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  1. Sharing Query Logic Within ActiveRecord Models

    Re-use collection query logic within model instances to avoid duplication and get the best performance.

    Chris Toomey
    November 22, 2023
    • Rails
    • SQL
    • Web
  2. Announcing: Our Online Learning Platform Upcase is Now Free!

    We’ve got some big news about our online learning platform Upcase, and we think you’re gonna love it!

    Chris Toomey
    October 18, 2018
    • News
    • Upcase
    • Rails
    • Web
    • Git
    • Vim
    • tmux
  3. Tell Me When It Closes — Improved!

    Tell Me When It Closes just got a massive email makeover.

    Chris Toomey
    March 26, 2018
    • News
    • Rails
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  4. Tell Me When It Closes

    Introducing our new service - get notified when something closes on GitHub without getting lost in noisy discussions.

    Chris Toomey
    March 28, 2017
    • News
    • Git
  5. Fundamentals of Test-Driven Development, Now on Upcase

    Learn how to use Test-Driven Development to write better software in our newest Upcase trail.

    Chris Toomey and Geoff Harcourt
    July 19, 2016
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    • Ruby
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  6. Advanced ActiveRecord Querying, Now on Upcase

    Master ActiveRecord and take full advantage of your database with our newest course on Upcase.

    Chris Toomey
    March 10, 2016
    • Upcase
    • Rails
    • News
  7. Announcing the tmux Course on Upcase

    Master your terminal workflow with the new Upcase tmux Course.

    Chris Toomey
    February 6, 2015
    • News
    • tmux
    • Upcase
    • Unix
  8. tmux Copy & Paste on OS X: A Better Future

    tmux recently updated to version 1.8, and with the update came a new command...

    Chris Toomey
    July 19, 2013
    • tmux

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