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  1. Internbot Chronicles #3

    Now that testing is a normal part of my daily workflow, I think it’s a great...

    Nick Quaranto
    April 24, 2009
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    • Apprenticeship
  2. Internbot Chronicles #2

    The past few weeks have been quite a lot of fun here in Boston. I gave a...

    Nick Quaranto
    March 30, 2009
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  3. Internbot Chronicles I

    Hey everyone, I’m Nick Quaranto, the new intern at thoughtbot. You may know...

    Nick Quaranto
    March 13, 2009
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  4. Command Line Basecamp

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    Eric Mill
    July 8, 2008
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  5. Rules Made Up by You

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    June 10, 2008
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  6. A bullet in your programs head

    Paul Graham, whom I agree with about 70% of the time and think he’s got...

    Matt Jankowski
    August 27, 2007
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  7. just scrap it

    One problem with most of us developers is that we get too attached to our...

    Jared Carroll
    May 3, 2007
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  8. Unpopular Developer 3: Patterns of Abuse

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    Floyd Wright
    April 9, 2007
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  9. Exploring Coding Guidelines

    At thoughtbot we’ve recently started to redo our outdated coding standards....

    Chad Pytel
    March 22, 2007
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  10. The New Era of thoughtbot, inc.

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