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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
Decimating deprecated finders

Use synvert snippets to automatically rewrite ruby code for a smoother upgrade path to Rails 5.
Jesse Bailey
December 11, 2019
- Parsing
- Ruby
- Rails Upgrade
- Rails 5
- Rails
Faking External Services in Tests with Adapters

When faking external services in tests, start with something simple. I like having a public interface to adapters and having an in-memory adapter for tests. Let me show you an example.
German Velasco
November 28, 2019
- Testing
- Ruby
- Rails
- Web
Token Authentication with Rails

How can you do token authentication with Rails out of the box?
Nick Charlton
November 8, 2019
- Rails
- API
.git/safe

How to use .git/safe to trust the bin/ directory in your git repo.
Ian Zabel and Mike Burns
July 29, 2019
- Shell
- Git
- Rails
Little Library

A hackathon project to make a virtual bookshelf.
Eric Bailey
January 14, 2019
- Playbook
- Books
- Boston
- Rails
Rails Path Helpers and the Mystery of the Missing Route Key

Rails Path Helpers embark on a quest to find a missing route key only for the tester to discover that errors lie just around the bend…
Stephanie Viccari
November 9, 2018
- Rails
- Ruby
Announcing: Our Online Learning Platform Upcase is Now Free!

We’ve got some big news about our online learning platform Upcase, and we think you’re gonna love it!
Chris Toomey
October 18, 2018
- News
- Upcase
- Rails
- Web
- Git
- Vim
- tmux
ActiveRecord's where.not and nil

ActiveRecord’s where.not has some potentially surprising behavior when it comes to null values.
Stephen Hanson
June 22, 2018
- Rails
- Web
Updating Our Technical Interview

When our technical interview began to feel “off”, we identified pain points and crafted a new experience, resulting in less bias, reduced variance, and a more accurate representation of day-to-day work.
Josh Clayton
May 11, 2018
- Web
- Rails
- Hiring
- Interviews
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