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Consulting leaves a lot of room for the expectation that you’ll have an answer on the spot. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t, and sometimes I disagree with what I’m hearing.
I’m not necessarily successful or famous for this. I’m not a maestro here trying to give you the truth about consulting. I am sharing what I do, as a practitioner, from these years as a consultan...
Fall is shaping up to be a busy season for thoughtbot. Over the next two months, thoughtbotters are speaking, attending, and hosting events across six cities on two continents. If you’re nearby, come find us.
XO Ruby Vancouver, August 15, Vancouver, CanadaOn most projects I’ve consulted on, status starts as a column. It works, until someone asks “who was denied last Tuesday?” and the schema can’t answer. At that point, you can’t retrofit history you never recorded.
There’s a better way: model each status change as its own row from the start. You get full history and the current state in one design, without sacrificing ...
I want React server-side rendering to be easy. There aren’t a lot of React server-side rendering tools in the Rails world: React on Rails has the largest presence, but it has many bells and whistles that I’m not ready for. I could sidecar Node.js but I really don’t want another piece of infrastructure I have to manage.
I just want something simple to use and easy to g...
I think most organizations have a prototype problem.
By the time they decide to build one, they’ve already aligned on the problem, secured funding, debated priorities, and maybe even started planning delivery. At that point, the prototype is only serving engineering.
I think the most valuable prototypes also serve leadership.
Their job isn’t to prove t...