Many voices. One Flagrant.
“Broken dog butt club” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: MC’d Track 2 at Rails World, sponsored by AppSignal Squashed bugs, built flyouts, allowed users to configure colors, ensured Task Type name uniqueness… A slew of stories were completed on Training Tracker Shared some...
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October 7, 2024
“Broken dog butt club” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: MC’d Track 2 at Rails World, sponsored by AppSignal Squashed bugs, built flyouts, allowed users to configure colors, ensured Task Type name uniqueness… A slew of stories were completed on Training Tracker Shared some
September 23, 2024
“If you didn’t want questions, why did you build a labyrinth for the mind?” - overhead at Flagrant What we did: Conducted a multi-day product design sprint with a new client in construction management around diversity, equity, and inclusion compliance Replaced a custom
September 9, 2024
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the Dead Code podcast with Jared Norman, where we dove into the fascinating world of building communities and fostering growth within the Ruby ecosystem. Reflecting on my journey, which began with Ruby on Rails back in 2006, I couldn’t help but
September 9, 2024
“Sorry, there are squirrels everywhere.” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Shipped and deployed to production the improveffect.com!! Created a guidebook for how to use Decap CMS for the client so they don’t fall into CMS potholes Hacked together css overrides for the out-of-
September 3, 2024
“The number of ducks I want to see is MAX_INT” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Presented at DevFest WI, part of Wisconsin’s largest tech and entrepreneurship event: The Forward Festival about “Nothing New Under the Sun,” exploring the recurring cycles of human behavior and
August 13, 2024
“Thinking out loud but silently” - overheard at Flagrant. What we did: Hosted Madison+ Ruby! Thank you to those that joined us ❤️ We hope you got to create new connections, explore different perspectives, and experience a bit of Madison while you were here. Achieved a significant
July 15, 2024
“A matchbook is technically a book, no take backs!” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Designed a fabulous sign up flow for an AI product for developers. Prepared multiple print assets for Madison+ Ruby and talked to a bunch of printers about materials and deadlines Met
July 1, 2024
“Expel shredsheet” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: “Valenzia I’m crying this is so incredible”. ✅ Achievement Unlocked: brought client to tears Recorded an episode for the #RemoteRuby Podcast Dug deeply into the internals of searchkick to emerge with a custom solution for
June 17, 2024
“In the event of an emergency, I can crochet.” What we did: Quick Wins are live on our website! Listened to an interview with a satisfied client to pick out some choice testimonial quotes Started drafting a strategy-focused case study for our work with GroupCollect
June 15, 2024
TL,DR; We can impact your team or project in a short amount of time. When we work with folks we tend to build trust quickly. Often, that leads to more work in the future. We want to make it easier for people to get a foot in the door of working with us by clearly defining what
June 6, 2024
Forget the beach. To heck with camping. Set aside August 1-2 for some hot summer fun in…Madison, Wisconsin! That’s right, because after a five-year hiatus, the Madison+ Ruby conference is returning, and so will a tribe of Ruby programming language enthusiasts and experts from across the country
June 4, 2024
“Imagine being bullied via pas de bourrée.” What we did: Met Flagrant people in the wild at Summit! Also met some llamas and alpacas as we visited Clover Brooke Farms and made fiber art loofahs. Updated sales assets and pricing sheets to help sell and detail a new text messaging
May 28, 2024
“I just wanna touch your hearts, though. I want to touch your hearts as deeply as I can.” What we did: We’re taking Madison+ Ruby on the road in a series of pre-show events! We’re partnering with Whop, one of the new Rails companies Irina shared in her RailsConf 2024 keynote, for our
May 13, 2024
Community Action Teams (CATs) At a small consultancy, sometimes it’s challenging to prioritize internal tasks amid the daily hum of activity for our clients’ projects. We’ve written in the past about experiments, and we also have internal projects, but we realized neither of those are a great
May 6, 2024
“Sorry, my left key doesn’t work because my cat has stepped on it too much.” What we did: Thought deeply and consulted broadly about reorganizing all layers of our components on a project Welcomed our first three beta testers in the system, reviewed recording of our manually
