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Make the Most of your Browser’s Address Bar

Address bar aliases simplify everyday tasks in the browser.
Stephen Hanson
June 10, 2019
- Productivity
- Web
The Human Side of a Code Audit

Make a code audit more successful by focusing on the goals, cultural considerations, and overall state of an organization.
Ruti Wajnberg
April 17, 2019
How HTTP Cookies Work

How do browser cookies even work? Let’s find out together in this story with a lucky ending.
Edward Loveall
December 21, 2018
- Lucky
- Web
- HTTP
Ruby Memoization and Alternatives

As Ruby developers, we tend to memoize too often.
Joël Quenneville
December 5, 2018
- Ruby
- Web
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
New in Lucky: Browser tests with LuckyFlow, Emails with Carbon, and built-in Authentication with Authentic

Lucky v0.10 adds tons of new features for testing in a browser, sending emails, and handling authentication.
Paul Smith
June 5, 2018
- Lucky
- Crystal
- Web
Good Things Come to Those Who Await

How using async/await can make your async JavaScript code clearer.
Tom Wey
June 4, 2018
- JavaScript
- Web
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
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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