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Tips for Joining an Existing Project 💡

If, like me, you don’t like change (who does?!), here are some tips that I have picked up along the way to try and help ease the transition onto an existing project.
Sami Birnbaum
July 25, 2022
Getting Up and Running Quickly When Joining a Project

Joining an existing project as a developer comes with loads of challenges. If you need some inspiration on how to become more productive quicker, this article is for you.
Jonas Meinerz
January 31, 2022
thoughtbot’s Year In Review On Clutch For 2021

Our CEO, Diana Bald reflects and celebrates our 2021 Year in Review on Clutch.
Diana Bald
January 21, 2022
Ruby safe navigation

Ruby’s safe navigation can hide some subtle edge cases. We explore approaches to think about conditional logic, alternatives to &., and when &. is the best tool for the job.
Joël Quenneville
October 13, 2021
- Development
- Web
- Ruby
Testing Your Edge Cases

A little combination math goes a long way to catching edge cases.
Joël Quenneville
September 8, 2021
- Testing
- Ruby
- Development
Back to Basics: Boolean Expressions

Write Boolean expressions using operators instead of if/else for a more readable outcome.
Joël Quenneville
June 28, 2021
- Back To Basics
- Ruby
- Development
- Web
KISSing It: On Revisiting Old Code

One of the many things that’s cringeworthy but worth it.
EJ Mitchell
January 4, 2021
Confirm your changes at the end of a git rebase

It’s not always obvious what changed in your code after a git rebase. This tool makes changes more visible and helps you undo them if needed.
Jonas Meinerz
April 28, 2020
- Git
- Development
- Workflow
- Productivity
Building your product: from zero to MVP

If you’re about to build your MVP product, you may, like the rest of us, have some trouble getting started. Here’s what we recommend.
Devin Jameson and Anthony Moffa
April 24, 2020
- Design
- Development
- Product Design
- MVP
New online Q&A: Being human in the absence of humans

Join a panel of our experts as they answer your pre-submitted questions and share favorite tools, tips, and more for remote working in these challenging times.
Kyle Fiedler
March 26, 2020
- Remote
- Human
- Process
- Design
- Development
- Virtual Hugs
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