Many voices. One Flagrant.
Recently I did something I haven’t done for a long, long, long time — start up a Rails project from scratch. Well, I didn’t even really go “from scratch”, but from a jumping-off point, using Jumpstart. But let’s say that’s close enough to scratch. Since I’ve spent so much of my career...
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September 11, 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 8, 2025
What we did: Started setting up a new design book club for XO Ruby, stay tuned 👀 Designed a special Training Tracker sticker to give out to volunteers Designed a graphic for DataTune to announce their site launch and a call for speakers Began researching a way to create an
September 8, 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 3, 2025
Phase Knitting Yarn The first sighting Look at all ye yarn, oh so many choices to make Blank canvas, we meet again Endless possibilities So many combinations of stitches from knits, purls, to yarnovers So
September 2, 2025
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
August 29, 2025
…but I need you to be brave today and do your best to reject that gravitational pull, the undeniable allure of E2E tests, and do other things What we did: Updating designs on a contact page to incorporate methods to contact the user via phone or email when using Call Time, a
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
August 15, 2025
Good communication is an essential element to every successful relationship. Whether in our families, friendships or communities how clearly we express ourselves can often make the difference between building connection or aggravating conflicts. Having lived in intentional communities of one
August 15, 2025
In part 2 of our series we found a more reflective way of dialoguing with an agitated client while also exploring some of the flexibility in the dialog html element to match the user experience needed in a website. Let’s tackle some more challenging communication. At a meeting a co-worker
August 15, 2025
In the first part of this blog series we discussed how important communication and dialogue is in work, life and websites. In this second part we will explore how the dialog element can be used in other creative ways and find parallels to how to communicate more effectively using tools like
August 13, 2025
“I have three therapists and I’m working through it …” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Designing variations of mobile screens for a mobile driver license application Skill-sharing and learning about other client projects—cross-pollination on the design side
August 7, 2025
“cold water, or stormy beans” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Implemented an event page and event index for upcoming XO Ruby events. Dropped some new portfolio work on the Flagrant website Attended RailsConf 2025 Dove deeper into tailwind building process and learned
August 7, 2025
“figma the conflict is inside YOU this isn’t our problem” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Deferred long running reporting/exporting jobs to background workers that update their progress, and automatically download upon completion. Made many attempts to design marketing
