The Missing Step in Rails Controllers

Controller Complexity

The Rails controller is a precarious place. It acts as the translator between the backend and the frontend, and it is the first place where code seems to gather in complexity. At first we learned that…

The ‘Empty Room’ problem and how to nail your FUX

Go-to-market strategy is everything for marketplace…

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The UX of Voting is Miserable

Last weekend I went to vote early thinking I could avoid the long lines…

9 Things to Check Before Launching a New Website

Changing your Sublime Text Theme from the Command Line

Building small productivity boosters is one of my favorite things to do when I code. These projects usually involve writing a little bit of code that in some way makes my life easier. It can a big undertaking, like a Slack integration…

My Tools of Choice for Designing & Developing

As someone who gets to be involved in a project from the beginning all the way…

It’s More than Teaching. It’s Passing on a Super Power.

Teaching people that learning to code is about…

Stepped Forms and Conditional Validation in Rails

ActiveModel validations in Rails are awesome, but what happens when your UI doesn’t exactly match your data model? Or when you want multiple levels of conditional validations?