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In the beginning of 2021 thoughtbot made the decision to go fully remote. This blog highlights a bit more insight into the decision and the excitement we have for the path ahead.
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Broadening our definition of “parsing” yields some useful insights.
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Ruby’s safe navigation can hide some subtle edge cases. We explore approaches to think about conditional logic, alternatives to &., and when &. is the best tool for the job.
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When modeling a domain, it’s important to have our model actually match reality.
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Less is more. Wrapping primitives in custom types restricts your available operations and that’s a good thing.
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Analysing API design through lens of skill floors and ceilings can help us think about the impact of adding a feature.
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Parsers, grepping, ASCII art, and how that helps you automating boring stuff.
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Ever notice how some of your bugs are annoyingly simple once you find them? Use this six-step checklist to skip straight through to harder problems.
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Ever played Charades and acted out the perfect mime to ‘James Bond’, only to be met with blank stares? That moment when you wonder “Are my friends fools!?”, that’s the curse of knowledge.
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We walk through the importance of product validation and how we’ve seen it succesfully save founders time and money in planning their first version product.