Understanding the Differences Between Mutually Human Product Owners and Client Product Owners
In the dynamic world of software development, the role of the Product Owner (PO) is crucial for guiding a product from concept to market. However, the responsibilities and focus areas of Product Owners can vary significantly depending on whether they are consulting for clients within their software projects like we do at Mutually Human or […]
Mutually Human is Happy to Announce CallBox 1.2!
CallBox Mutually Human’s in-house framework for production-grade IoT products. CallBox streamlines the development of consumer and commercial connected products. Check out our landing page to learn more about the framework’s many benefits. Our team has been working hard to distill a decade of experience in IoT to create the core features that every IoT product […]
The Value of Unit Tests in Mobile Development
By Robert Hartman | Principal Software Engineer Having a mobile app codebase that is heavily unit-tested is such a benefit: as a professional software developer, if you’re not writing copious unit tests, you’re missing out. Writing tests can be frustrating, and they can and do add a lot of extra work, […]
Developing on Windows with WSL: A Guide to Streamlining Cross-Platform Development
By James Preston | Senior Software Engineer & Engineering Manager I have a Windows desktop machine as well as a Mac book provided by my company. The Mac is great to carry with me, it’s lightweight and decently powerful. However, when it comes to developing at home I like to use my Windows machine with […]
Cost Modeling for Cloud Applications: A Quick Guide using Jupyter Notebooks
By Michael Olson | Principal Software Engineer Introduction When building a cloud application, it’s important to understand the costs associated with the cloud services you’re using. This can help you make informed decisions about how to optimize your application for cost efficiency as well as prevent unexpected costs from cropping up […]
Agile, Scrum, BINGO!
By Kim Burmeister|CEO On a recent sales call, I was speaking with the client and I mentioned that we use Scrum, an Agile framework for our software development methodology. She quickly exclaimed, “There it is! Agile is the center square on my Bingo card. I knew you were going to say that word today.” A […]
Why Jupyter Notebooks Are My Favorite OpenCV Playground
By Ben Jacques|Director of Engineering Introduction OpenCV (https://opencv.org/) is my GOTO framework for image processing these days. I spent many years working in a proprietary framework, which was great. However, for most of the projects I work on now, it doesn’t make sense to pay high licensing fees when there is a good open source […]
Finding the Positives in the AI Storm
By Kim Burmeister, CEO As the world scrambles to determine the benefits of AI in their direct world, I continue to be inspired and intrigued by some of the ways this technology is being leveraged in spaces that impact many of our lives. There is no lack of stories that are concerning and negative given […]
The Power of Partnerships in Business
by Kim Burmeister, CEO Every spring without fail, I go to start up my lawnmower, and inevitably, something doesn’t work. By now, you’d think I’d know to test it ahead of time, but regardless of my lack of planning, fixing it isn’t my strong suit. While I could scour the internet for troubleshooting guides, I […]
Four Key Ideas that Shape CallBox, The IoT Software Framework
by Brian Tol, CTO CallBox is SpinDance’s in-house framework for creating and operating production-grade IoT products. It provides the foundational features every connected product needs. By using CallBox, firms can focus their energy and development dollars on features, instead of boilerplate infrastructure. For example, CallBox provides robust solutions for device provisioning, over-the-air updates, analytics pipelines, […]
The Critical Importance of Starting with ‘Why’ in Software Development
By Kim Burmeister, CEO In the fast-paced world of software development, it’s common for teams to dive straight into the “what” of a project—what features to build, what technologies to use, and what outcomes to achieve. However, this approach often overlooks a crucial component: the “why.” Simon Sinek, an award-winning author and TED talk expert, […]
Buy and Build: Using a Decision Matrix to Craft a Great IoT Product
By Brian Tol, CTO Buy vs. Build. It’s one of the first decisions every software team runs into: Do we buy an off-the-shelf solution or build from scratch? If you’ve participated in a few software projects, you know the question is a false dichotomy. In practice, every project of substance is a mix of buying […]
