Many voices. One Flagrant.
What in the world is ParEdit? Here is the “explain it to me like I’m 5” version: “ParEdit is like a helpful assistant for editing code that uses a lot of parentheses (like in math or some programming languages). It makes sure you never accidentally mess up your parentheses, like leaving one...
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September 24, 2025
Rspec and testing using capybara: Running my tests and seeing it run live can be super helpful for several reasons but especially when I am encountering a flaky spec. If I am running through the code and the logic makes sense or I have a binding.pry in the code and it is coming back
September 24, 2025
If your server seems stuck or unresponsive, or maybe its telling you there is already a process running but you cant seem to find and shut it down, here’s a quick few-step process to identify and kill the process blocking the port: Find the process using the port: lsof -i tcp:3000 This will
September 24, 2025
Problem: Our current implementation relies on session storage to manage the open “tabs” a user has. The “tabs” are in quotes because this lives on a dashboard and they are actually radio buttons under the hood that are styled to look like tabs. When a user clicks a tab, it interacts
September 24, 2025
What’s a Good Sprint Cadence, Anyway? Sprint length. Estimating work. Getting stories over the line. These are the kinds of things that sound straightforward in theory but, in practice? They can get messy fast. If you’ve ever found yourself in a sprint meeting asking, “Wait, why are we even
September 24, 2025
If you have never seen or read the Grug Brained Developer, then you are welcome because here it is for you to enjoy. Cody, one of the developers at Flagrant, shared this with folks on the team and it was a good re-exposure for some and a nice first time reading for others. TL;DR: This is a
September 24, 2025
Soft Deletion I’m sure we have all run into soft deletion and if you haven’t, I will break it down for you. Soft deletion is all about having the ability to restore data we have deleted. Sorry, “deleted”. Essentially, you aren’t actually deleting data from the database, you are just
September 24, 2025
When developers think of testing, the knee-jerk reaction is often a push for 100% code coverage. But is coverage alone the best metric? Testing is complex and nuanced, with real-world trade-offs. Here’s how we approach testing with purpose, flexibility, and confidence. What Are Tests Really
September 24, 2025
I encountered an issue while working on a dynamic input field. The field allows users to input a number, with accompanying text indicating the type of input, like “nights.” It seemed straightforward until I realized the hardcoded label “nights” doesn’t work when the user enters the number 1. To
September 24, 2025
In this week’s Developer Roundtable, we dove into the topic of questionable emails and effective response strategies. In particular, the Flagrant email received a notification concerning a potential vulnerability to click-jacking on a website we are actively developing. Is this notification
August 28, 2025
When I first started as a developer, I vaguely understood what a designer actually did. Now, I can’t imagine building without them. That shift didn’t happen overnight and I don’t think I’m alone in that journey. I think there is a large number of people who still undervalue and diminish the
August 21, 2025
This is not an intuitive thing to understand unless you’re already deep into TailwindCSS. Or, if you are me. So, if you somehow stumbled onto this post while trying to figure things out — welcome to the confusion. I hope I can help make it a little clearer. What I Was Trying to Do I needed
January 30, 2025
“Libre Bodoni, holy bologna!” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Refined UI for a A/B testing flow Trying to learn how ghost works +1 Implementing XO Ruby homepage updates and cleaning up crufty css Document Flagrant website design system work Recorded an episode of
January 30, 2025
“The algorithm is a bad boyfriend, DUMP HIM!” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Learned about Magic Link and how to implement that Re-learned about GDPR compliance Researching animation tools to aid in design of an app that helps teach children to read Wired up a
January 30, 2025
“We didn’t shart the database (It was always burning, since the world’s been turning)” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Designed marketing collateral for construction inclusion services to distribute to their potential new buyers Finished writing a blog post for the Flagrant
