Entries By Robby Russell -- Planet Argon Blog

Article | Development

6 Questions to Ask a Ruby on Rails Development Company

10 Sep 2018

Are you interviewing Ruby on Rails development companies for your application? Here are six important questions to ask them in the interview process.

Article | Development

Keeping Ruby on Rails on Track with Containers

17 Apr 2018

Are you using containers in your Rails production environments? Find out how many of your peers are using containers – and what their tool of choice is for this.

Article | Development

7 Steps to Take Over an Existing Rails App (Before You Write A Line Of Code)

26 Feb 2018

Inheriting an existing Ruby on Rails application requires a certain few steps before you ever write a line of code. Here's what we do to hit the ground running for a new partnership on an existing Rails app.

Article | Leadership

The 2017 Portland Tech Diversity Survey Results

20 Jul 2017

Planet Argon has been involved in the annual Portland Tech Diversity Survey since its inception two years ago. For the second year, we designed and built the site displaying the data from this survey. Check it out!

Article | Development

Ruby on Rails Code Audits: 8 Steps to Review Your App

6 Jul 2017

Having been a member of the Ruby on Rails community for over 12 years, I’ve seen a lot of application code bases. In this article, I’m going to share eight items that we check on when we begin auditing a code base.

Article | Strategy

How Much Does a Custom Web Application Cost to Build?

6 Jun 2017

As one of the team members at Planet Argon who handles incoming requests for project opportunities, I’m often fielded the question, “what does a typical web application cost?” Like a good software engineer, my response is, “it depends.”

Article | Development