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Supercharge Your Elixir and Phoenix Navigation with vim-projectionist

Toggle between alternate files, edit files by type, and create files with templates — all with vim-projectionist. If you’ve never used it, you’re in for a treat.
German Velasco
November 18, 2019
- Vim
- Elixir
- Phoenix
Intro to Accessibility

Create robust experiences that are usable by all through Inclusive Design.
Thom Obarski
November 13, 2019
- Accessibility
- Design
New online workshop: How to stay agile when building compliant health tech products

Announcing our workshop exploring the unique challenges for building software with compliance and privacy concerns.
Sarah Cassidy
November 12, 2019
- Health Tech
- Compliance
- Design
- Process
Finding the Time to Refactor

Many people ask, “How do I find time to refactor?” I think the question itself betrays a misunderstanding of refactoring. Let me tell you when I refactor.
German Velasco
November 11, 2019
- Refactoring
- Good Code
Token Authentication with Rails

How can you do token authentication with Rails out of the box?
Nick Charlton
November 8, 2019
- Rails
- API
Dumpster Diving through Dotfiles: Remote Git Branches

Don’t let your git repo become a graveyard of stale branches. But how do you even know what branches are there? Let me introduce you to git branches.
German Velasco
November 6, 2019
- Git
- Dumpster Diving Through Dotfiles
Addressing Technical Debt

The financial metaphor is often thrown around engineering departments, but how do you actually deal with it?
Joël Quenneville
November 4, 2019
- Web
- Technical Debt
Chaining Async Functions like a Boss

A look at syntactic sugar for chaining async functions in multiple languages.
Joël Quenneville
November 1, 2019
- Web
- Elm
- Scala
- Haskell
- JavaScript
Let's Not Misuse Refactoring

Refactoring has a specific meaning. When we misuse the word, we lose the ability to communicate an important concept. Let’s revisit what refactoring is and what it is not.
German Velasco
October 31, 2019
- Refactoring
- Good Code
Types without values

A look at value-less types such as Elm’s Never.
Joël Quenneville
October 30, 2019
- Web
- Elm
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