The blank canvas is not my friend.
Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Code
29 Sep 2016
Development Posts
How the f^%k does DNS work?
27 Sep 2016
Our friends over at dnsimple put together a comic to help explain how Domain Name Services work.
Fun fact: the first Linux server I was ever paid to put into production was a DNS server running on Bind and Slackware.
Why We Moved Our Site Off of Squarespace
21 Sep 2016
Early this year, we launched a redesign of our website on Squarespace. After a few months, we had a handful of features we loved, but also a lot of roadblocks we were tired of maneuvering around. So we faced another decision, move off or add more development time into making it work. This story is about what we learned, and why we said goodbye to Squarespace.
Open sourcing the TechTown Portland Diversity Survey!
17 Aug 2016
For the last couple months, Planet Argon has been working with TechTown Portland to create a web representation of their 2016 Diversity Survey.
Now with the launch of the TechTown Portland Diversity Survey results, we’ve decided to also open source our code that we built for the project, using Chartist.js as our charting library.
The State of Testing - A Front-end Perspective
5 Jul 2016
We have reached a point where there are too many devices and browsers in existence to realistically test for all of them. Under typical constraints, we can only go so far to make sure that everything is compatible for every browser and device on the planet.
Go Offline with Ember
9 Jun 2016
Users aren’t always online! We know this, but most websites and web applications are still incapable of supporting a user who’s lost their connection.
Foundation vs. Bootstrap: Which Front-end Framework Do We Prefer?
7 Jun 2016
Both Bootstrap and Foundation are wonderful front-end frameworks. However, only one of them can reign supreme as our front-end framework of choice. Find out which one floats above the competition.
Healthcare on Rails: Why these 10 companies chose Ruby on Rails
2 Jun 2016
Robby speaks with ten different companies about the benefits of adding Ruby on Rails to their toolset.
Puma is the Preferred Web Server for Rails Developers
2 Jun 2016
Puma’s popularity as both a web and Rails server has shown steady growth toward the position of preferred tool for both roles. Growing out of the once-mighty Mongrel, Puma hails itself as "A Modern, Concurrent Web Server for Ruby". Showing significantly lower memory usage and response times than Unicorn and Passenger the communities support appears to be continuing to shift in its direction.
Continuous Deployment in Rails
2 Jun 2016
As developers, we seek tools which make our daily life easier. Over the years, our tools have improved to make one of the often complicated process of deploying our code up to various instances. Making this process as automated as possible will not only increase productivity but also prevent potentially application-breaking issues from ever getting to your remote instances.