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  1. Rebuilding Git in Ruby

    From zero to commit! Let’s rebuild Git with a more familiar approach for Rails developers to get a better understanding on how Git works under the hood.

    Joël Quenneville
    March 14, 2016
    • Git
    • Ruby
  2. Ten Years of the Giant Robots Blog

    Today marks 10 years of writing, editing, and publishing this blog, Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots. Here’s a few things we did along the way to improve our happiness and the quality of the content.

    Dan Croak, Joël Quenneville & Gabe Berke-Williams
    November 6, 2015
    • Analytics
    • Automation
    • Middleman
    • Productivity
    • Web
  3. Improving User Experience with Shell Scripts

    Your shell is an interface too!

    Joël Quenneville
    October 14, 2015
    • Shell
    • User Experience
  4. Testing SMS Interactions

    How do you simulate SMS messages in feature specs?

    Joël Quenneville
    July 27, 2015
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Ruby
    • Rails
  5. Rails Test Types and the Testing Pyramid

    Combine multiple test types for an optimal suite.

    Joël Quenneville
    July 8, 2015
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Rails
  6. Faking APIs in Development and Staging

    Use fake API servers everywhere, not just in tests.

    Joël Quenneville
    July 6, 2015
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Rails
    • Ruby
  7. Functional Ciphers in Ruby

    Work with ciphers in Ruby using a functional approach.

    Joël Quenneville
    April 2, 2015
    • News
    • Ruby
    • Haskell
  8. Blog in Markdown, Deploy with Webhooks

    Markdown + GitHub + Webhooks for a smooth authoring experience.

    Joël Quenneville and Melanie Gilman
    March 6, 2015
    • Web
    • Rails
  9. Lazy Refactoring

    Look over our shoulder as we refactor and optimize a set of queries.

    Joël Quenneville and Matt Sumner
    November 7, 2014
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Good Code
  10. IO in Ruby

    Learn about Ruby’s beautiful, duck-typed approach to Input/Output.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 1, 2014
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Unix
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