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Finding Strength and Purpose in Collaboration: GitHub Interview

15 Oct 2020

Our CEO Robby Russell recently was interviewed by GitHub and featured in the ReadME project. The ReadME Project is part of GitHub's ongoing effort to amplify the voices of open source software a series about prominent people in the open source community. He talks about how and why he first created OhMyZsh, and how it became the huge framework it is today. Robby also discusses his journey of learning to trust contributors and the parameters he uses to produce meaningful projects.

Check out the full interview here!

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Article | Internship

Go the Distance: Navigating My Remote Internship

9 Oct 2020

Planet Argon recently began offering internships outside of their local region to take advantage of the current remote working environment of the company. Our digital marketing intern, Lucy Zheng, talks about her experience interning for Planet Argon while being based in Georgia.

Article | Internship

Things I Learned as an Intern that I Did Not Learn in Code Bootcamp

2 Oct 2020

As is tradition, two Epicodus interns joined us in August for a short stint as a part of their bootcamp. Here's a reflection from Josey Kinnaman on her experience with us as a developer intern and what she learned.

Article | Development

Top 10 Technical Podcasts (as Chosen by the Rails Community)

24 Sep 2020

In the spring of 2020, we surveyed over 2,000 Ruby on Rails developers from 92 different countries. One of the questions that we asked the community about was, "What are some technical podcasts that you enjoy listening to?"

Here are the top ten!

Article | Development

What are the Top 10 Technical Podcasts in the Rails Community?

22 Sep 2020

In the spring of 2020, we surveyed over 2,000 Ruby on Rails developers from 92 different countries. One of the questions that we asked the community about was, "What are some technical podcasts that you enjoy listening to?"

Here are the Top Ten!

Article | Misc

18 Years of Planet Argon

22 Sep 2020

Planet Argon turned 18 years old last month!

Article | Internship

Don't Wait Until You're Ready. Start.

18 Sep 2020

Keeping up with tradition, we brought on two interns from Epicodus five weeks ago. This time, the experience was unique in that there was a new challenge of coordinating an internship while the entire team was working remotely. Here's a reflection from Dan Merys on his time with us as a developer intern.

Video | Development

Webinar Recording: 2020 Ruby on Rails Developer Community Survey

10 Sep 2020

Planet Argon developers Kayla Reopelle and Shannon Jackson discussed the results of our 2020 Ruby on Rails Community Survey. Here is a recording of the webinar for those who were not able to attend.

Article | Development

3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Outsource Your Rails Upgrades

20 May 2020

We're a development agency that performs Rails upgrades, but there are many reasons why you shouldn't hire a team like ours to handle your upgrade. Here are 3 big ones.

Article | Development

6 Rails Upgrade Tales to Learn From

6 Mar 2020

Modernizing a Rails application can be a challenging task, even for a large engineering team. Here are six stories of Rails upgrades from large companies for you to learn from.