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Case Equality Operator in Ruby

An introduction to the === method in Ruby, and how it works in case expressions and beyond them.
Neil Carvalho
December 19, 2022
- Ruby
- Development
How to Fix Rails 6.1 'Initialization autoloaded the constants' Warning Messages

Got autoloading during initialization warning messages in your Rails 6.1 app? It’s time to_prepare for the next version.
Stefanni Brasil
December 15, 2022
- Rails Upgrade
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
Keeping it simple

A reminder that code is a step in a process, not an end in itself.
Matheus Richard
December 14, 2022
- Ruby
- Refactoring
This week in #dev (Pilot)

Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.
thoughtbot
December 13, 2022
- This Week In Dev
- Rails
- Ruby
- JavaScript
- TIL
- Tip
Figma UI Starter Kit

New Figma resource, a lightweight UI design starter kit to save you time.
Andrew Spencer
December 12, 2022
- Tools
- Figma
- Process
- Product Design
- Design
Hiring strategies in response to the cost of living crisis

We have summarised how the cost of living crisis is impacting the current hiring market including some options to consider when thinking through hiring and employee retention, and also a few solutions for immediate assistance if your product needs can’t wait.
Kirsten Hurley
December 9, 2022
- Hiring
- London
- Team
- Teams
A Journey into Site Reliability Engineering

While Rails gained a lot of popularity among companies to develop products quickly, technical debt and scalability issues were challenges that also gained space in this context. Let’s talk about some SRE fundamentals that can address those situations.
Clarissa Borges
December 8, 2022
- SRE
- DevOps
- Cloud
Why your start-up should care about ESG Initiatives (& how to get started)

In order to equip our clients with best practices and recommendations, we spent some time digging into what an ESG strategy would entail for a start-up, why it could be an impactful differentiator to consider, and lastly how to get started thinking through your own ESG strategy.
Kelly Gebo
December 7, 2022
Time Zones and Rocket Ships

Rocket launches show us that we can know that two future events will be simultaneous, or what the local time will be, but not both.
Joël Quenneville
December 6, 2022
- Web
- Rails
- Ruby
Your flaky tests might be time dependent

Time dependent tests are difficult to diagnose, and the symptoms don’t present themselves until it’s too late. This article will help you determine if your test suite is time dependent.
Steve Polito
December 5, 2022
- Testing
- Rails
- Web
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