Alex TaylorinClio LabsEngineering for Good: Living Clio’s Values in the Time of COVID-19My personal journey helping to deliver an impactful new project at ClioJun 23, 20202Jun 23, 20202
Alex TaylorinClio LabsUpgrading Rails: Tracking down deprecated callbacks in Rails 5.0A quick tip for making it easier to trace the source of callbacks from within Rails.Apr 6, 20201Apr 6, 20201
Alex TaylorinClio LabsHerding Files — and goats — with gitMake sure you don’t lose your git history when renaming and refactoring!Feb 27, 2020Feb 27, 2020
Alex TaylorinRuby InsideA Deep Dive into Routing and Controller Dispatch in RailsLet’s explore how routing works under the hood in Rails. How does a web request make it all the way to your Rails controller?Mar 17, 20194Mar 17, 20194
Alex TaylorinRuby InsideA Weird and Wonderful Trip through Ruby’s Standard LibraryI found some pretty weird and wonderful things in Ruby’s standard library, and I wanted to share some of my favourites.Dec 2, 20187Dec 2, 20187
Alex TaylorinRuby InsideFocused `puts` debugging with STDERRI’m a big fan of puts debugging when I’m trying to reproduce a particularly tricky bug, or I want to quickly get a sense of the code path…Mar 23, 20183Mar 23, 20183
Alex TaylorWhy builtonrails.com isn’t built on RailsHow I took a Minimum Viable Product approach to launching my side projectJan 30, 2018Jan 30, 2018
Alex TaylorinRuby InsideDesign Patterns in Ruby: Strategy PatternDesign patterns can be powerful conceptual models for thinking about how to solve problems in software development. Popularized in the ’90s…Jan 3, 2018Jan 3, 2018
Alex TaylorTips for Finding FocusFocusing on a single task is quickly becoming a lost art. The temptation to always be multi-tasking, keeping up with notifications and…Aug 25, 20171Aug 25, 20171