Published inTech at Power·Apr 16, 20215 Things to Avoid in Rails MigrationsBrand new projects and most small projects don’t typically have many headaches in regards to database migrations. Once your database has grown, either in size or volume of transactions, migrations can create panic. …Ruby On Rails6 min readRuby On Rails6 min read
Published inTech at Power·Sep 7, 2018Our GraphQL Journey BeginsEarlier this year I took on the task to develop an API Strategy for our application. We have API routes now. They just don’t all follow the same rules. Here’s the criteria our web and mobile developers wanted for our API: - Consistency. How we make requests. Data in the…GraphQL3 min readGraphQL3 min read
Published inTech at Power·Mar 30, 2018Our Journey from Rails v1 to v5Disclaimer This is not a how-to post. There are plenty of those out there targeted at migrating from whatever version you are on to whatever the next version for you happens to be. Ombu Labs helped us out and they have written a bit on the topic of upgrading. This is…Ruby On Rails4 min readRuby On Rails4 min read
Published inTech at Power·Feb 28, 2018Exciting work at a Boring-Sounding PlaceWhen I say I work at Power Home Remodeling, most people automatically think of people installing roofs and windows. Their first thought isn’t tech. …Augmented Reality4 min readAugmented Reality4 min read
Published inTech at Power·Feb 7, 2018Together, we createThis is the start of my tenth year at Power Home Remodeling. What started out with just me as a single developer is now a group of over 50. Since that first day, I’ve worked remotely in a different timezone from our corporate headquarters. It’s caused us to consider remote…Agile3 min readAgile3 min read
