Blog Insights
dsmHack and Source Allies Core Values
Recently, some of us at Source Allies had the opportunity to participate in the 8th annual dsmHack charity hackathon. We were struck by how much participating in the hack aligned with our core values. At Source Allies, we use our core values as guideposts while interacting with our partners and...
Our Approach to Data: Bridging the Gap Between Development and Analytics
Taking a look at how a shared ownership strategy allows data analytics to scale within an organization
Source Allies Takes on the WiDS 2020 Datathon
Every year the Women in Data Science initiative (WiDS) provides a datathon open to teams with an interest in data science regardless of experience. WiDS defines a datathon as a "data-focused hackathon — given a dataset and a limited amount of time, participants are challenged to use their creativity and...
How My Team Uses Cypress for End-to-End Testing
Take a look at how our team used Cypress to test an Angular project
Cypress In Azure
Problem Statement In order to continue delivering quality code and reduce human error in manual testing we want to automate high priority manual tests. Solution Our team is using Cypress to automate high priority manual tests in order to reduce human error and provide testing that would be done manually otherwise. By building...
Why You Should Use More Sticky Notes
Let it be known that I love sticky notes. Probably cliché for a UX designer to say that, but hey, stereotypes exist for a reason. I use sticky notes every day, I use them at work and at home. They’re my go-to tool for taking notes or sketching out quick ideas...
Cypress for End-to-End Testing: An Overview of the Platform and Its Uses
Today we will be looking at how Cypress allows us to write fast, easy, and reliable end-to-end tests
Analyzing Tesla Stock Volatility in R
Reading news stories about Tesla feels like watching reality TV. Broken windows, lawsuits, and funny dancing are common to both. And just like reality TV affects those who are invested in the show (I'm looking at you, The Bachelorette fans), Tesla news stories affect those who have invested in the stock....
Culture Spotlight: the Advocate Group
As we gear up to hold our third annual Allies Week this January, which is organized by the Advocate Group at Source Allies, we thought this would be an excellent time to share a bit of the history behind the Advocate Group. The Early Days Source Allies has been a flat...
AWS re:Invent 2019 Recap
AWS re:Invent is always an exciting time of year. For the past few years, Source Allies has sent a group of teammates for the annual event to come back and share all of the exciting things AWS is offering for the next year. We thought we would recap our experience...