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How using this popular RSpec technique can sometimes do more harm than good.
A survey of private vs protected in rails controllers.
How to work through existing code to add polymorphic behavior.
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Don’t try to cram too much into a small space.
This method has a magic number:
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We’ve noticed unpleasant trends in our most popular open source projects:
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What are the fundamentals of good code?
We’ve had an abnormally warm Winter and Spring in Boston this year, but...