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Technical debt goes company-wide
Strategy
Technical debt goes company-wide

Technical debt isn’t unique to applications: it can also apply to a business in general. We speak with Carlo Rossi, Spiria’s digital solutions expert in the Montreal office, who brings his many years of experience and a keen analytical mind to all…
Spiria  - 
September 22, 2022
Web access for all
Web development
Web access for all

There’s no denying that the Internet is essential for communication, work, and entertainment. Access to cyberspace has become an essential right, and with this come colossal efforts to make the world wide web accessible to all to accomplish an…
Guy  Verville  - 
August 2, 2022
Trends in mobile application development
Mobile development
Trends in mobile application development

What are the current trends in mobile development? We talked with Sebastian Dwornik in Spiria’s Toronto office. He is the digital solutions and technology specialist, with a strong focus on the mobile apps space in particular. He has a hand in all…
Spiria  - 
June 2, 2022
Six Misconceptions about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Six Misconceptions about Artificial Intelligence

Understanding artificial intelligence (AI) is not easy: the myths and inaccuracies about it are rife. However, since AI is bound to become a part of our daily lives, we, as business decision makers, politicians, activists, or consumers, must learn…
Karl  Delagrange  - 
May 6, 2022
A powerful polyphony of women’s voices at Spiria
Working environment
A powerful polyphony of women’s voices at Spiria

In honor of International Women’s Day, we gathered women employees at Spiria for a virtual round table to hear them talk about women in the field of digital technology, on how far we have come, what remains to be done, and what inspires them on any…
Spiria  - 
March 10, 2022
inSpiria: The most fun you can have without getting out of your pyjamas
Spirian news and press releases
inSpiria: The most fun you can have without getting out of your pyjamas

From February 8 to 11, all of us at Spiria marched to the beat of a different drum. For the fourth time in our history, we gathered the whole company for inSpiria. While the primary goal of this event is to inspire, we also use it to learn, explore…
Stéphane  Rouleau  - 
February 17, 2022
Integrate security in the software development cycle, but slow down the project?
Method and best practices
Integrate security in the software development cycle, but slow down the project?

An interview with Garett Spencley-Sales, software architect, lead developer and security specialist.
Spiria  - 
February 3, 2022
What are the most popular mobile apps?
Mobile development
What are the most popular mobile apps?

Smartphone applications are all the rage. They make up an ecosystem onto themselves, constantly offering something new to meet our every need, from entertainment to communication, and from cooking to investing.
Karl  Delagrange  - 
January 27, 2022
31 ways to promote your mobile app!
Mobile development
31 ways to promote your mobile app!

With dozens of new apps launching each day, competition among mobile apps is fierce. How do you make yours stand out? While a quality product is certainly important, it’s not everything. A robust publicity campaign should also go into the planning.
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
January 20, 2022

From Our Experts

Sprint Planning: the Most Important Agile Ceremony
Method and best practices
Sprint Planning: the Most Important Agile Ceremony

In the last two decades, Agile development has become the software industry’s most commonly used development process, and Scrum its most popular framework. During my career working for various companies, I noticed that managers used Agile…
Mathieu  Villegas  - 
September 8, 2022
Using Git in cPanel, the console way
Web development
Using Git in cPanel, the console way

While cPanel offers a Git Version Control feature, I have always preferred to have full control via a terminal window. It is actually very simple to integrate Git on such a server and this article describes the steps.
Guy  Verville  - 
August 24, 2022
Tutorial: Dynamic search with htmx, hyperscript and ProcessWire
Web development
Tutorial: Dynamic search with htmx, hyperscript and ProcessWire

Using ProcessWire, you can easily create a dynamic search with very little code. This search can’t compete with engines such as Elasticsearch or Solr, of course. However, it is suitable for most “showcase” sites. Here’s how we did it on Spiria’s…
Guy  Verville  - 
March 17, 2022
Docker as an outstanding learning and evaluation environment
Method and best practices
Docker as an outstanding learning and evaluation environment

