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But I Don't Want to `bundle exec`

What if bundle exec increases your development time? Avoid it now to eliminate extra mental effort.
Bosun Olanrewaju
November 2, 2015
- Ruby
- Rake
ExMachina for Elixir: Factories with a Functional Twist

Announcing a new factory library for Elixir.
Josh Steiner and Paul Smith
November 2, 2015
- Elixir
- Testing
- Web
Basic CSS Selector Syntax Explained Using Cats

CSS can be tricky. Learn some basic selector syntax with cats!
Mike Borsare
October 26, 2015
- Fun
- CSS
- Design
- Web
- Frontend
- Back To Basics
Building Learning into our Process with Prototypes

The value in prototyping isn’t in the mockups that we produce. It’s in the learning that the team gets after they test the prototype with potential users.
Kyle Fiedler
October 19, 2015
- Design
- Prototyping
Embedding Elixir Structs in Ecto Models

Store semi-structured data inside a Postgres table without sacrificing expressiveness.
Josh Steiner
October 15, 2015
- Elixir
- Ecto
- Web
Improving User Experience with Shell Scripts

Your shell is an interface too!
Joël Quenneville
October 14, 2015
- Shell
- User Experience
Ruby's ARGF

How to write well-behaved data-processing Unix utilities in Ruby.
Calle Erlandsson
October 13, 2015
- Ruby
- Unix
Validating the FormKeep API

Validate your client-server contracts with json_matchers.
Sean Doyle
October 12, 2015
- Web
- Testing
- Rails
- Ruby
- JSON
- Formkeep
Go, Hound, and Code Review Comments

You should be linting your Go code with Hound.
Bernerd Schaefer
October 9, 2015
- Go
- Hound
- Style Guides
- Web
Portland: The First Six Months

We wanted to share a bit of what we’ve been up to, and celebrate our first six months in Portland.
Bernerd Schaefer
October 8, 2015
- News
- Portland
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