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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
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
Gamedev with Elm Types

Elm’s type system gives us some great tools for modeling gamedev.
Joël Quenneville
April 4, 2018
- Elm
- Gamedev
- Web
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
Using `yield_self` for composable ActiveRecord relations

On the code-changing magic of yield_self.
Derek Prior
March 13, 2018
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
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
Problem Solving with Maybe

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

Leverage the core mechanics of Maybe to clean up your nested cases.
Joël Quenneville
February 9, 2018
Designing Lucky: Rock Solid Actions & Routing

Sick of bugs? See how Crystal and Lucky actions work together to prevent common web application errors.
Paul Smith
January 15, 2018
- Lucky
- Crystal
- Web
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