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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
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 06, 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 03, 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
A new mission statement for Spiria!
Spirian news and press releases
A new mission statement for Spiria!

Companies must evolve to adapt to changing market conditions. With 18 years’ experience, Spiria has certainly been through its fair share of transformation. While our foundational value has remained immutable — namely, to serve companies rather than…
Stéphane  Rouleau  - 
December 07, 2021
Maintaining company culture and team spirit in the era of telework
Strategy
Maintaining company culture and team spirit in the era of telework

In spring of 2020, the global onset of COVID-19 caused huge disruption in the operations of most companies, who will continue feeling the fall-out long after the end of the pandemic. In under a month, nearly all companies whose activities took place…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
September 08, 2021
Listen to the voice of the customer
Customer Experience
Listen to the voice of the customer

So… you’ve figured out your customer journey - or maybe not?! What comes next?
Angie  Kramer  - 
July 29, 2021

From Our Experts

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
Setting a strategy to pay down technical debt
Method and best practices
Setting a strategy to pay down technical debt

When you take over a project that’s at an advanced stage of development, or even in production, you can expect a few surprises. And while refactoring should be an integral part of any normal development cycle, it’s not always easy to consider the…
Stéphane  Milivojevic  - 
January 15, 2021
AWS Lambda emulator
Web development
AWS Lambda emulator

Slow Time … It's well-known that there are time thresholds that affect how we perceive work and affect our flow. If a task takes too long to do, we put it aside or drift to something else. For example, in a recent internal project, we were using AWS…
Pierre  Baillargeon  - 
November 26, 2020

Tech news in brief

12th Gen processors for Framework
Tech news in brief
12th Gen processors for Framework

We’re really into the Framework, a slim, lightweight laptop that’s easily upgraded, configured and repaired by users themselves. We’ve written about it on a couple of occasions. Well one year after its release, the laptop is keeping its promise of…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 19, 2022
Amazon’s new Fire 7
Tech news in brief
Amazon’s new Fire 7

Amazon is updating its small and affordable Fire 7 tablet for the first time in three years. On the docket, you’ll find a USB-C port to recharge the battery, longer battery life, increased memory (2GB of RAM instead of 1GB), and better performance…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 19, 2022
Bluetooth locks lacking
Tech news in brief
Bluetooth locks lacking

When you unlock a Tesla with a phone, the device and the car both use Bluetooth signals to measure the distance between them. Draw nearer to the car, phone in hand, and the car will unlock automatically. Move further, it automatically locks again.
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 19, 2022
Outlook gets a makeover
Tech news in brief
Outlook gets a makeover

Outlook applications on the Web, Windows and macOS are currently very dissimilar, their interfaces and functionalities differing from one platform to another. Microsoft has been working for several years to fix this problem, which not only annoys…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 18, 2022
Try getting your hands on a Tesla Semi
Tech news in brief
Try getting your hands on a Tesla Semi

We hear you, you can’t wait. The all-electric Semi truck is long overdue since Elon Musk announced it on Twitter in 2017, promising it for 2019. Its production launch is now scheduled for 2023 and it is available for reservation at long last. You…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 17, 2022
Nvidia frees its Linux drivers
Tech news in brief
Nvidia frees its Linux drivers

Nvidia announced that it will make Linux drivers for its graphics cards freely available under the GPL/MIT license. The source for version R515 can now be found in the NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules repo on GitHub. However, Nvidia does not currently…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 12, 2022
Google getting back to tablets
Tech news in brief
Google getting back to tablets

At its Google I/O event, the company showcased many upcoming products such as the Pixel 6A, its new mid-range phone that costs USD 450, available for pre-order July 21. It also showed off the design of the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, releasing this fall, and…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 11, 2022
iPod (2001-2022) R.I.P.
Tech news in brief
iPod (2001-2022) R.I.P.

An Apple icon and one of the world’s best-selling electronic gadgets has reached the end of the road. The company announced the discontinuation of the iPod Touch, the last model still sold in its line of digital music players. A release published on…
Laurent  Gloaguen  - 
May 10, 2022