Blog Posts By Our Founder

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10 Jun 2021
Meet Violet Rails

an open-source platform to manage the web presence of your next big idea

Continue reading on Medium
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3 Mar 2021
How I Built a Profitable Software Development Consulting Business

6 tips for starting a service based business as a software developer

Continue reading on The Startup
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12 Feb 2021
Search Engine and Social Media Optimization for Web Developers

A checklist to build your page rank and make sure your site reaches its audience

Continue reading on JavaScript in Plain English
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7 Jan 2021
Lessons Learned From Migrating a Large PostgreSQL Database From EC2 to RDS

A useful checklist to ensure a smooth transition

Continue reading on Better Programming
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6 Jan 2021
Rails 6 Development With Docker

A practical guide to supercharging your Rails workflow with a deterministic development environment

Continue reading on Better Programming
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5 Jan 2021
Using React 17 With Phoenix 1.5

An incremental approach to adding React components to your Phoenix application

Continue reading on Better Programming
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30 Dec 2020
Hotwire, ActionText, and Rails 6

The quickest way to build a real-time application

Continue reading on Better Programming
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17 Dec 2020
Tips on Passing Your AWS Certification

How I scored 947 in less than 3 weeks of studying with no prior experience

Continue reading on Better Programming
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27 Nov 2020
How to Provision a Cheap PostgreSQL Database in AWS EC2

When RDS is beyond your budget, run Postgres on EC2

Continue reading on Better Programming
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8 Nov 2020
Bishop: a free web app monitoring platform

an introduction to my latest project that can watch over your passion projects

Continue reading on Medium
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15 Oct 2020
Build an Image Classification App

A guide to building an AI model using TensorFlow, Python, matplotlib, and packaging it for the web using Ruby on Rails

Continue reading on Better Programming
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20 Jul 2020
Test-Driven Development With Stripe and Ruby on Rails

A practical guide to testing your payment integration

Continue reading on Better Programming
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29 Mar 2020
Building a Facial Recognition Lock Client With Raspberry Pi

A guided tour featuring Express.js, WebRTC, React and a dash of automation

Continue reading in The Startup
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19 Mar 2020
Using a Raspberry Pi for Prototyping Web Applications

A guided tour on how to host your apps on a Pi server with Node.js, Rails and Ngrok

Continue reading at The Startup
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17 Mar 2020
Unit Testing Complex React Components With Jest & Enzyme

The Complete Guide

Continue reading at The Startup
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14 Mar 2020
A comprehensive guide on testing and automation for Rails API’s with Rspec

How can we create an automated test suite that tests models, controllers, jobs and calculates test coverage at the end? Read on to find out.

Continue reading in Level Up Coding
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4 Mar 2020
Securing API’s with JWT-in-a-cookie Using Rails 6 and React

A guide on serving an API and frontend application on the same domain for cookie based authentication

Continue reading in Level Up Coding
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10 Jun 2021
Meet Violet Rails

an open-source platform to manage the web presence of your next big idea

Continue reading on Medium
medium thumbnail
3 Mar 2021
How I Built a Profitable Software Development Consulting Business

6 tips for starting a service based business as a software developer

Continue reading on The Startup
medium thumbnail
12 Feb 2021
Search Engine and Social Media Optimization for Web Developers

A checklist to build your page rank and make sure your site reaches its audience

Continue reading on JavaScript in Plain English
medium thumbnail
7 Jan 2021
Lessons Learned From Migrating a Large PostgreSQL Database From EC2 to RDS

A useful checklist to ensure a smooth transition

Continue reading on Better Programming
medium thumbnail
6 Jan 2021
Rails 6 Development With Docker

A practical guide to supercharging your Rails workflow with a deterministic development environment

Continue reading on Better Programming
medium thumbnail
5 Jan 2021
Using React 17 With Phoenix 1.5

An incremental approach to adding React components to your Phoenix application

Continue reading on Better Programming
medium thumbnail
30 Dec 2020
Hotwire, ActionText, and Rails 6

The quickest way to build a real-time application

Continue reading on Better Programming
medium thumbnail
17 Dec 2020
Tips on Passing Your AWS Certification

How I scored 947 in less than 3 weeks of studying with no prior experience

Continue reading on Better Programming
medium thumbnail
27 Nov 2020
How to Provision a Cheap PostgreSQL Database in AWS EC2

When RDS is beyond your budget, run Postgres on EC2

Continue reading on Better Programming
medium thumbnail
8 Nov 2020
Bishop: a free web app monitoring platform

an introduction to my latest project that can watch over your passion projects

Continue reading on Medium
medium thumbnail
15 Oct 2020
Build an Image Classification App

A guide to building an AI model using TensorFlow, Python, matplotlib, and packaging it for the web using Ruby on Rails

Continue reading on Better Programming
medium thumbnail
20 Jul 2020
Test-Driven Development With Stripe and Ruby on Rails

A practical guide to testing your payment integration

Continue reading on Better Programming
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29 Mar 2020
Building a Facial Recognition Lock Client With Raspberry Pi

A guided tour featuring Express.js, WebRTC, React and a dash of automation

Continue reading in The Startup
medium thumbnail
19 Mar 2020
Using a Raspberry Pi for Prototyping Web Applications

A guided tour on how to host your apps on a Pi server with Node.js, Rails and Ngrok

Continue reading at The Startup
medium thumbnail
17 Mar 2020
Unit Testing Complex React Components With Jest & Enzyme

The Complete Guide

Continue reading at The Startup
medium thumbnail
14 Mar 2020
A comprehensive guide on testing and automation for Rails API’s with Rspec

How can we create an automated test suite that tests models, controllers, jobs and calculates test coverage at the end? Read on to find out.

Continue reading in Level Up Coding
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4 Mar 2020
Securing API’s with JWT-in-a-cookie Using Rails 6 and React

A guide on serving an API and frontend application on the same domain for cookie based authentication

Continue reading in Level Up Coding