With the widespread information that can be found on the internet, manually searching for data can be tedious and time-consuming. Automation through web scraping is a strategy that many companies and individuals adopt in order to parse information from various sources quickly. Web scraping can be a powerful tool but…

What issues does an inconsistent schema.rb file cause? Having an inconsistent schema.rb file that doesn't really reflect the structure in production, and changes every time people run rake db:migrate in main is not just annoying, it also creates an array of problems: Developers have no reliable way to know what the database structure really is without having access…

It is no secret that most, if not all, modern software products critically rely on data to provide value for users. One of the most commonly used tools for interacting with this data, SQL, is at face value quite approachable to most developers. It is not a difficult task to…

Here at Snapsheet, we prioritize innovation and new ways of problem-solving. Indeed, those are common buzzwords in the tech industry, but how do we encourage that behavior in a tangible way? Process committees, hack days, and regular retrospectives all play a role. But our favorite method? Enter: hackathons. Since 2019…