How to use a React Component in a Backbone View

A big part of migrating over from one framework to another is the in-between state. It’s never as simple as flipping a switch — and you might find yourself, like us, juggling two different systems in the same application.

At …

When Edge is fetch-ingly Most Correct

“Most people like to dunk on Edge, but I think it’s a pretty great browser,” my coworker Thomas told me. We were a few hours into attempting to fix a bug that only occurred in Microsoft Edge and I had …

BREAKING: New Coding Style Guidelines Result in Mutiny

This just in! A controversial new policy introduced this week has sparked chaos within Vena’s engineering ranks. A faction of dissenters, calling themselves “Team Spaces” has barricaded themselves up within the Glass Cube, the section of the office normally …

How to Shave a Yak

We’ve all been there. You’ve got a complex problem to solve and you have no idea where to start. It’s time to roll up your sleeves, refill your coffee, and turn off the dark theme in your IDE: you’re probably …

The Case of the Hidden Mongo Data

Over here at Vena, we share a docker-compose.yml file to help new developers set up their environments smoothly. I’ve edited this file to mount the Mongo and MySQL data to an accessible location on the developer’s local machine:

mongo:
 image: