Topics discussed in the chat room this week
The Weekly Orbit
28 Feb 2014
Fresh URL - Rid the internet the scourge of the tracking code
27 Feb 2014
While checking out the Wistia blog, I came across this post that piqued my interest. It resonated with me since I have been taking care of most of our remarketing campaigns lately (sorry if you are inundated with kittens now). I hate how tracking URLs look. Filled with utm_source, utm_campaign and such. Not a clean URL by any standard. However, this is what we need to use to track these campaigns. A necessary evil, I suppose.
What Fresh URL does is delete the tracking code after those tracking services have registered their information. This gives your visitors a nice clean URL if they are moved to share the page. This prevents false page tracking and just makes the internet a nicer place to be.
Lessons from Planet Argon Junior Developers
27 Feb 2014
Planet Argon hired two Epicodus graduates as junior Ruby on Rails developers: Abby Smalls and Ana Tighe. I took some time to sit down with them and see how things are going so far. It was great talking to them about their experiences starting as junior developers here. We touched on some interesting points, including company culture, favorite apps, music, and some insights for people interested in development.
Future Talk with Sandi Metz
27 Feb 2014
Sandi Metz explained her 5 rules (and why they matter) at Future Talk at New Relic on Monday the 24th.
Javelin security product hits the market
24 Feb 2014
One of our clients, Trail of Bits, has released Javelin... an automated spear phishing and watering hole attack assessment product.
We've been helping them bring this idea to life this past year and are quite excited to see where this goes.
Javelin Security Launches
24 Feb 2014
We are excited to announce the launch of Javelin Security, a computer security service that simulates real-world attacks on a company’s security infrastructure, designed to reveal the weaknesses and provide the tools to strengthen it.
Jason Fried on The Talk Show
21 Feb 2014
Great episode of The Talk Show where Jason Fried joins John Gruber to discuss the recent rebranding of 37 Signals to Basecamp, the simple secret to success in business and why DHH doesn't particularly care for fajitas. Queue it up on your next commute.
Easy search and filtering in Rails
21 Feb 2014
Justin Weiss posted a great article on how you can add quick and easy filtering for Rails models without bloating your controllers or models beyond adding scopes here
Sourcegraph ditches AngularJS
18 Feb 2014
Quinn Slack shares his team’s experience with AngularJS…
Tips for prospective Juniors
13 Feb 2014
Entering the field as a Junior Developer can be intimidating. Here are a couple of experiences I found important in my preparation to making the transition into full time development.