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Why Every Team Should Dockerize Local Development (and When to Add Auth)

Why Every Team Should Dockerize Local Development (and When to Add Auth)

Dockerizing local development gives every developer the same environment and cuts setup from days of documentation to minutes. Johnny Pongetti explains how NGS runs Keycloak and OpenID Connect locally, what broke, and when a team should skip the auth layer.

Vibe Coding Is Not the Problem

Vibe Coding Is Not the Problem

AI tools can get a working prototype in front of customers in a weekend, and that is a gift. The trap is believing the prototype was the hard part. Scale, security, operations, and usability are where a product actually gets built.

AI-Powered Development: Jumping in the Deep End

AI-Powered Development: Jumping in the Deep End

Nine years into a software career, I joined NGS and handed Claude the wheel on a neighborhood-matching app. Here is how planning, phased epics, stacked PRs, and fresh-eyes code reviews worked out, and what I would change next time.

My Software Engineers Need a New Job Title

My Software Engineers Need a New Job Title

What our Claude Days of Summer showed about the job now: our engineers decide what to build, when to stop, how it's architected, and whether it works. The typing is the part the agent does. So what do we call them?

The Importance of a Good Folder Structure in React & Redux Toolkit Projects

The Importance of a Good Folder Structure in React & Redux Toolkit Projects

A good folder structure isn't about rigid rules. It's about a setup that makes your project scalable, maintainable, and easy to navigate.