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Rolling Random Romans

A dive into functional random generators.
Joël Quenneville
April 18, 2016
- Elm
- Functional Programming
Maybe Thinking

By understanding Maybe, you begin to see code in a new light.
Josh Clayton
April 15, 2016
Recover Data from Production Backups with ActiveRecord

Sometimes things go awry with production data and you need to recover. Here’s one way to do it.
Bernerd Schaefer
April 13, 2016
- Web
- Ruby
Announcing Bamboo, Email with a Functional Twist

Bamboo is a testable, composable and adapter-based email library for Elixir.
Paul Smith
April 4, 2016
- Elixir
- Email
Design Leadership & Culture at thoughtbot

Design culture and leadership has become a huge focus in the tech industry. thoughtbot is always focused on both, and this is how we’ve been improving recently.
Andrew Cohen
March 31, 2016
- Design
Post-PLIBMTTBHGATY Portland Précis

Earlier this month we organized our first event in Portland: Programming Languages I’ve Been Meaning To Try But Haven’t Gotten Around To Yet.
Bernerd Schaefer
March 29, 2016
- Portland
Paperclip is ready for Rails 5

We released Paperclip v5.0.0.beta1.
Tute Costa
March 25, 2016
- Paperclip
- Open Source
Start Simple

Ship faster by starting simple.
Blake Williams
March 21, 2016
- Productivity
- Web
Rebuilding Git in Ruby

From zero to commit! Let’s rebuild Git with a more familiar approach for Rails developers to get a better understanding on how Git works under the hood.
Joël Quenneville
March 14, 2016
- Git
- Ruby
Advanced ActiveRecord Querying, Now on Upcase

Master ActiveRecord and take full advantage of your database with our newest course on Upcase.
Chris Toomey
March 10, 2016
- Upcase
- Rails
- News
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