant for almost 20 years. But women in tech—and in general—are much more than statistics. Instead of … Continued
