Teylor Feliz

Teylor is a seasoned generalist that enjoys learning new things. He has over 20 years of experience wearing different hats that include software engineer, UX designer, full-stack developer, web designer, data analyst, database administrator, and others. He is the founder of Haketi, a small firm that provides services in design, development, and consulting. Over the last ten years, he has taught hundreds of students at an undergraduate and graduate levels. He loves teaching and mentoring new designers and developers to navigate the rapid changing field of UX design and engineering.

Joined: November 2, 2008
Articles: 178
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Development

Factors that Influence a System’s Maintainability

Sometimes, even when the system is no longer relevant, it needs to be supported while a replacement is being built. Here, I would like to cover some factors that we need to account for, so we have a plan for system maintainability.

Teylor Feliz
June 15, 2023

Business

Shaming your Employees is Not the Solution

Employees that are afraid will never speak up, continue looking for other jobs, and will never be loyal to you as a boss.

Teylor Feliz
June 13, 2023

Development

The Roles in the Scrum Team

I would like to discuss the roles within the Scrum Team and the responsibilities of each of the roles for people new to Scrum.

Teylor Feliz
June 8, 2023

Business

Opportunity Costs and Sunk Costs

Some people double down on bad investments and end up losing more money. I would like to discuss opportunity costs and sunk costs concerning business decisions.

Teylor Feliz
June 7, 2023

Design, Development

Animations Should Not Be the UX

Animations can enhance the user experience and how users feel when using the app. But the core goal for a user is accomplishing the task with ease.

Teylor Feliz
June 5, 2023

Business

Customers Are Not Always Right

There is an old saying that declares that “the customer is always right”. Nevertheless, taking this approach to the core of your business means that you won’t always provide the best service to your customers.

Teylor Feliz
May 24, 2023

Business

Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

The technological development that society is facing today is nothing new and we as a society have always adapted to these changes. We have replaced horses with cars, candles with light bulbs, or mail with electronic mail.

Teylor Feliz
May 23, 2023

Development

Types of Software Maintenance

In the software life cycle, the longest stage of the application is maintenance. Once the software is developed, it will evolve over time because of changes in the market, business, or even the software itself.

Teylor Feliz
May 20, 2023

Development

What is Technical Debt?

Let us talk about technical debt which is something that developers face daily when deciding on the features or architecture of an application

Teylor Feliz
May 17, 2023

Development

The Dialog HTML Element

In the olden days, developers only have the luxury of alert, confirm, and prompt dialog boxes. Then, lightboxes which became popular around 15 years ago.

Teylor Feliz
May 13, 2023

Design

Card Sorting for a Better Information Architecture in UX

Card sorting could help you find the structure or architecture of the site and improve the user experience.

Teylor Feliz
May 8, 2023

Development

CSS Nesting Without Preprocessors

It has been more than a decade since developers decided to jump directly to a preprocessor for their CSS needs instead of pure CSS coding.

Teylor Feliz
May 3, 2023