Software Engineering Blog, page 11
Notes on software engineering from the Atyantik practice.
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Ishan Chavda
WCAG guidelines comparison: what WCAG 2.0 is, and which version binds you in 2026
A WCAG guidelines comparison: what WCAG 2.0 is, what Level AA compliance means, how 2.1 and 2.2 differ, and which law cites which version.
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Ishan Chavda
Website accessibility cost: size your accessibility audit cost in samples and hours
Website accessibility cost, worked out: count WCAG-EM samples, multiply by 55 WCAG 2.2 criteria, and turn the checks into audit hours you can price.
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Jaykrishna Vijayan
How to write effective test cases: anatomy, reliability and a worked login example
How to write effective test cases: the template fields, what makes a case reliable, and positive, negative and boundary examples for a login form.
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Aatman
What do software quality analysts do? The real role, explained
Software quality analysts find flaws while they are cheap. See the official definition, the ISO 25010 checklist, the NIST cost ladder and BLS pay data.
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Jaykrishna Vijayan
Choosing testing tools for your project, one layer of the test pyramid at a time
Choosing testing tools for your project, layer by layer: the one criterion that decides each layer, checked in the official docs, then a first test to run.
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Sachin Sanchania
Laravel performance optimization: find what is slow, fix the cause, know the cost
Laravel performance optimization that starts by measuring: Pulse, Telescope and EXPLAIN first, then each fix with what it costs and how it backfires.
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Tirth Bodawala
Rancher on DigitalOcean Kubernetes: a Helm install with Traefik, cert-manager and TLS
Install Rancher on DigitalOcean Kubernetes with Helm: pick a DOKS version, add Traefik and cert-manager, get a Let's Encrypt certificate, fix the 3 breaks.
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Kalpesh Patel
Tailwind vs Bootstrap in 2026: Tailwind CSS v4 and Bootstrap 5.3 built on the same page
Tailwind vs Bootstrap at current versions: one page built in Tailwind CSS v4 and Bootstrap 5.3, bytes measured, and which one fits your team.
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Tirth Bodawala
Ecofyre low-carbon design theme for Figma: what each design choice costs in bytes, grams and access
The Ecofyre low-carbon design theme, measured choice by choice: image and font bytes, grams of CO2e per view, dark surfaces and the WCAG 2.2 floors.
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Ajay Patel
WCAG UI UX design: the share of WCAG 2.2 a designer settles before code
WCAG UI UX design, split at the handoff: the WCAG 2.2 numbers a design file can check, what it must annotate, and what only code and testing can prove.
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Ishan Chavda
API types and architectures: what REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, webhooks and event streams cost to run and to change
API types and architectures compared by cost: measured bytes, caching, versioning and team skills for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, webhooks and Kafka.
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Vishal Prajapati
Accessible single-page applications: what each router does on a route change, and how to fix the gap
Accessible single-page applications move focus and announce the new page on every route change. See what six routers do by default and how to patch them.
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