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Refactor Until You Feel Almost Comfortable

Duplication is cheaper than the wrong abstraction.
Tute Costa
December 15, 2015
- Good Code
Data Migrations in Rails

A discussion about the reasons for using Active Record migrations vs. temporary rake tasks for data manipulations.
Elle Meredith
December 8, 2015
- Rails
- Data
- Suspenders
- Web
Solving the Pain of Forms on Static Sites

Or, “Styling Wufoo forms is not the answer”.
Ben Orenstein
December 7, 2015
- Formkeep
Hound Checks JavaScript Code Style

Announcing JSCS support for Hound.
Sean Doyle
December 2, 2015
- Hound
- JavaScript
- Style Guides
- Web
Opt-In, Project-Specific Vim Spell-Checking and Word Completion

Improve your project team’s spelling abilities with these Vim tips.
Dan Croak
December 1, 2015
- Vim
Thanks!

Every November we like to remember who and what we’re thankful for this past year.
Geoff Harcourt
November 25, 2015
- News
Building iOS Interfaces: A Primer

You are a designer and you want to have a more active role in implementing your iOS designs. This introduction will outline what’s involved in this process.
Reda Lemeden
November 24, 2015
- iOS
- Design
- Mobile
- Swift
New Bamboo joins thoughtbot in London

New Bamboo is joining thoughtbot to become our London office and help grow thoughtbot in Europe.
Chad Pytel
November 24, 2015
- News
- London
Building a New Home for Innovators & Collaborators: NYC

Learn how we found and built our New York office.
Stephanie Kuroda
November 23, 2015
- New York City
- News
Ten Years of the Giant Robots Blog

Today marks 10 years of writing, editing, and publishing this blog, Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots. Here’s a few things we did along the way to improve our happiness and the quality of the content.
Dan Croak, Joël Quenneville & Gabe Berke-Williams
November 6, 2015
- Analytics
- Automation
- Middleman
- Productivity
- Web
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