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Shell Script Suggestions for Speedy Setups

Is your team setup for success? Do they have the tools to deliver working software? Step zero is being able to get setup quickly.
Matt Sumner
January 12, 2017
Preloading Nested Associations with Ecto

A look at how to preload database associations using Elixir’s Ecto library.
Greg Lazarev
January 11, 2017
- Elixir
- Ecto
- Web
Lessons Learned: Avoiding Primitives in Elm

Switching from primitive types to product types can improve confidence in correctness and compiler errors, but not without a cost.
Josh Clayton
January 10, 2017
- Web
- Elm
- Haskell
Announcing Purple Train

We shipped a mobile app that efficiently shows MBTA Commuter Rail departure times.
Ian C. Anderson
January 9, 2017
- News
- iOS
- Android
- React Native
- Elm
- Mobile
New On Upcase: Mastering the Shell

High-leverage knowledge for improving your productivity.
Ben Orenstein
January 6, 2017
- News
- Upcase
- Shell
Maya for Beginners

An introductory tutorial to Maya and how to create simple models.
Morgane Santos
January 5, 2017
- Design
- 3D
- Maya
Advice for our user

You signed up for a usability test…but what the heck is a usability test?
Jaclyn Perrone
December 28, 2016
- Design
- User Research
- Usability
- Testing
- Interviews
"Tell, Don't Ask" in Elixir: A Story of Pattern-Matching

Write declarative Elixir code by applying “Tell, Don’t Ask”.
Josh Clayton
December 21, 2016
Avoiding Out of Memory Crashes on Mobile

How to use Streams to more efficiently manage memory when downloading large files using Unity Engine.
Steff Kelsey
December 20, 2016
- Android
- iOS
- Mobile
- Unity
Solve Problems, not Strawmen

Avoid applying solutions in a vacuum.
Mike Burns
December 19, 2016
- Playbook
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