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Android Canvas' drawArc Method: A Visual Guide

A visual aid for the different method parameters in Canvas.drawArc.
Amanda Hill
September 27, 2017
- Android
- Design
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
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
A Simple Approach to Thread-Safe Networking in iOS Apps

Concurrent programming is hard! But by taking advantage of a lesser-known aspect of its design, we can avoid some common pitfalls.
Adam Sharp
September 21, 2017
- Concurrency
- Parallelism
- URLSession
- Networking
- Swift
- iOS
Booleans and Enums

Refactor common Boolean smells using enums (union types).
Joël Quenneville
September 20, 2017
- Web
- Elm
- Good Code
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
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
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