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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Stop Coding and Start Drawing

    When you’re stuck, the best solution is often to represent the problem in a different medium.

    Joël Quenneville
    April 4, 2018
    • Elm
    • Gamedev
    • Web
  5. Gamedev with Elm Types

    Elm’s type system gives us some great tools for modeling gamedev.

    Joël Quenneville
    April 4, 2018
    • Elm
    • Gamedev
    • Web
  6. Decoupling All the Things

    In gamedev, decoupling the in-game world from the real world makes math easier.

    Joël Quenneville
    April 4, 2018
    • Elm
    • Gamedev
    • Web
  7. Using `yield_self` for composable ActiveRecord relations

    On the code-changing magic of yield_self.

    Derek Prior
    March 13, 2018
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Web
  8. Querying an Embedded Map in PostgreSQL with Ecto

    Structs and maps are easy to work with in Elixir, but if they are stored in the database as JSON and accessed via an Ecto Schema, it’s not as clear how to query them. We’re going to explore how to do that, and make it clear and easy.

    David Bernheisel
    March 9, 2018
    • Ecto
    • Map
    • Embeds One
    • PostgreSQL
    • JSON
    • Elixir
    • Query
    • Web
  9. Problem Solving with Maybe

    Write more confident code to avoid viral Maybe taking over your project.

    Joël Quenneville
    February 12, 2018
    • Elm
    • Functional Programming
    • Good Code
    • Web
  10. The Mechanics of Maybe

    Leverage the core mechanics of Maybe to clean up your nested cases.

    Joël Quenneville
    February 9, 2018
    • Elm
    • Functional Programming
    • Web
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