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Designing Tegon: a signature vision for the AI-driven issue tracker
Designing Tegon: a signature vision for the AI-driven issue tracker
September 25, 2024
Creating a winning sales flow with authentic writing from engineers
Creating a winning sales flow with authentic writing from engineers
September 18, 2024
A letter to founders: join the local-first movement!
A letter to founders: join the local-first movement!
September 10, 2024
How to quickly (and weightlessly) convert Chrome extensions to Safari
How to quickly (and weightlessly) convert Chrome extensions to Safari
August 28, 2024
Dev tools AI‑fication 101: lessons from Martian robots
Dev tools AI‑fication 101: lessons from Martian robots
August 20, 2024
Railing against time: tools and techniques that got us 5X faster tests
Railing against time: tools and techniques that got us 5X faster tests
August 14, 2024
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TestProf III: guided and automated Ruby test profiling
TestProf III: guided and automated Ruby test profiling
August 13, 2024
TestProf II: Factory therapy for your Ruby tests
TestProf II: Factory therapy for your Ruby tests
August 12, 2024
TestProf: a good doctor for slow Ruby tests
TestProf: a good doctor for slow Ruby tests
August 11, 2024
The SDK Imperative: why developer tools live or die by their SDKs
The SDK Imperative: why developer tools live or die by their SDKs
August 10, 2024
Want to make a great developer tool UI? Follow this fundamental rule!
Want to make a great developer tool UI? Follow this fundamental rule!
August 5, 2024
git push --force and how to deal with it
git push --force and how to deal with it
July 30, 2024
Engineering connections: a conference talk primer for humans
Engineering connections: a conference talk primer for humans
July 29, 2024
Flying free: a tale of partitioning with canaries in PostgreSQL
Flying free: a tale of partitioning with canaries in PostgreSQL
July 23, 2024
OKLCH in CSS: why we moved from RGB and HSL
OKLCH in CSS: why we moved from RGB and HSL
July 18, 2024
How to make complex Chrome extensions: a zero gravity guide
How to make complex Chrome extensions: a zero gravity guide
July 16, 2024
Startups on Rails in 2024: my keynote at RailsConf
Startups on Rails in 2024: my keynote at RailsConf
July 15, 2024
Connection avalanche safety tips and prepping for real-time applications
Connection avalanche safety tips and prepping for real-time applications
July 9, 2024
Recapping the first Local‑First conference in 15 minutes
Recapping the first Local‑First conference in 15 minutes
July 8, 2024
Realtime diagnostic logging, or how to really spy on your Go web apps
Realtime diagnostic logging, or how to really spy on your Go web apps
July 2, 2024
Beyond monospace: the search for the perfect coding font
Beyond monospace: the search for the perfect coding font
June 25, 2024
Inertia.js in Rails: a new era of effortless integration
Inertia.js in Rails: a new era of effortless integration
June 18, 2024
The art of Turbo Mount: Hotwire meets modern JS frameworks
The art of Turbo Mount: Hotwire meets modern JS frameworks
June 11, 2024
The lion's den: NestJS and authentication with AWS Cognito
The lion's den: NestJS and authentication with AWS Cognito
June 10, 2024
Gemfile of dreams: the libraries we use to build Rails apps
Gemfile of dreams: the libraries we use to build Rails apps
May 28, 2024
How does your chatbot UX size up? The 5 laws of ChatRobotics
How does your chatbot UX size up? The 5 laws of ChatRobotics
May 22, 2024
Keep it together: 5 essential design patterns for dev tool UIs
Keep it together: 5 essential design patterns for dev tool UIs
May 7, 2024
Let's have more tech meetups! A quick-start guide to holding your own
Let's have more tech meetups! A quick-start guide to holding your own
April 30, 2024
Next-level docs with Next.js: Teleport’s new customer acquisition channel
Next-level docs with Next.js: Teleport’s new customer acquisition channel
April 24, 2024
How to manifest streamlined authentication: AWS Cognito in a React app
How to manifest streamlined authentication: AWS Cognito in a React app
April 22, 2024
CLI UX best practices: 3 patterns for improving progress displays
CLI UX best practices: 3 patterns for improving progress displays
April 15, 2024
Let there be docs! A documentation-first approach to Rails API development
Let there be docs! A documentation-first approach to Rails API development
April 9, 2024
MVPs, prototypes, results: how to win with a Martian Design Sprint
MVPs, prototypes, results: how to win with a Martian Design Sprint
April 8, 2024
Kamal: hot deployment tool to watch—or a total game changer?
