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Software's evolving role in the patient experience

In the new wave of tech-enabled communication between patients and providers, it’s not just about convenience. In this online event, we’ll talk about expanding access to healthcare, improving health outcomes, and telehealth predictions.
Lindsey Christensen
October 22, 2020
- Health Tech
- Events
Free Online Event: Scale Your Rails App Internationally

Join thoughtbot and Locale for a free live online event all about scaling your Rails app internationally. Wedesday, October 28th 2020.
Chad Pytel
October 21, 2020
- News
Redirecting routes in a Phoenix application using plugs

Let’s explore a pragmatic, flexible, and testable approach to route redirection.
Wil Hall
October 21, 2020
- Web
- Elixir
- Phoenix
Calling All Health Tech Founders - We Are Here To Help!

To best share what we know, and support a deserving health Tech founder, we are seeking applicants for a pro-bono Product Design Sprint.
Kelly Gebo
October 20, 2020
Beyond Best Intentions

Assuming best intentions is the result of building a culture of trust in your organization, not a step towards it.
Amanda Beiner
October 20, 2020
- Teams
- Inclusion
- Community
- Happiness
Instrumenting your Phoenix application using telemetry

Gain insight into events and performance measurements from your Phoenix application with a simple but scalable integration of telemetry.
Wil Hall
October 19, 2020
- Phoenix
- Elixir
- OTP
- Telemetry
- Analytics
Break apart your features into full-stack slices

I often see people split work into horizontal slices. Ticket A: database tables and models. Ticket B: controllers. Ticket C: front-end. There’s something better — full-stack slices.
German Velasco
October 16, 2020
Make small, data-driven performance improvements

Performance issues are a form of technical debt, and we must pay them off by making informed incremental improvements.
Wil Hall
October 15, 2020
Debugging a missing PostgreSQL connection on macOS

could not connect to server: No such file or directory. Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket?
Mike Burns
October 14, 2020
- Web
- PostgreSQL
- macOS
TypeScript: Stop Using 'any', There's a Type For That

Chances are you’ve worked with the any type in TypeScript. It’s widely overused, and subtly dangerous. Let’s explore why you should avoid it, and when you might truly need to use it.
Alejandro Dustet and Wil Hall
October 13, 2020
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