Deprecation Notices – for my app?!?
You ever worked on a beastly project? And by beastly, I mean large, enterprisey, many fingers in the pie (3+ active rails developers),...
Gems I Could Not Live Without
Back-End Full-Stack WebRuby on Rails is an open source, free framework for rapidly prototyping and developing robust, scalable web applications. Ruby on Rails is excellent all...
Tech Talk on Advanced git
This week’s Tech Talk at Highgroove HQ is on Advanced git (our favorite source control tool). Our own Andy Lindeman is presenting the 2nd...
Are you using your tools, or are your tools using you?
Jeff and Tim at The Pragmatic Bookshelf wrote a great blog post on “The Only Agile Tools You’ll Ever Need” which reminded us that...
Yet Another Benefit of Open Source
Back-End Full-Stack WebBayesian networks have proven extremely useful for classifying events and documents, reliability analysis, and in many other fields. Essentially, wherever a well-defined chain of...
XMPP the Ruby Way
Back-End Full-Stack WebIf you’ve ever tried to integrate Jabber into your app or just wanted to write a bot to respond with TWSS jokes, you’ve probably...
Getting Things Done (When the Mood Strikes)
As the youngest Highgroover, I don’t have quite as much reference to contrast a ROWE with a 9-to-5 type work environment. But I could...
There are a lot of reasons why Highgroove ROCKS and why I love working in a ROWE.
I recently had the pleasure of playing host to a friend/artist whose visit was largely inspired by the fact that I own a 3D...
Introducing Setler for Feature Flags
Back-End Front-EndFeature Flags are one of my favorite patterns. Ross at Flickr blogged a pretty good description on the Flickr Code blog in 2009,...
Taking Equity
ClientsAs an index investor, I was fascinated when Y Combinator launched their innovative style of startup investing.
Taking A Break Makes You A Better Coder
Leveling UpEvery programmer has had this thought: “Just 15 more minutes and I’ll have that feature working!” And 15 minutes come and go, and before...
My First Week at Highgroove
I just finished up my first week at Highgroove. Highgroove is a bit different from agencies I have worked in the past. Most places where...