Kamal: hot deployment tool to watch—or a total game changer?
April 2, 2024
Beyond bars and lines: 7 cool ways to visualize data in your dev tool
Beyond bars and lines: 7 cool ways to visualize data in your dev tool
March 26, 2024
Why should developers write? 3 reasons and 3 common blocks
Why should developers write? 3 reasons and 3 common blocks
March 20, 2024
Martian Kubernetes Kit: unboxing our toolkit's technical secrets
Martian Kubernetes Kit: unboxing our toolkit's technical secrets
March 12, 2024
How to make complex serverless file processing a piece of cake
How to make complex serverless file processing a piece of cake
March 6, 2024
The complete guide to multi-tenant SaaS, part 1: collaboration
The complete guide to multi-tenant SaaS, part 1: collaboration
February 28, 2024
“Fair” multi-tenant prioritization of Sidekiq jobs—and our gem for it!
“Fair” multi-tenant prioritization of Sidekiq jobs—and our gem for it!
February 14, 2024
First steps with ruby.wasm: or how we built Ruby Next Playground
First steps with ruby.wasm: or how we built Ruby Next Playground
February 6, 2024
Hiring a product designer: 1 hard skill and 3 soft skills to look for
Hiring a product designer: 1 hard skill and 3 soft skills to look for
January 30, 2024
How to Favicon in 2024: Six files that fit most needs
How to Favicon in 2024: Six files that fit most needs
January 29, 2024
Value pricing for Dev Tools: a strategy beneficial for both sides
Value pricing for Dev Tools: a strategy beneficial for both sides
January 24, 2024
ViewComponent in the Wild III: TailwindCSS classes & HTML attributes
ViewComponent in the Wild III: TailwindCSS classes & HTML attributes
January 23, 2024
5 cool (and surprising) ways to configure Lefthook for automation joy
5 cool (and surprising) ways to configure Lefthook for automation joy
January 18, 2024
How to cultivate capital: 6 tips from developer tools founders and VCs
How to cultivate capital: 6 tips from developer tools founders and VCs
January 10, 2024
UX research for dev tools must not be neglected: our quick-start guide
UX research for dev tools must not be neglected: our quick-start guide
December 27, 2023
Martian Kubernetes Kit: a smooth-sailing toolkit from our SRE team
Martian Kubernetes Kit: a smooth-sailing toolkit from our SRE team
December 20, 2023
Figma plugin magic tricks: mixing colors with SVG and Canvas API
Figma plugin magic tricks: mixing colors with SVG and Canvas API
December 12, 2023
Pen, paper, IDE: a DevTool Founder’s early-stage product design guide
Pen, paper, IDE: a DevTool Founder’s early-stage product design guide
December 4, 2023
Care beyond code: 7 best design practices for frontend developers
Care beyond code: 7 best design practices for frontend developers
November 28, 2023
Extremely open and incredibly close: should you go open source?
Extremely open and incredibly close: should you go open source?
November 20, 2023
Freezolite: the magic gem for keeping Ruby literals safely frozen
Freezolite: the magic gem for keeping Ruby literals safely frozen
November 14, 2023
Figma plugin API: diving into advanced algorithms & data structures
Figma plugin API: diving into advanced algorithms & data structures
November 13, 2023
DIY PaaS: serverless real-time with one command
DIY PaaS: serverless real-time with one command
November 8, 2023
Midjourney vs. human illustrators II: more Martians join the battle!
Midjourney vs. human illustrators II: more Martians join the battle!
