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Debating a Rails 5 Update? Here's 3 Reasons You Shouldn't Wait

7 Feb 2017

Considering an update to Rails 5? Here's 3 reasons you shouldn't wait to upgrade to a new version of Rails.

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Outsourcing a Web Development Project? Read This First

3 Feb 2017

Outsourcing a new web development project? Here's a quick guide to everything you need to know to get the most accurate estimate from outside agencies. No more running around in circles on endless conference calls and email threads for weeks. Cut to the chase and get that project started ASAP.

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WTF is a SWAG?

30 Jan 2017

SWAG is the first step in a web development partnership – and we don’t mean style. See what questions we ask ourselves and our potential clients before calculating our ballpark project estimates.

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3 Useful Lessons from Installing Thinking Sphinx on Engine Yard

19 Jan 2017

Installing Thinking Sphinx on Engine Yard soon? Here's a few helpful tips to navigate through the process.

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Oh My Zsh on FLOSS Weekly

15 Nov 2016

Watch the interview on Twit.tv

Earlier today, I was interviewed on Twit.tv's open source talk show about my project, Oh My Zsh.

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Does Ruby on Rails Scale?

26 Oct 2016

What If I Told You That Ruby on Rails Is Scalable?

Friends over at RubyGarage discuss how we in the Ruby on Rails community approach scaling our applications in a DZone article.

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Oh My Zsh: The Most Popular Productivity Tool on GitHub

17 Oct 2016

InfoWorld Highlights GitHub's 7 Top Productivity Tools for Programmers

InfoWorld recently showcased seven of the most popular productivity tools on GitHub.

Can you guess what ranked at the top?

Our own founder, Robby Russell’s, creation Oh My Zsh, which has accumulated over 43,000 GitHub stars. Created in 2009 as an open source, community-driven framework for managing your ZSH configuration, it comes bundled with a ton of helpful functions, helpers, plugins, and themes.

Check it out!

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What's so new about Bootstrap 4?

4 Oct 2016

We have been using Bootstrap as our go-to frontend framework for a few years now and it has been working great. The next version of Bootstrap is on the horizon and currently has an alpha release. Let’s take a look at what Bootstrap 4 has in store for us.

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