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VTM Boston Interview Video

When we were at the VOICES THAT MATTER Professional Ruby Conference in...
Matt Jankowski
March 5, 2009
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How we accidentally redesigned a product in a week

Visual updates for WidgetFinger.
Matt Jankowski
March 5, 2009
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- Widgetfinger
Step right up, win a $1,295 prize

We love a good contest. It’s been too long since the last one, so here we go...
Dan Croak
March 4, 2009
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Shoulda 2.10: time for a little love for ActionController

Shoulda’s ActiveRecord macros received some well-deserved attention in...
Joe Ferris
March 4, 2009
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- Shoulda
Hoptoad and Lighthouse Integration

The green toad now connects to LightHouse issue tracker.
Chad Pytel
March 3, 2009
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- Airbrake
Forbidden Kisses & HTTP Fluency in Clearance

UPDATE: After about two years of using this approach in Clearance, we removed...
Dan Croak
February 22, 2009
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- Clearance
Mixing Cucumber with Test::Unit/Shoulda

I don’t know if cucumber is a fruit or vegetable There’s a lot...
Joe Ferris
February 20, 2009
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- Shoulda
FactoryBot 1.2: Adding Excitement to Stale Factories

Some like it hot The FactoryBot syntax was designed to balance...
Joe Ferris
February 17, 2009
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Widgetfinger: Versioning and Google Apps Support (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love Google Apps)

We’ve rolled out a few updates to Widgetfinger, our simple content management...
Chad Pytel
February 17, 2009
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- Widgetfinger
Umbrella Today in your email

Following up on last week’s historic announcement that Umbrella Today...
Matt Jankowski
February 16, 2009
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- Umbrella Today
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