Arjit Jaiswal 7/20/23 Arjit Jaiswal 7/20/23

I like my code DAMP

“Can you DRY this up, please?”

We’ve all received that comment on our pull requests (aka: Don’t Repeat Yourself). We’ve accepted it industry-wide. Linters try to enforce it. We strive to make what little changes will allow us to cut a single perceived-to-be-useless line out of our code. And yet, I find my subconscious fighting against it.

Nate Kontny 5/26/23 Nate Kontny 5/26/23

Your Work Is Trash

My work keeps getting thrown out. Should I look for a new job?

Nate Kontny 5/17/23 Nate Kontny 5/17/23

Be The Roomba

Who doesn’t want more people paying attention to their projects? You want more readers, more users, more followers.

The instinct often is: Be bigger. Be bolder. Be louder. Be hustle-yer?

Perhaps there's another way.

Zoey Zhang 5/10/23 Zoey Zhang 5/10/23

Internship? Don’t Get Run Over

Internships aren’t always perfect, and not all companies are ready to support an intern. So how do we cross this two-way street without getting run over?

Jeff Sloan 5/4/23 Jeff Sloan 5/4/23

User Story Mapping: A Hackathon Game-Changer

Hackathons are fun, but can also be chaotic. Discover how we streamlined our process and reduced stress with User Story Mapping.

Nate Kontny 4/28/23 Nate Kontny 4/28/23

Ruby Retry Made Better

Ever need a simple way to retry a block of code in ruby? Maybe you need a maximum number of retries? Exponential backoff? Different handling for different exceptions?

Sean Lynch 4/19/23 Sean Lynch 4/19/23

NoSQL Isn't Dead, But It Left a Lasting Legacy

Once upon a time, NoSQL databases like MongoDB took the tech world by storm. What did they leave in their place?

Nate Kontny 4/12/23 Nate Kontny 4/12/23

Want To Fail Like Malcolm Gladwell? Be A Tree.

How can we avoid faltering in our own creative endeavors?

Bradley Buda 4/4/23 Bradley Buda 4/4/23

An On-Ramp to Flow

Tips for developers on getting into flow states

Sean Lynch 3/27/23 Sean Lynch 3/27/23

Turn Your DB Into A ChatGPT Plugin With Census And Fly

We’ve added support for ChatGPT’s Retrieval Plugin making it easy to spin up a ChatGPT Plugin with your data.

Saad Syed 3/21/23 Saad Syed 3/21/23

Time-Series Data With Ruby on Rails and Postgres

Counting things can be tough. It’s a metric you need to show your users, but if you’re not careful at best you end up creating a bottleneck in your app.