WiseAbility
Independent technology & publishing
Practical technology. Thoughtful books. A builder’s curiosity.
Welcome to WiseAbility, a home for the things we create
and the things we learn along the way.
BoatNotes.ai
BoatNotes.aiMore time enjoying the water. Less time keeping track.
An AI-powered boating platform that helps you capture trip memories and keep boat follow-ups organized. From a moment worth remembering to a detail that needs attention, BoatNotes helps you keep it all together.
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Distributed SQL, made practical.
A practical guide to building with Amazon Aurora DSQL. Wendy L. Wise shares patterns and hands-on examples for engineers working with AWS’s serverless, distributed SQL database.
Find it on O’Reilly
Beginning iPhone and iPad programming.
A welcoming introduction to app development for first-time programmers. Wendy L. Wise walks readers through programming basics, Swift, and step-by-step examples for building their first iOS apps. Published in 2017, with examples written for Swift 3.
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Wendy Wise Founder, WiseAbility
Good ideas start with curiosity.
Great ones become something useful.
WiseAbility is an independent technology and publishing company founded by Wendy Wise, a software engineering leader, author, and lifelong builder.
We create practical technology, explore emerging ideas, and share what we learn along the way. Whether it’s a better way to keep life on the water organized or a book that makes complex technology more approachable, the goal is the same: make something that matters.
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