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How to Get Better at Pair Programming

Pairing is an essential tool for designers and developers. This is a checklist of what we think you should consider every time you pair.
Ben Furber
January 4, 2019
- Pair Programming
- Mentoring
Problem-Solving Symbiosis

Approaching diversity and inclusion through a novel partnership.
Stephen Lindberg
January 2, 2019
- Diversity
Do you break your Elixir eggs on the big end or the little end?

From big-endian to little-endian through unsigned integers. A tale of two ends, and Elixir shines again.
German Velasco
December 25, 2018
Don't forget the silent step when you squash and merge

GitHub’s squash and merge button is great. But make sure to write a good commit message before you confirm those changes.
German Velasco
December 24, 2018
- Git
- Tools
How HTTP Cookies Work

How do browser cookies even work? Let’s find out together in this story with a lucky ending.
Edward Loveall
December 21, 2018
- Lucky
- Web
- HTTP
Ruby Memoization and Alternatives

As Ruby developers, we tend to memoize too often.
Joël Quenneville
December 5, 2018
- Ruby
- Web
Intro to Machine Learning

George Brocklehurst gives an overview of what Machine Learning is and what it can do, before live-coding a simple Machine Learning system.
Thom Obarski
November 12, 2018
Rails Path Helpers and the Mystery of the Missing Route Key

Rails Path Helpers embark on a quest to find a missing route key only for the tester to discover that errors lie just around the bend…
Stephanie Viccari
November 9, 2018
- Rails
- Ruby
A designer developing for Android

Here’s some advice for designers who find themselves developing Android apps.
Eric Bailey
November 8, 2018
- Android
- App
- Design
- DevTools
Let's Set Up Your iOS Environments

A deep dive into configurations.
Patrick Montalto
October 30, 2018
- iOS
- Swift
- Xcode
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