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Forget the beach. To heck with camping. Set aside August 1-2 for some hot summer fun in…Madison, Wisconsin! That’s right, because after a five-year hiatus, the Madison+ Ruby conference is returning, and so will a tribe of Ruby programming language enthusiasts and experts from across the country...
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June 6, 2024
Forget the beach. To heck with camping. Set aside August 1-2 for some hot summer fun in…Madison, Wisconsin! That’s right, because after a five-year hiatus, the Madison+ Ruby conference is returning, and so will a tribe of Ruby programming language enthusiasts and experts from across the country
June 4, 2024
“Imagine being bullied via pas de bourrée.” What we did: Met Flagrant people in the wild at Summit! Also met some llamas and alpacas as we visited Clover Brooke Farms and made fiber art loofahs. Updated sales assets and pricing sheets to help sell and detail a new text messaging
May 28, 2024
“I just wanna touch your hearts, though. I want to touch your hearts as deeply as I can.” What we did: We’re taking Madison+ Ruby on the road in a series of pre-show events! We’re partnering with Whop, one of the new Rails companies Irina shared in her RailsConf 2024 keynote, for our
May 13, 2024
Community Action Teams (CATs) At a small consultancy, sometimes it’s challenging to prioritize internal tasks amid the daily hum of activity for our clients’ projects. We’ve written in the past about experiments, and we also have internal projects, but we realized neither of those are a great
May 6, 2024
“Sorry, my left key doesn’t work because my cat has stepped on it too much.” What we did: Thought deeply and consulted broadly about reorganizing all layers of our components on a project Welcomed our first three beta testers in the system, reviewed recording of our manually
May 1, 2024
RailsConf 2024 is set for May 7 – 9. It’s the world’s longest-running conference for Ruby on Rails developers. Attendees will find presentations for all skill levels – new users to seasoned professionals – with everyone discussing, collaborating and learning about building, deploying, testing and
April 24, 2024
From 2011 to 2018 we put on Madison+ Ruby, a T-shaped conference, in Downtown Madison, WI that celebrated people. Whether that meant embracing our authentic selves, searching for the Meaning of (Artificial) Life, or creating Sweaters as a Service. After a five-year hiatus we’re bringing it back
April 23, 2024
“Thanks for getting your brain juice on my code.” What we did: Designed multiple lists feature for Curators Won a proposal to help a client improve their product management chops Hosted a user research watching party to revisit prior sessions in light of new research questions.
April 8, 2024
I’m drinking coffee for two now. What we did: Rethinking, reworking, re-imagining a user flow to create better UX for first time users and allowing for users to start from scratch when there is no data. Talked about the requirements for an API linking two systems we’re working
April 1, 2024
During a recent visit to Chicago, I met up with a friend for coffee who asked me a seemingly straightforward question about my business: “Are you hiring juniors?” Despite its simplicity, I found myself hesitating with the response. Reflecting on my own career journey, I understand the immense
March 25, 2024
“Those developers…what’re you up to?” What we did: Designed and built the splash page for RubyConf 2024 for release next week. Played with kittens. Began redesigning Training Tracker presentation slides. Upgraded to Turbo 8 and learned about some cool features it
March 11, 2024
“No apparent blockers other than the concept of time.” What we did: Work! +1 Traveled to Miami for PartsBase Expo 2024 in support of Training Tracker. Redesigned a comments pill so that people can discover it more easily based on client feedback. Got feedback from an early
February 26, 2024
“That’s how software works, we go into people’s dreams at night.” What we did: Allll of the bug fixes/improvements – made a lot of progress polishing an upcoming release. Allowed users to upload Attachments for specific Trainees within Training Tracker. Allowed users to group a
January 31, 2024
The year ahead offers both opportunity and pitfalls. Augmented reality (AR) is finally set to make real gains, hype around artificial intelligence (AI) will be grounded, and with an election year promising plenty of volatility, there’s no telling how markets and directions could change. That
January 30, 2024
“That shipping forecast is a bop.” What we did: Released a big feature for our client that allows tour coordinators to create quotes with custom occupancy packages. Added logic to confirm leave functionality that only shows the confirmation when a user has made a change to the
