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We interview based on how we work. Here is a post describing what someone can expect when they apply with Flagrant. There is a juicy sweet-spot between soulless corporate coding and writing software for hipster apps. Flagrant is a lifestyle career – you’ll do work that matters...
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November 12, 2021
When tasked with figuring out why unexpected behavior was happening in our app, I followed the bread crumb trail to this block of code: def trial_days Arel::Nodes::Multiplication.new( Arel::Nodes::NamedFunction.new('COALESCE',[arel_table[:trial_days], TRIAL_DAYS]),
October 27, 2021
Look at you. You learned so much about software, that the intelligent folks at Flagrant HQ decided that you were capable of learning A LOT more about software. Way to go, I’m sure that was difficult. You deserve a pat on the back, a firm hand-shake, heck i’d even buy you a slice. So you ‘git’
September 23, 2021
Pagination With Hotwire In the pantheon of classic user stories over the years of modern web development, pagination is certainly well represented. The first release of the long lived will_paginate gem goes all the way back to 2008 and the early years of Rails. Amazingly, newer gems like
September 1, 2021
We’ve all been there. You have a deadline or a goal that you, or perhaps your boss, desperately wants to meet. But when you sit down all that comes to mind is thoughts of an unending abyss filled with nothingness. We asked our team what things they do when they get stuck so hopefully you’ll
May 24, 2021
What’s in your head: What’s on your site: While ancient philosophers sought to know the mind of God, modern business owners just want to make a website that doesn’t suck. It’s difficult to sell something that is so intimately known to you. Famous Example: The interview question no
May 13, 2021
We recently posted a position (Remote Administrative Assistant) and I wanted to share how we interview at Flagrant. In part to set expectations for folks who may apply for this position, but also to address a deeply broken part of our industry. What I am not going to address here is how people
May 3, 2021
Although this position has closed for applications we're always looking for people, like you, who are interested in learning and motivated to get better to join our remote team. Get in touch! Do you possess a favorite high-lighter? Does your brain tingle when you mark comments as
April 8, 2021
When your job is to “be the expert” and provide advice to other people, it sometimes feels uncomfortable to share your mistakes or ignorance. One way that we approach this is to normalize talking about failures and misunderstandings. Those should be as much a part of our conversations as
March 19, 2021
We have been building a Responsive Web Chat application. In order to provide users with a look and feel similar to a native app we decided to include page transition animations using the CSS and Javascript frameworks in our application, TailwindCSS and StimulusReflex. At the same time a visual
February 2, 2021
Comparing StimulusReflex and Hotwire Over the past few posts we’ve been talking about Reactive Rails and our experiences with Hotwire and StimulusReflex. If you’d like some detail, you can catch up: Reactive Rails In Context Reactive Rails From Bare Bones Reactive Rails:
February 2, 2021
A Brief Study of Hotwire We continue our exploration of Reactive Rails tools with Hotwire. This is the fourth post in the series–if you need to catch up, you can: Reactive Rails In Context Reactive Rails From Bare Bones Reactive Rails: StimulusReflex Reactive Rails: Hotwire
February 2, 2021
A Brief Study of StimulusReflex This post continues our exploration of Reactive Rails tools with StimulusReflex(SR) and its underlying libraries CableReady(CR) and Stimulus. This is the third post in the series–if you need to catch up you can: Reactive Rails In Context Reactive
February 2, 2021
Reactive Rails: Bare Bones Chat Introduction This is the second article in a five-part series on Reactive Rails. In the first post we wrote a brief primer noting the history that brought us to these notions of Reactive Rails. In this post, we’ll build the barest of applications–a base from
February 2, 2021
Reactive Rails In Context At Flagrant, we recently began designing a chat-centered product. As we were reaching for React, Basecamp dropped hotwire. This gave us pause–by and large, React includes a lot of overhead, and some members of the team make an unpleasant face when React gets