Docker makes for a great learning environment. Its disruptive impact on other technologies became clear to me as soon as I set to learning it. Docker puts these tools within easy reach so that, given a decent grasp of the Docker ecosystem (Docker…
Cyril  Julien  - 
February 24, 2022
QTable Widgets and List Views
Desktop application development
QTable Widgets and List Views

How often have you wanted to place additional widgets in the header row of a list view or a table view? Take, for example, a checkmark in the header in order to turn on and off an entire column. Qt 5 does not natively support this feature.
Pierre  Baillargeon  - 
October 21, 2021
Tutorial: The file structure in a ProcessWire site
Web development
Tutorial: The file structure in a ProcessWire site

Coming to grips with a programming universe always takes time. The available ProcessWire documentation, while excellent, doesn’t yield a complete picture of a site’s structure. As I have been asked to explain the philosophy and behaviour of the CMS…
Guy  Verville  - 
May 27, 2021
Tutorial: ProcessWire-style rendering strategy
Web development
Tutorial: ProcessWire-style rendering strategy

One of the best practices in programming is to separate the container from the content (data). This is based on the principle that if we need to change a data item, this will prevent touching the representation of that item and, vice versa: if we…
Guy  Verville  - 
May 13, 2021
C++: The Worst of Both Worlds
Desktop application development
C++: The Worst of Both Worlds

C++ is certainly one of the most complex programming languages around. A particularly gnarly aspect of C++ are the templates: as a late addition to the language, they had to fit within the existing syntax. On top of that, using the STL approach, the…
Pierre  Baillargeon  - 
February 11, 2021

Tech news in brief

Autodesk and Epic Games team up
Tech news in brief
Autodesk and Epic Games team up

Autodesk and Epic Games are dreaming stuff up again. This time, they’ve enhanced Autodesk software Revit, used by many architects, engineers, and designers to concept, document and deliver building and infrastructure projects. Revit integrates Epic…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 29, 2022
Hasta la vista Stadia
Tech news in brief
Hasta la vista Stadia

Google/Alphabet officially confirmed that it’s shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service launched in 2019. Phil Harrison, the company’s general manager, explained in a blog post that as the service hadn’t met with the expected success, the…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 29, 2022
Bitcoin no friend of the environment
Tech news in brief
Bitcoin no friend of the environment

While other cryptocurrencies such as ether have successfully pivoted to reduce their carbon footprint, bitcoin still has a long way to go on the path to environmental consciousness. According to a new study published in the journal…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 29, 2022
Scribble with Kindle
Tech news in brief
Scribble with Kindle

Shortly after Amazon updated its entry-level Kindle e-reader, it’s launching Kindle Scribe, a new device that is both a reading and writing (or scribbling) tablet with a pen. As with other last-gen Kindles, the 10.2-inch screen features a 300 ppi…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 28, 2022
A mechanical keyboard for Mac
Tech news in brief
A mechanical keyboard for Mac

Though most mechanical keyboards out there work with a Mac, not many of them include all the macOS-specific keys. Apple users will be happy to hear that Logitech is offering a Mac version of its wireless MX Mechanical Mini keyboard launched early…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 28, 2022
The most fixable Chromebook
Tech news in brief
The most fixable Chromebook

Framework Chromebook Edition. © Framework Computer. We’ve repeatedly mentioned Framework’s laptop, a slim and lightweight PC that users can easily upgrade, customize and repair. It was high time for this kind of thing, yet Framework is now going…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 21, 2022
Massive DDoS attacks intensify
Tech news in brief
Massive DDoS attacks intensify

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are proliferating and their onslaught is more virulent than ever. Two mitigation companies specialized in protecting servers reported intense bombardment of data requests by bad actors whose tactics…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 21, 2022
USB WiFi 6E dongle
Tech news in brief
USB WiFi 6E dongle

Netgear’s new Nighthawk A8000 is a SB 3.x Type-A adapter that lets users easily add 6GHz wireless connectivity to a PC that’s not set up for it. Many PCs are ready for the WiFi 6 standard (5GHz), but few allow for the higher-bandwidth WiFi 6E. If…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 21, 2022