Andrew C. Oliver
Columnist
Andrew C. Oliver is manager of technical enablement at Lucidworks, a provider of enterprise search solutions.
The best open source software for cloud computing
InfoWorld’s 2018 Best of Open Source Software Award winners in cloud computing
The best open source software for data storage and analytics
InfoWorld’s 2018 Best of Open Source Software Award winners in databases and data analytics
How developers can get the ops team on their side
It shouldn’t be dev vs. ops. Instead, consider the ops team as one of your customers, and make software that it can use
How to present to management: A guide for developers and engineers
Presenting to management is about realizing that you have a busy audience that wants to know the impact, cost, and risk of the plan
How to write better: A developer’s guide
Developers who can write impactfully tend to advance faster in their careers than those who merely code
How to test developer, data science, and devops job candidates
Even if they can show you code on GitHub, you want your finalists to do a trial project as a real, objective test. Here are the test projects you should use
5 reasons why your code is running so slowly—and how to fix it
Here’s how to address why the code runs well on your development machine but has totally borked in production
Virtual assistants don’t need developers or AI
Virtual assistants could do so much more for enterprises, if only we’d realize they are essentially command-line interfaces that don’t require custom coding or AI tech to work
8 career pitfalls every developer should avoid
If you love to code, and don’t think much about your career or your business, it’s time to get real and rethink how you approach software development
How to find a developer job after coding bootcamp
If you want a real developer job, a coding bootcamp won’t get you in the door. But if you add some real experience, you’ve got a shot. Here’s how to get that experience
