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Bridging the gap between our two cities

Raleigh/Durham has so much to offer: quality of life, a thriving startup community, high quality talent, and easy access to a state of the art international airport. Our biggest challenge is easier access to one another. We can solve this.
Emily Bahna
March 7, 2018
- Community
- Business
- Raleigh
- Durham
Eight Essential Steps to Reducing Product Risk

One of the biggest risks when starting a new business is accidentally building something people won’t use. Here are eight essential steps to reduce this risk.
Chad Pytel
February 19, 2018
- Design
- Playbook
Why Ecto's Way of Storing Embedded Lists of Maps Makes Querying Hard

You can use PostgreSQL’s JSON data types to store embedded data on Ecto models. But the way Ecto tells you to store it might not be the best way.
Jon Yurek
February 16, 2018
- Elixir
- Ecto
- PostgreSQL
- JSON
The Thought Behind the Bot

In this special episode of the Giant Robots Smashing into Other Giant Robots Podcast, we take a look back on the founding of thoughtbot.
Chad Pytel
February 13, 2018
- News
- Podcast
Problem Solving with Maybe

Write more confident code to avoid viral Maybe taking over your project.
Joël Quenneville
February 12, 2018
The Mechanics of Maybe

Leverage the core mechanics of Maybe to clean up your nested cases.
Joël Quenneville
February 9, 2018
“Build vs Buy” Considerations for New Products

Exploring a new product or venture? Know when to build, buy, and hire.
Josh Clayton
January 30, 2018
Renaming Cocaine to Terrapin

We’re renaming the Cocaine gem to Terrapin.
Jon Yurek
January 22, 2018
- Ruby
- Rename
- Cocaine
- Terrapin
Teaming up with Codecademy to bring you Test-Driven Development

Introducing an intensive course for building full-stack Web apps with test-driven development.
George Brocklehurst and Sean Doyle
January 19, 2018
- TDD
- Learning
Designing Lucky: Rock Solid Actions & Routing

Sick of bugs? See how Crystal and Lucky actions work together to prevent common web application errors.
Paul Smith
January 15, 2018
- Lucky
- Crystal
- Web
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