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  1. Avoid Putting Logic in Map Blocks

    The contents of a map block should probably be an instance method on each item.

    Joël Quenneville
    May 26, 2023
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Domain Modeling
  2. Building Custom RSpec Matchers with Regular Objects

    RSpec custom matchers can be written using plain old objects.

    Joël Quenneville
    February 1, 2023
    • Testing
    • Ruby
    • Rails
  3. Time Zones and Rocket Ships

    Rocket launches show us that we can know that two future events will be simultaneous, or what the local time will be, but not both.

    Joël Quenneville
    December 6, 2022
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Ruby
  4. Data Modeling Resources in Elm

    Links to some of the best Elm data modeling resources around the web.

    Joël Quenneville
    November 15, 2022
    • Elm
    • Good Code
  5. Histogram Distribution in Ruby is Double Tally

    Using #tally to calculate the distribution of letters in a piece of text.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 31, 2022
    • Ruby
    • Development
  6. Using a Dependency Graph to Visualize RSpec let

    A visual answer to the question “what data is created when I execute this test?”.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 3, 2022
    • Development
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Testing
  7. Working Iteratively

    Working in small chunks is one of the most impactful things we can do as developers.

    Joël Quenneville
    September 15, 2022
    • Development
    • Playbook
  8. Value Object Semantics in Ruby

    What is the correct behavior of hash, ==, eql? and equal? for value objects?

    Joël Quenneville
    July 18, 2022
    • Ruby
    • Good Code
    • Domain Modeling
    • Web
  9. Custom Ranges in Ruby

    How can we create ranges out of custom objects?

    Joël Quenneville
    April 15, 2022
    • Ruby
  10. Debugging at the Boundaries

    Get better at detecting and preventing bugs by focusing on the boundaries in and around your program.

    Joël Quenneville
    December 7, 2021
    • Debugging
    • Debugging Series 2021
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