Dave LumAI 
Once upon a time — before Agile sprints, kanban boards, or the phrase “move fast and break things” — there was Waterfall. The software development world’s first official method. It was neat. It was structured. It was… a little too confident. Let’s dive into the method that walked so others could run in circles. What is the Waterfall Model? … Read more
Welcome to the 21st century — a place where your toaster might talk back, your meme might start a movement, and your roommate might be a chatbot named Kevin who won’t do the dishes. In this episode, we explore the minds that transformed collaboration from something done in boardrooms to something done in pajamas, across time zones, … Read more
Well, well, well… May, you unpredictable beast. While sales decided to nap, everything else threw a rave. Let’s start with the glow-ups. LumAIere.com saw a 63% boost in page views. Blog views rose 38%. Users? Up 70%. That’s not growth, that’s a spring awakening. The homepage reigned supreme: lumaiere.com, followed closely by the gallery at … Read more
If the 1800s gave us wires and steam, the late 1900s handed us code and imagination — and a whole lot of beige plastic. This was the era when art, invention, and geekery finally stopped pretending to be separate things. Suddenly, the world’s most powerful tools didn’t look like chisels or paintbrushes — they looked like keyboards, circuit boards, … Read more
The 1900s were chaos — and the best kind. While the world blew past horses and telegrams, a mischievous band of creators gleefully disassembled art, science, and culture, then rebuilt them in shapes nobody expected. It was an era where genius didn’t whisper from ivory towers — it shouted from Paris cafés, patent offices, and war trenches. Let’s meet … Read more
The 19th century wasn’t just puffing steam and inventing weird hats. It was a creative furnace, churning out thinkers, builders, and rule-breakers who sparked revolutions — electrical, artistic, literary, and biological. Let’s meet three visionaries whose imaginations didn’t just shape their century — they rewired the world. Thomas Edison Known for: Inventing the phonograph, the practical light bulb, and … Read more
There’s an art to finding a great motorcycle mechanic. And like all good art, it involves a little intuition, a bit of luck, and at least one guy named Rick who’s always “just about to get that part in.” If you’ve ever wandered into a grease-stained shop that smells like old oil and fresh lies, … Read more
Welcome to Episode 1 of our Software Development Methodology Series — a journey through the various (and occasionally fanatical) ways people try to organize code, chaos, and caffeine. Today’s special guest? The Twelve-Factor App, brought to you by the same Heroku minds who decided deploying should be joyful. Let’s dive in. What We’ll Cover in This Series … Read more
If architecture blogs had a surprise party episode, this would be it. Episode #10, honorary or not, is here to crash your neatly separated databases and whisper sweet nothings about Laravel multitenancy. And at the center of this structured madness? The stancl/tenancy package. It’s not just a solution—it’s a whole vibe. Welcome to Tenant Town: … Read more
So you’ve met Swagger. He’s loud, proud, and wears a “Best in JSON” hoodie unironically. Now meet his calm, elegant cousin who sips Earl Grey from a porcelain mug and prefers red to yellow: ReDoc. Let’s dive deep into ReDoc, that sophisticated showstopper in the world of API docs. We’re answering all your questions and … Read more