Caktus Blog
Web development blog with how-to's on UX, quality assurance, project management, and more.
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GitHub Submodules: Leveraging Branches to Allow Independent Updates in Parent Applications
Submodules help us keep code dry when functionality is shared across multiple repositories. Read more
June 9, 2023 -
Update an Amazon EKS cluster Kubernetes version to 1.23+
Introduction Caktus is committed to developing and maintaining high-quality web applications for clients, so we focus on software sustainability. Software sustainability refer... Read more
May 3, 2023 -
Analyze data with SQL window functions
We regularly use tools like PostgreSQL, Pandas, and Jupyter Notebooks to analyze data here at Caktus. Recently, we were reviewing North Carolina traffic stop data for the NC Co... Read more
April 5, 2023 -
Begin your Data Analysis Journey with Pandas and Seaborn
Now that our dataset is organized as we want it to be, it's time to introduce Seaborn to the mixture. Part of the brilliance of Seaborn is its ability to simplify graphing data. Read more
March 28, 2023 -
Denormalization with JSON Fields for a Performance Boost
Is it better to flatten your data or normalize it? Why not both? Read more
March 22, 2023 -
Forging a New Path
I spent 20 years in Corporate America where I took my career as far as I could without holding a college degree, so I’m definitely not green when it comes to work experience. W... Read more
March 16, 2023
