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  1. Modeling with Union Types

    Clean up Maybe by modeling multiple shapes of data with union types.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 13, 2017
    • Elm
    • Web
  2. Redux for Chrome Extensions

    An intro to functional state management for your Chrome extensions using Redux.

    Bruno Antunes
    October 2, 2017
    • Web
    • JavaScript
    • Chrome
    • Redux
  3. Access Ruby Hash Values with Fallbacks for Missing Data

    Find out different ways to access hash values in Ruby and save the dinosaurs at the same time.

    Rob Whittaker
    September 25, 2017
    • Code
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Web
  4. Debugging Why Your Specs Have Slowed Down

    Your test suite used to be lightning fast but now it’s starting to feel a bit sluggish. Before adding CI parallelization, let’s see if there’s any clutter to remove.

    Mike Wenger
    September 22, 2017
    • Testing
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Factory Girl
    • Web
    • Factory Bot
  5. Booleans and Enums

    Refactor common Boolean smells using enums (union types).

    Joël Quenneville
    September 20, 2017
    • Web
    • Elm
    • Good Code
  6. Better Date Manipulation in PostgreSQL Queries

    Use interval and date_trunc to make working with SQL dates easier.

    Derrick Carr
    September 19, 2017
    • PostgreSQL
    • SQL
    • Data
    • Web
  7. Styling a Middleman Blog with the Bourbon Suite: Revisited

    In 2014 we wrote about how to get up and running with Middleman and Bourbon. This article revisits that technical stack for 2017.

    Cristina Silva
    September 15, 2017
    • Middleman
    • Bourbon
    • Design
    • Web
  8. Lean & Maintainable Reports with Heroku Dataclips

    Write testable reports in SQL that don’t erode over time.

    Oli Peate
    August 21, 2017
    • Data
    • Heroku
    • Rails
    • Web
  9. Nesting grids with Neat 2

    Use Neat 2 to create dyamic nested layouts for your site or app.

    Will H McMahan
    August 8, 2017
    • Neat
    • Bourbon
    • Design
    • Sass
    • Open Source
    • Web
  10. Alternative View Layers for an Elm App

    Get an Elm app to render using your favourite template library.

    Pablo Brasero
    July 10, 2017
    • Elm
    • Glimmer
    • Ember
    • JavaScript
    • Web
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