Fixing an issue with retrieving closed stores.

This was another project that was sort of training for me, it involved updating a pair of web apps we currently use to better handle closed stores. At the time, a closed store would cause either of the apps to fail (displaying blank screens where it should show data). Fixing this required rewriting the way we […]

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Desktop Client to Access and Rotate Exchange Passwords

For this project, we were looking for ways to give General Managers access to their store’s email account on their mobile devices. The issue with that is that we use a single sign on system, and they don’t typically see their own passwords. So, to accomplish this, we had to create and modify a couple of […]

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Tipping on Online Orders

This project was for a client on contract, so I’m not able to share source code or specific details, but the problem is one that any company running Micros RES could potentially encounter: applying tips to specific employees from online orders. For most systems, online ordering solutions use the Micros RES API, which provides easy […]

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Automatic Indirect Tipping

Indirect Tipping, a fairly common practice in the casual dining sector, is essentially tips being transferred from a server to other support staff in the front of house (hosts and bussers for instance). Think of it as tip sharing. We had designed a system to accomplish this automatically years ago, but it had several bugs and […]

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