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Ten Forward Devs Featured on HackerNoon
Published: March 30, 2022
By Staff
Ten Forward co-owner Hilary Stohs-Krause and junior developer Isabel Gutierrez-Pils were recently interviewed for Hacker Noon articles. (Read more)

Widen is leading the Digital Asset Management world
Published: March 15, 2022
By Abby Kuehni
Mobile app built by Ten Forward receives perfect marks for usability and user interface. (Read more)

National Fans Union In The News!
Published: March 11, 2022
By Abby Kuehni
The National Fans Union wants to give a voice to sports fans. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Abby Kuehni
Published: February 25, 2022
By Hilary Stohs-Krause
Learn about our new admin assistant's favorite spots to explore near Madison and the social media platform she can't live without. (Read more)
2021: Ten Forward's Year in Review
Published: January 14, 2022
By Abby Kuehni
Whew - 2021 flew by in the blink of an eye! It sure has been a busy year here at Ten Forward; we finally finished setting up our new office, spoke at several in-person and virtual events, and in-between pandemic outbreaks, we got to work together in-person for the first time in a long time. (Read more)

Ten Forward is on Top
Published: December 20, 2021
By Staff
We always thought we were the best, but now Ten Forward Consulting has been recognized by DesignRush as one of Top Software Development Agencies in Wisconsin! (Read more)

A round-up of networking questions for every level of social energy
Published: July 13, 2021
By Hilary Stohs-Krause
Bringing introvert, extrovert and ambivert strangers together? Check out these tailored questions to help folks mingle according to their particular capacity. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Isabel Gutierrez-Pils
Published: May 11, 2021
By Hilary Stohs-Krause
Check out our newest junior developer and learn about what languages she's fluent in, what she studied in grad school and her favorite emoji! (Read more)

Ten Forward co-owner shared her journey to tech at Connectaha 2021
Published: May 3, 2021
By Staff
Ten Forward co-owner Hilary Stohs-Krause was invited to "tell a story" at Connectaha 2021. She chose to share how she went from preteen coder to journalist to tech company co-owner, and the process of overcoming self-imposed stumbling blocks along the way. (Read more)

"Green flags" when searching for a job
Published: April 23, 2021
By Hilary Stohs-Krause
We hear a lot of talk about "red flags" when searching for a job, but a bootcamp student I had virtual coffee with emailed me the other day to ask if I had suggestions for any "green flags", or indicators that an organization or business would be a good place to work.
What a great question!
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Subclassing UIHostingController to Bridge the SwiftUI 1 to SwiftUI 2 Divide
Published: March 10, 2021
By Tricia DiPiazza

2020: Ten Forward's Year in Review
Published: February 11, 2021
By Staff
What a year.
The struggle has been real, but we're all here and all healthy, and that's saying a lot. We welcomed some new crew members, experimented with remote team bonding, and guested on multiple podcasts, among other wins.
Read on for some of Ten Forward's highlights from the challenging year that was 2020.
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Ten Forward featured on Ruby Rogues podcast
Published: January 5, 2021
By Staff
Ten Forward co-owner and senior developer Hilary Stohs-Krause was a guest recently on the Ruby Rogues Podcast, a panel-driven podcast about Ruby and related technologies. (Read more)

New Crew Member: Terry Oostdyk
Published: December 28, 2020
By Hilary Stohs-Krause
Did you know our new project facilitator has a studio art degree? Neither did we! (Read more)

Rails & Regex: How to validate for length of a number with or without a hyphen
Published: November 12, 2020
By Hilary Stohs-Krause
What follows is our quest to craft a regex validation that ensured a certain amount of numbers, with or without a hyphen, and our breakdown of how it all works. (Read more)