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Technology

Tech and Tips Thursday: Writing Better Code, Taking Screenshots, Antimanagement

This is the fourth edition of our Tech and Tips Thursday series. Today we will be talking about the Go language, and how to get started quickly, learning how to take screenshots on a Mac and exploring the idea of how to write better code.
Apr 22, 2021

Technology

How rendering partials can slow your Rails app to a crawl

Partials are great. They help with code reusability and keep you sane on those large projects with many moving parts. But they are also a curse. A small one, but one that can get big quickly.
Apr 5, 2021

Technology

Tech and Tips Thursday: Loading Javascript, Fun With Linux, On Systems

This is the third edition of our Tech and Tips Thursday series. Today we will be talking about loading javascript files in your browser, having fun with a couple of Linux commands and exploring the idea of complex systems using Gall's Law.
Mar 25, 2021

Technology

Introducing ViewComponent - The Next Level In Rails Views

First, there were partials. Partials were good. They helped us create amazing views. They helped us reuse existing code. And they helped us stay sane (code-wise). Then they made everything slow. Enter ViewComponent, the saviour, the messiah, the greatest thing since - the partials.
Mar 23, 2021

Productivity

Planning is not guessing, planning is training

What planning is and how to do it properly has been driven by our need to manage time. But that's not what planning is all about. Time is not something we can manage; time is something we spend. Planning helps us decide how we spend time. But first, we need to understand what planning is.
Mar 15, 2021

Technology

Tech and Tips Thursday: Concerning, Sorting and Planning

Second Edition of our Tech and Tips Thursday series. Today we're talking about creating a concern for loading objects in your controller, exploring an easy-to-use drag 'n' drop library, and discussing how to plan your work better.
Mar 11, 2021

Productivity

What you didn't know about Kaizen but always wanted to

If you've never heard of the term, it is time you learned what Kaizen is and what it can do for you. Kaizen is a form of productivity that makes you better, all the time, every time, forever. It is a self-improvement system.
Mar 8, 2021

Technology

Building Boardly: The Drag 'n' Drop experience and some variants

Continuing our series on how we built Boardly, in this article we will talk about how we integrated Dragula, made it work with turbo streams, and set on a path to making Boardly mobile friendly.
Mar 1, 2021

Technology

Tech and Tips Thursday - First Edition

We would like to introduce to you our first edition of Tech and Tips Thursday, a bi-weekly tech and tips article on various software development, technology and productivity topics.
Feb 25, 2021

Technology

Building Boardly: How we decided to try out Hotwire

How we decided to try out Hotwire and why we ended up with our Boardly app.
Feb 22, 2021

News

Announcing Boardly - The Simplest Planning Board

We'd like to announce the launch of Boardly - this simplest planning board app. Designed for people who just want an easy board to track personal or work tasks.
Feb 20, 2021

Productivity

The Primary Principles of Productivity Everyone Should Know

Ever wonder how successful people manage to accomplish so much in so little time? They achieve high levels of performance by understanding the primary principles of productivity. The principles passed down to us from ancient times.
Feb 20, 2021

Technology

Exploring Hotwire, the new approach to building responsive web applications

If you thought that React was overkill and building the whole UI in javascript was not a good idea, then you've been waiting for Hotwire for a long time.
Feb 11, 2021

Productivity

What we really need is help with planning, not management

Project Management apps have become too bloated and are failing to solve the problem that people actually need help with.
Dec 19, 2020

Productivity

How to make effective decisions?

There are many ways to make decisions and each person has their own process. One thing that can help you make effective choices is planning. Read on to learn how to do it well.
Dec 16, 2020

Productivity

5 Steps to Effective Meetings

Who doesn't want to have effective meetings? Especially now, in the age of virtual office, our meetings have become too cumbersome. In order to be more productive, save time and enjoy your work, cut out the unnecessary meetings.
Dec 16, 2020

Announcing TeamHQ Beta

We have spent a few months talking to customers, getting feedback and improving things. Beta version is ready for you to try it out.
Dec 16, 2020

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