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Using Extension Functions and Operator Overloading on SpannableStrings.

Utilizing Extension Functions and Operator Overloading to Smooth Out Android’s Rough Edges.
Alex Sullivan
January 4, 2018
- Kotlin
- Android
- Mobile
Setting up CircleCI 2.0 for Rails

CircleCI 2.0 brings some great new features, but it’s not so straightforward to get started with. Let’s walk through how to get going.
Nick Charlton
January 3, 2018
- Rails
- CI
- CircleCI
How to make a Ghost theme

Get started creating your first Ghost theme with gulp, sass, and autoprefixer.
Will H McMahan
December 13, 2017
- Open Source
- Ghost
- Gulp
- Sass
I Work in Politics

A review of the ethics of thoughtbot.
Mike Burns
December 12, 2017
- Ethics
- Purpose
- Playbook
Specially Designed thoughtbot Swag Available Now to Support Our Podcasts

Help support your favorite podcasts with some new swag for the new year!
Thom Obarski
December 11, 2017
- News
- Podcast
- Swag
5 Common JSON Decoders

Elm JSON decoding in 5 common scenarios
Joël Quenneville
December 4, 2017
- Elm
- Web
Lucky is Getting Bigger and Better: Announcing v0.6

Over 130 commits and 20 new features have been added to Lucky since the first announcement a month ago. Check out all that’s new in Lucky v0.6!
Paul Smith
November 30, 2017
- Lucky
- Crystal
- Web
Talking to ActionCable without Rails

How to talk to ActionCable without using Rails.
Bruno Antunes
November 30, 2017
- Web
- JavaScript
- Action Cable
- Websockets
- Redux
Breezing Through Android Boilerplate with Custom Activity Templates

A guide on how to create activity templates for Android Studio.
Alex Sullivan
November 29, 2017
- Kotlin
- Android
- Mobile
Graceful Switching of Worker Processes

How to avoid lost work from your job queues and worker processes.
Oli Peate
November 28, 2017
- Web
- Heroku
- Ruby
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