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Extract Mostly-Constant Data from the Database

How moving some data out of the database and into your codebase as well-named constants can decouple your code and improve performance.
Tute Costa
April 11, 2014
- Web
- Rails
- SQL
Introducing Hound

Introducing Hound, a hosted service that keeps your codebase clean by commenting on style guide violations or other linting issues in your GitHub pull requests.
Scott Albertson
April 9, 2014
- News
- Web
- Hound
- Ruby
- Good Code
- Open Source
Back to Basics: Writing Unit Tests First

Step-by-step instructions for learning Test-Driven Development (TDD) in Ruby. There’s nothing to fear! It’s fun.
Britt Ballard
April 7, 2014
- Web
- Back To Basics
- Ruby
- Rails
- Testing
Removing Sass Duplication Using Sass Maps

How Sass maps empower you to write less code.
Kyle Fiedler
April 4, 2014
- Sass
- Good Code
- Design
What's New in Edge Rails: Active Record enums

Try out enums, a new data structure macro in Rails.
Prem Sichanugrist
April 1, 2014
- Web
- Rails
Streaming downloads proxy service with Node.js

Use microservices to compose and analyse light-weight declarative data pipelines.
Ismael Celis
March 31, 2014
- JavaScript
- Rails
- New Bamboo
- Web
Welcome Aboard: You're Riding iOS on Rails!

Announcing a new book on writing an API in Ruby on Rails for iOS apps.
Jessie Young
March 27, 2014
- News
- Web
- iOS
- Books
Manage Team and Personal Dotfiles Together with rcm

How to have your individual dotfiles and your company’s dotfiles live in harmony together.
Dan Croak
March 16, 2014
- Unix
- Open Source
Back to Basics: Polymorphism and Ruby

An in-depth look at polymorphism over inheritance in Ruby.
Britt Ballard
March 14, 2014
- Web
- Back To Basics
- Ruby
A Closer Look at Color Lightness

What is color? Can we taste it? Smell it? Find out in this article.
Reda Lemeden
March 13, 2014
- Design
- Color
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