Josh Kaiser Dev

My senior capstone project group has been working on a web application for the last 7 weeks and we are nearing the time to have a deliverable to show what we have been working on. The project is almost able to fulfill our user stories, but once it does I think there will still be… Continue reading The End of a Project

The Metaverse, a virtual universe announced to be in production by Facebook, is supposed to be a revolutionary new platform (according to Facebook). The Metaverse is meant to be an interoperable AR and VR technology. The idea of the Metaverse reminds me of science fiction movies like “Ready Player One” and books like “An Absolutely… Continue reading Thoughts on the Metaverse

I worry at times how marketable I will be for a career in software development at the end of this quarter. I love developing software and hope to make it a professions as soon as possible after graduating. I think the concern partly comes from understanding there is always so much more to learn. When… Continue reading Hoping for a Career

Week-long sprints for part-time students might be a little short. I am developing a product with teammates for a capstone project course. We are following agile methodologies and are required to do weekly stand ups. It is good to check in weekly, but to make significant progress in a week is challenging when some in… Continue reading Week-long Sprints

This week I came across a few instances where I needed to perform some action with Git or GitHub and needed to google a solution. I have used Git and GitHub many times before but it’s easy to forget the commands to use for every action. I am sure others come across similar issues, so… Continue reading Useful Git Commands

I believe the best use of wireframes are to generate a quick and imperfect sketch of a website. I understand the importance of creating wireframes in the process of designing a website. They are meant to be a visual guide of the skeletal framework of a website and can be adapted by designers to create… Continue reading Wireframe Fun

I am a member in a group that is planning a project that will ideally have users on the web and store some data in a database. We want to make this project one people can actually use, so it must be able to scale, have a nice user interface, be reliable, and work as… Continue reading Am I Over-Engineering This?