November 6, 2023
Better dynamic themes in Tailwind with OKLCH color magic
Better dynamic themes in Tailwind with OKLCH color magic
October 31, 2023
The future of full-stack Rails II: Turbo View Transitions
The future of full-stack Rails II: Turbo View Transitions
October 23, 2023
The future of full-stack Rails: Turbo Morph Drive
The future of full-stack Rails: Turbo Morph Drive
October 16, 2023
5 best practices for preventing chaos in Tailwind CSS
5 best practices for preventing chaos in Tailwind CSS
October 10, 2023
It’s dangerous to go alone: take our guide to the “IDEAL” HTTP client!
It’s dangerous to go alone: take our guide to the “IDEAL” HTTP client!
September 12, 2023
It deserved its own tome: Layered Design and the Extended Rails Way
It deserved its own tome: Layered Design and the Extended Rails Way
August 29, 2023
Successful balance: gracefully and tactfully raising a dev tool price
Successful balance: gracefully and tactfully raising a dev tool price
August 23, 2023
How to make next-level Figma plugins: auth, routing, storage, and more
How to make next-level Figma plugins: auth, routing, storage, and more
August 22, 2023
Super GitHub Pages: budget frontend staging, with Storybook and more
Super GitHub Pages: budget frontend staging, with Storybook and more
August 4, 2023
imgproxy goes solo: unveiling a bold future for this new company
imgproxy goes solo: unveiling a bold future for this new company
July 20, 2023
Enter AnyCable v1.4: reliable real-time features for apps of any size
Enter AnyCable v1.4: reliable real-time features for apps of any size
July 14, 2023
How a year-long LeetCode habit upped my professional game
How a year-long LeetCode habit upped my professional game
July 5, 2023
“AI” marks the spot: a quick AI treasure map for businesses
“AI” marks the spot: a quick AI treasure map for businesses
June 28, 2023
Before your next frontend pull request, use this checklist
Before your next frontend pull request, use this checklist
June 7, 2023
How to turn an open source project into a profitable business
How to turn an open source project into a profitable business
May 31, 2023
11 HTML best practices for login & sign-up forms
11 HTML best practices for login & sign-up forms
May 24, 2023
From Ruby to Crystal? Writing and distributing a CLI tool
From Ruby to Crystal? Writing and distributing a CLI tool
May 16, 2023
Icon transcendence: customizing icons to complement fonts
Icon transcendence: customizing icons to complement fonts
May 3, 2023
Go integration testing with courage and coverage
Go integration testing with courage and coverage
April 19, 2023
Don’t wait, let’s use the browser Contact Picker API now
Don’t wait, let’s use the browser Contact Picker API now
April 13, 2023
Ruby Bytes, or generating standalone generators
Ruby Bytes, or generating standalone generators
April 4, 2023
RuboCoping with legacy: Bring your Ruby code up to Standard
RuboCoping with legacy: Bring your Ruby code up to Standard
March 28, 2023
AnyCable off Rails: connecting Twilio streams with Hanami
AnyCable off Rails: connecting Twilio streams with Hanami
March 21, 2023
Cool frontend arts of local-first: storage, sync, conflicts
Cool frontend arts of local-first: storage, sync, conflicts
March 15, 2023
“Design first, then build”: let’s bury this myth forevermore
“Design first, then build”: let’s bury this myth forevermore
March 10, 2023
Real-time magic, no elixirs: optimizing Sera with AnyCable
Real-time magic, no elixirs: optimizing Sera with AnyCable
March 1, 2023
How to avoid tricky async state manager pitfalls in React
How to avoid tricky async state manager pitfalls in React
February 21, 2023
OK, OKLCH: a color picker made to help think perceptively
OK, OKLCH: a color picker made to help think perceptively
February 7, 2023
UI design for HTTPie: macOS vibes for the API testing client
UI design for HTTPie: macOS vibes for the API testing client
January 30, 2023
How to build a better React map with Pigeon Maps and Mapbox
How to build a better React map with Pigeon Maps and Mapbox
January 24, 2023
Decentralized app design: first aid for common dApp UI pains
Decentralized app design: first aid for common dApp UI pains
December 19, 2022
Midjourney vs. human illustrators: has AI already won?
Midjourney vs. human illustrators: has AI already won?
