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From Ember-Rails to Ember CLI

Migrate an Ember application from Ember-Rails to Ember CLI.
Blake Williams
January 9, 2015
- Web
- Ember
- JavaScript
Set up CloudFlare's free SSL on Heroku

Make a connection between your users and Heroku safer with a free certificate from CloudFlare.
Prem Sichanugrist
January 6, 2015
- Web
- DNS
- Heroku
- Rails
- SSL
Contributing to Big Bad Open Source

Contributing to open source software doesn’t have to be scary.
Sean Doyle
January 5, 2015
- Ember
- Open Source
Separate Rendering Sass From Non-Rendering Sass

I don’t always render CSS, but when I do, I keep it all in one spot.
Ward Penney
December 29, 2014
- Sass
- Design
North Star Metric

It is difficult to prioritize product and growth work. Using one metric as your team’s North Star can help. How do you define, measure, and make decisions from it?
Dan Croak and Galen Frechette
December 25, 2014
Handling Security Issues In Open Source Projects

How to handle vulnerabilities in your open source project.
Tute Costa
December 24, 2014
- Security
- Open Source
Why You Should Use a Mechanical Keyboard

The right keyboard for the job might not always be the one that your computer came with.
Justin Kenyon
December 23, 2014
Clear Your Mental Cache

When I was in high school, I was a pretty poor dancer.
Ben Orenstein
December 22, 2014
- Playbook
Using Expressions in After Effects

Speed up your animation workflow with expressions in Adobe After Effects.
Steven Harley
December 19, 2014
You Could Invent Object-Oriented Programming

In which we recreate OO using lambdas and closures.
Mike Burns
December 18, 2014
- Closure
- Lisp
- OOP
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