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In the world of software solutions, businesses often face a critical decision: should they build custom software, rent licensed software, or buy off-the-shelf solutions? Each option has its own pros and cons, but building custom software can be one of the better choices for businesses...
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July 18, 2024
In the world of software solutions, businesses often face a critical decision: should they build custom software, rent licensed software, or buy off-the-shelf solutions? Each option has its own pros and cons, but building custom software can be one of the better choices for businesses
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 20, 2024
Accessible features in our built environment easily stand out—the blue lines of an accessible parking space, a large button to open an automatic door, a stall in the bathroom with more space and handrails, or a curb cut when we cross the street. But in the world of tech, accessible
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 11, 2024
Last time I talked about soft deletion, I laid out a sticky situation I got myself into. That was mostly background and context to get to this point, where I can share a solution. Away we go! All these problems got me entirely fed up with this database-view way of handling soft deletion, and I
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
Hello RailsConf! On Monday, May 6th, four members of the Flagrant team climbed in cars and hopped on planes to make their way to RailsConf in Detroit. From Madison, where SaVance, Valenzia, and Jim began their trip, Detroit is around a 7-hour drive including stops for food and bio breaks.
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
May 1, 2024
RailsConf 2024 is set for May 7 – 9. It’s the world’s longest-running conference for Ruby on Rails developers. Attendees will find presentations for all skill levels – new users to seasoned professionals – with everyone discussing, collaborating and learning about building, deploying, testing and
April 29, 2024
A couple of cool science/technology news items just dropped: There’s going to be a new time zone for the moon (and non-Earth places, generally) The Earth was going to need an unprecedented negative leap second, but we’re not (yet) Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) Remember that list
