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Name the Abstraction, Not the Data

Naming presenters can be challenging. By shifting our perspective to look at what abstraction we are representing rather than the data being presented, we can bring clarity to our presenters, views, and models.
Eebs Kobeissi
January 20, 2020
- Rails
- Good Code
- Code
Finding the Time to Refactor

Many people ask, “How do I find time to refactor?” I think the question itself betrays a misunderstanding of refactoring. Let me tell you when I refactor.
German Velasco
November 11, 2019
- Refactoring
- Good Code
Let's Not Misuse Refactoring

Refactoring has a specific meaning. When we misuse the word, we lose the ability to communicate an important concept. Let’s revisit what refactoring is and what it is not.
German Velasco
October 31, 2019
- Refactoring
- Good Code
Velocity vs. Quality - How do developers and founders meet in the middle?

Finding the right balance between writing quality software and shipping features rapidly.
Tom Wey
August 19, 2019
Better domain modeling in Elixir with sum types

Sum types are a powerful domain modeling technique. Let’s look at how to use them to remove invalid states.
German Velasco
July 26, 2019
Chess and Recursion: Part 1

It turns out solving chess moves with recursion and pattern matching is a lot of fun!
Dan Barber
August 10, 2018
- Code
- Good Code
- Elixir
- Phoenix
- Recursion
Writing Less Error-Prone Code

How to optimize for a living codebase, where a line of code will be repeatedly read, adapted and copied.
Oli Peate
June 8, 2018
- Code
- Good Code
What's Weird with Maybe List

When you spot Maybe List in your code, it may be time to think about alternatives.
Joël Quenneville
May 21, 2018
- Elm
- Good Code
- Web
Organize your functional code

When coming to a functional language, I often hear people ask, “How do I organize my code?” Let’s take a look at some ways in which data can tell us how to organize our modules and functions.
German Velasco
March 19, 2018
Problem Solving with Maybe

Write more confident code to avoid viral Maybe taking over your project.
Joël Quenneville
February 12, 2018
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