As a remote-only company, Howard Development & Consulting has worked with many different collaboration tools. And in our experience, the one tool that’s used more widely than any other is Slack.

If there’s one thing owners, employees and contractors agree on, it’s that it is always nice to have some skin in the game, especially when business is thriving. A successful profit-sharing program inspires and motivates your employees. It allows you, as the owner, to give back to your team. It even makes for a great […]

Earlier this year, I transitioned my company to an equal-pay policy. Among our seven software developers, everyone is compensated in an identical way, and those numbers and formulas are public to the whole team. It almost goes without saying that equal pay and financial transparency are good things—they’re critical to closing the wage gap as […]

ExpressionEngine 1.x and 2.x are really solid, but they definitely do not work on PHP 7. Because I went through this process a couple times, I’ve now documented it to help you solve the same problem on your legacy sites.