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Arduino Sensor Network

Write Arduino software for a low-power sensor board.
Tony DiPasquale
March 5, 2014
- Arduino
- IOT
- Hardware
Form Filling is Formulaic

Write less form-related code in your Capybara tests with our newly open-sourced library, Formulaic.
Caleb Hearth
February 28, 2014
- News
- Web
- Rails
- Open Source
- Formulaic
EmberJS with a Separate Rails API

What we learning writing an Ember.js app as a separate codebase, deployed separately from the backend Ruby on Rails API. Testing was particularly hard!
Jason Draper
February 25, 2014
- Web
- Ember
- JavaScript
Avoid the Three-state Boolean Problem

Use null: false, default: false on boolean columns in ActiveRecord migrations to avoid NULL problems.
Gabe Berke-Williams
February 24, 2014
- Web
- PostgreSQL
Low Power Custom Arduino Sensor Board

Improve our Arduino power usage using a nRF24l01+ board.
Tony DiPasquale
February 20, 2014
- Arduino
- IOT
- Hardware
iOS Code Review: Loose Guidelines

How to perform a code review of an iOS app using static analyzers and other tools.
Jack Nutting
February 19, 2014
- iOS
Using Arel to Compose SQL Queries

Use composition to build more complex SQL queries in Ruby using ActiveRelation’s API.
Sage Griffin
February 17, 2014
- Web
- Rails
Prevent Spoofing with Paperclip

Paperclip 4.0 and 4.1 contain security fixes to prevent spoofing. A content type or filename validation is also now required.
Jon Yurek
February 14, 2014
- Web
- Ruby
- Paperclip
- Open Source
Custom Ember Computed Properties

How to refactor your own computed properties in Ember.js.
Jason Draper
February 14, 2014
- Web
- Ember
- JavaScript
Announcing Taco Tuesdays: A Product Design Talk Series at thoughtbot SF

We’re excited to introduce a new talk series focused on product design, hosted by thoughtbot in San Francisco. Food will be served in the form of tacos.
Don Okuda
February 13, 2014
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