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Querying the oldest and newest records within an SQL group

How to find the oldest or most recent record associated with a particular foreign key.
Jack Wilson
September 18, 2017
- PostgreSQL
- SQL
- Databases
- Rails
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
Deadlines

The comet of success will lead your team to victory.
Matt Sumner
September 11, 2017
- Process
- Business
Things I wish I knew before my first Design Sprint

Luke reflects on things he’s learnt by facilitating Design Sprints, and asks the thoughtbot design team some of theirs too.
Luke Mitchell
September 6, 2017
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
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
A Crash Course in Analyzing Memory Usage in Ruby

A walk through some options available to us for analyzing memory usage in MRI.
Tom Wey
August 7, 2017
- Ruby
Lessons From Using Phoenix 1.3

Phoenix 1.3 introduces contexts, which has been met with some resistance. I’ve developed an application using it and learned some lessons.
David Bernheisel
August 1, 2017
- Context
- Phoenix
- Elixir
Cutting our Blueteeth on React Native

Leaving the comfort of the React Native ecosystem and embracing the native frontier with Bluetooth Low Energy.
Ian C. Anderson and Blake Williams
July 17, 2017
- React Native
- JavaScript
- iOS
- Android
- Mobile
Join us in SF for PLIBMTTBHGATY

We’re hosting a lightly-structured party where people get together and work on a project in a new programming language, either with or just near each other.
Jake Craige
July 14, 2017
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