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Better domain modeling in Elixir with sum types

Sum types are a powerful domain modeling technique. Let’s look at how to use them to remove invalid states.
German Velasco
July 26, 2019
Profiling Vim

Vim enables you to edit text rapidly, but what do you do when Vim itself is slow? Profile!
Chris Thorn
July 15, 2019
- Vim
- Performance
- Tools
Redesigning How We Hire Designers at thoughtbot

How we improved our Designer hiring process for both our candidates and interviewers.
Kyle Fiedler
June 28, 2019
- Design
- Process
- Hiring
Making Your Version Number Super-Visible in iOS

If you can’t tell me what version of my app you’re running, we’re both stuck.
Louis Antonopoulos
June 26, 2019
- Swift
- iOS
- Mobile
- User Experience
TDDing in React with Apollo and TypeScript

Pointers for doing TDD with React using Apollo and TypeScript.
Alejandro Dustet
June 25, 2019
- Testing
- TDD
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- GraphQL
- Apollo
- React
- Web
There and Back Again, A GraphQL Lifecycle Tale

Take a quick journey through the lifecycle of a GraphQL request from client to server and back again.
Annie Lydens and Thomas Paresi
June 24, 2019
- Web
- GraphQL
Make the Most of your Browser’s Address Bar

Address bar aliases simplify everyday tasks in the browser.
Stephen Hanson
June 10, 2019
- Productivity
- Web
Attempting to corral colors with a Sass function

I’ve been experimenting with a Sass color function, and I can’t tell if I love it or hate it.
Eric Bailey
June 7, 2019
- Sass
- Color
- Design
Using doobie; Scala with PostgreSQL vs ActiveRecord

I’ve wrapped up my second Scala client project, and I enjoyed SQL.
Matt Sumner
June 6, 2019
- Ruby
- Scala
- SQL
Strategies for opening phone URLs in iOS apps

Something as simple as making a phone call or opening a URL on iOS is more complicated than you may realise. How can we gracefully handle when things go wrong?
Adam Sharp
May 31, 2019
- UIkit
- iOS
- Mobile
- User Experience
- Design
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