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How to Extract an Intention-Revealing Name Using Vim

This method has a magic number: def wait_time @env[QUEUE_WAIT_HEADER].to_i...
Joe Ferris
May 2, 2012
- Good Code
- Vim
Inbox Zero: GitHub Issues Edition

We’ve noticed unpleasant trends in our most popular open source projects: ...
Joe Ferris
April 27, 2012
- Open Source
Date and Time Formats for Pirates

Need to display a date in your Rails app? First try: Time.now.strftime...
Alex Berry
April 27, 2012
- Web
- Rails
Humans Present: An OSS Lifestyle

I recently sat down with Mike Burns to discuss his operating system and...
Chad Pytel
April 26, 2012
- News
- Upcase
What is good code?

What are the fundamentals of good code?
Joe Ferris
April 25, 2012
- Playbook
- Good Code
FactoryBot 3.2: so awesome it needs to be released during RailsConf

FactoryBot 3.2 brings a slew of new features; while I’d considered breaking...
Josh Clayton
April 24, 2012
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- Factory Girl
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Turnip: A Tasty Cucumber Alternative?

We’ve used Cucumber heavily and successfully on client work, internal...
Harlow Ward
April 21, 2012
- Web
- Testing
This week in open source

factory_bot1 There’s a new version of factory_bot this week, as...
Gabe Berke-Williams
April 20, 2012
- News
- Open Source
Meet thoughtbot at Railsconf 2012

We’ve had an abnormally warm Winter and Spring in Boston this year, but...
Joe Ferris
April 20, 2012
- News
- Web
thoughtbot in Bangkok

Sawasdee krub! Jason Morrison is in Bangkok for a bit, and wants to talk...
Jason Morrison
April 18, 2012
- News
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