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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
Why Factories?

Understanding why we use factories helps us write faster, more readable tests.
Joël Quenneville
January 12, 2018
- Ruby
- Web
- Testing
Why you should join (or host!) a Women’s Work Jelly

Remote work can be isolating. Remote work as a woman in tech, even more so. Join or support communities in search of gender parity. You are not alone.
Stephanie Kuroda
January 8, 2018
- Women
- News
- Events
- New York City
- Community
- Happiness
- Inclusivity
- Diversity
- Culture
What is Machine Learning?

Machine learning’s everywhere these days, but … err … what is it?
George Brocklehurst
January 5, 2018
- Machine Learning
- Python
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
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