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  1. Faster Tests: Sign In Through The Back Door

    One way to make tests faster is to no load and submit the sign in form during...

    Dan Croak
    December 14, 2012
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Open Source
    • Clearance
  2. Giving Thanks

    Thank you for all the software and friendship.

    Dan Croak
    November 22, 2012
    • News
  3. Four-Phase Test

    The Four-Phase Test is a testing pattern, applicable to all programming...

    Dan Croak
    September 28, 2012
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Testing
  4. Opening an office in San Francisco

    We’re pleased to announce that we’re opening an office in San Francisco. ...

    Dan Croak
    June 8, 2012
    • News
    • San Francisco
  5. Trail Map

    How do I learn Ruby on Rails? Vim? Test-Driven Development? Someone asks...

    Dan Croak
    May 29, 2012
    • News
    • Web
    • Git
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • PostgreSQL
    • Testing
    • Unix
    • Vim
  6. Remote Branch

    Does your pair programmer maintain order, keeping the mean streets (ie....

    Dan Croak
    April 18, 2012
    • Git
  7. Time.now Is On My Side

    I needed an open? method. First try: def open? opens_at < Time.now <...

    Dan Croak
    April 16, 2012
    • Web
    • Ruby
  8. Decorators Compared To Strategies, Composites, and Presenters

    We’ve been paying closer attention lately to how we use design patterns in...

    Dan Croak
    April 12, 2012
    • Web
    • Good Code
    • Ruby
  9. Rails Refactoring Example: Introduce Null Object

    You probably don’t write code like this: if object.kind_of?(User) do_this...

    Dan Croak
    April 11, 2012
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Good Code
  10. Global min_messages

    How to reduce postgres output noise.

    Dan Croak
    April 2, 2012
    • Web
    • PostgreSQL
    • Rails
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