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Problem Solving at 200 Feet

As I learned how to rock climb, the way I approached problems quickly changed.

Growing as Makers

What Owning a Coffee Shop Taught Me about Software Development

Investing in a coffee business unexpectedly gave me skills to be a better software programmer.

Personal Optimization

Finding Reliable Information with Quora, AMA, & Verified Accounts

By connecting you directly with the content authorities, these services take the guesswork out of establishing credibility.

Web Apps

Package Management Options in JavaScript

Here are a few of the more popular choices and how they approach JavaScript dependency/package management.

Personal Optimization

Product Review: Nest Protect

I protect my house with Nest Protect and run my furnace with Nest Thermostat. I find the products to be intuitive, easy to install, and very thoughtful.

Web Apps

The Less’er of 2 Evils – Fixing Bootstrap’s Clutter with Mixins

Bootstrap is built on LESS, so we can use Mixins, which allow us to embed all the properties of a class into another class.

Ember.js

Debugging with Ember Inspector – Ember’s Chrome Plugin

The creators of Ember have created Ember Inspector, a Chrome plugin for debugging, with quick access to Ember objects and data.

Web Apps

A CSS Naming Convention for JavaScript

We’ve found CSS classes used to connect JS to the DOM are best kept separate from css classes intended for visual style and layout.

Web Apps

Dynamic Rails Routes with Warden Devise and Constraints

Rails recently added a constraints option to routes which allows you to dynamically define routes based on the request coming in.

Ruby on Rails

Testing wrap_parameters in a Rails Controller

Currently, in Rails 3.1 the @wrap_parameters@ controller method works great, but is untestable. Here's how I've worked to resolve this issue.

Ruby on Rails

Nested Backbone Models

When mapping a Backbone Model directly to a Rails model, it is common that you may want to have a nested or associated model.

Web Apps

Using SASS, Sprockets, and Compass with Rails 3.1

Using Sprockets in Rails 3.1 can be a little tricky. It wasn't hard to get Sprockets compiling CSS files from SASS into CSS. However, it became difficult wh

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