Beyond Apps: A Developer’s Guide to Getting Started in Machine Learning
This is part one of a series of blog posts detailing my journey as a mobile app developer getting into machine learning. I am primarily an iOS developer, and I’ve dubbed 2018 My Year of Machine Learning. Before deciding to
I Am Not a Unicorn – Part 3
What’s good? It’s Brandy again. In my first piece, I talked about what it was like to be a black woman entering the technology industry. In my second piece, I dove into diversity statistics (reminder: they aren’t good). In this
I Am Not a Unicorn – Part 2
Hello! I am Brandy. In my last post, I talked about my transition into tech and some of the unexpected labels that I encountered as a black woman in STEM. Today, I will address the imposter syndrome that I suffered
I Am Not a Unicorn – Part 1
In 2014, I was accepted into the Detroit Labs Apprenticeship program. I didn’t know much about the tech industry before I entered it -- well, other than what I learned from “Star Trek,” which taught me that tech was a
Kotlin for Fun and Profit
As someone who has been working with Kotlin on the side for over a year, I’m super excited that it’s now officially supported for use on Android. I’d love to start using it to write client apps; however, I don’t
AlterConf Chicago Recap
Recently, I went to AlterConf in Chicago, where I was able to hear some amazing speakers. I loved that it was a one track, one day conference so I could really take everything in and soak it up. In this
The Case for Kotlin
As a mobile-first dev shop, we stay on top of the trends, platform changes, and new facets of our industry. In the past few years, a language has emerged that makes Android development more fun for the developer, and which
QA Owns Main: A New Merging Strategy for Higher Quality
Here at Detroit Labs, we’ve devised a simple workflow change to reduce the amount of bugs merged into Main, leading to a higher quality app and a ton of other benefits. We call it QA Owns Main, because your project’s
Machine Learning and Human Biases
I attended Self.conference’s Saturday sessions and I joined a talk titled “Machines Learning Human Biases: How Does It Happen? Can We Unteach Them?” by Devney Hamilton. This session was particularly intriguing to me because about two months ago I started
Securely Signing Jenkins Android Builds
Securely signing our Android builds in our Jenkins CI (Continuous Integration) environment is a common problem here at Detroit Labs. There are a few different options we’ve tried over time, and each felt a little dirty