Caktus Blog
Web development blog with how-to's on UX, quality assurance, project management, and more.
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The Long, Hard Haul to Uncovering a Single, Tiny CSS Property Bug in IE10
There’s a very small but devastatingly crash-inducing bug in Internet Explorer 10. Watch out for setting a background-color to inherit on any pseudo element (like ::before and :... Read more
November 4, 2015 -
Open Sourcing SmartElect: Libya's SMS Voter Registration System
We are proud to say that, with the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) and consultative support from the United Nations Support Mission to Libya, we have open sourc... Read more
October 28, 2015 -
Identifying Racial Bias in Policing with a Data-driven App
Recently, Caktus co-founder Colin Copeland spoke about the creation of a web app that analyzes North Carolina traffic stop data to identify racial bias during the Code for Ameri... Read more
October 16, 2015 -
A Peek Behind the Scenes at Caktus
Over the years, Caktus has had the opportunity to employ a wonderfully talented staff from a wide range of backgrounds. This summer we decided we would conduct a survey of Caktu... Read more
October 16, 2015 -
ShipIt Day ReCap: Q4 2015
Last Friday was our fourth quarter ShipIt Day at Caktus. Our team always looks forward to this chance to test new boundaries, learn new skills, and maybe even build something en... Read more
October 14, 2015 -
Django Girls Workshop Recap
This past Saturday we had the pleasure of holding a Django Girls RDU workshop at Caktus in downtown Durham, NC. We hosted 22 students and 10 coaches for a free, all-day coding w... Read more
October 8, 2015