December 13, 2022
Blend to my will! Fonts on cylinder objects in Blender
Blend to my will! Fonts on cylinder objects in Blender
December 5, 2022
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: recipe reader, part 2
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: recipe reader, part 2
November 22, 2022
One does not simply design: designers as product owners
One does not simply design: designers as product owners
November 17, 2022
Web Summit 2022: what you missed and how to be ready for next year
Web Summit 2022: what you missed and how to be ready for next year
November 14, 2022
ViewComponent in the Wild II: supercharging your components
ViewComponent in the Wild II: supercharging your components
October 18, 2022
ViewComponent in the Wild I: building modern Rails frontends
ViewComponent in the Wild I: building modern Rails frontends
October 12, 2022
RubyKaigi 2022: a report from an Evil Martian in Japan
RubyKaigi 2022: a report from an Evil Martian in Japan
October 3, 2022
WebSocket Director: scenario-based integration tests for realtime apps
WebSocket Director: scenario-based integration tests for realtime apps
September 20, 2022
The journey from CircleCI to GitHub Actions
The journey from CircleCI to GitHub Actions
September 15, 2022
5 signs your project needs a design system
5 signs your project needs a design system
September 8, 2022
Martians unveiled: infusing a new site with extraterrestrial tech and soul
Martians unveiled: infusing a new site with extraterrestrial tech and soul
September 5, 2022
The sword is yours: transferring projects to another team unscathed
The sword is yours: transferring projects to another team unscathed
August 19, 2022
Lefthook: refactoring the Git Hooks automation tool back into shape
Lefthook: refactoring the Git Hooks automation tool back into shape
August 18, 2022
Taking off the Heroku training wheels: the Rails preflight checklist
Taking off the Heroku training wheels: the Rails preflight checklist
August 9, 2022
Phone inputs and you: the designer's essential UI guide
Phone inputs and you: the designer's essential UI guide
August 3, 2022
And they lived happily ever after… the M&A
And they lived happily ever after… the M&A
July 27, 2022
Smartly contracted: UI design and frontend for Certora
Smartly contracted: UI design and frontend for Certora
July 21, 2022
Down the caching‑hole: adventures in 'HTTP caching and Faraday' land
Down the caching‑hole: adventures in 'HTTP caching and Faraday' land
July 15, 2022
The joy of Variable Fonts: getting started on the Frontend
The joy of Variable Fonts: getting started on the Frontend
July 6, 2022
Vite-lizing Rails: get live reload and hot replacement with Vite Ruby
Vite-lizing Rails: get live reload and hot replacement with Vite Ruby
June 28, 2022
Collaborative real-time security: Logux for Akeero
Collaborative real-time security: Logux for Akeero
June 23, 2022
How to make absolutely any app look like a macOS app
How to make absolutely any app look like a macOS app
June 16, 2022
Building FEED: the tech behind the app
Building FEED: the tech behind the app
June 9, 2022
Figma DIY: Building a color system plugin
Figma DIY: Building a color system plugin
June 2, 2022
How to use P3 colors with SVGs
How to use P3 colors with SVGs
May 25, 2022
Soft deletion with PostgreSQL: but with logic on the database!
Soft deletion with PostgreSQL: but with logic on the database!
May 16, 2022
eBaymag magic: under the hood of the international eBay spinoff
eBaymag magic: under the hood of the international eBay spinoff
May 12, 2022
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: pro computer vision, part 1
Realtime text analysis with Word Tagger: pro computer vision, part 1
April 27, 2022
Devs in mind: how to design interfaces for developer tools
Devs in mind: how to design interfaces for developer tools
April 19, 2022
A slice of life: table partitioning in PostgreSQL databases
A slice of life: table partitioning in PostgreSQL databases
April 12, 2022
Variable fonts in real life: how to use and love them
Variable fonts in real life: how to use and love them
March 24, 2022
Ruby on Whales: Dockerizing Ruby and Rails development
Ruby on Whales: Dockerizing Ruby and Rails development
March 15, 2022
Object Detection with Create ML: training and demo app
Object Detection with Create ML: training and demo app
February 17, 2022
Object Detection with Create ML: images and dataset
Object Detection with Create ML: images and dataset
February 9, 2022
Our slice of the metaverse: 7 key AR features for iOS devs
Our slice of the metaverse: 7 key AR features for iOS devs
January 5, 2022