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Tasha Schroeder
Brandon Beacher talks about software craftsmanship and how diligence ensures a quality product.
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About three years ago, I worked at a product company where the central functionality in our app consisted of five or six domain models with excessive callbacks. I often found myself attacking the knotty nastiness for days at a time, trying to track down stubborn bugs.…
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David Worth
At Highgroove we love giving presentations. We sponsor the Atlanta Ruby Users Group (ATLRUG), we each attend at least one conference per year where we are highly encouraged to speak rather than simply attend, and we give weekly tech talks at the office.…
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At Highgroove we really like testing and are constantly looking for ways to improve our testing process, how quickly our tests run, and how exactly we execute our tests. How often during your Test Driven Development (TDD) cycle do your tests fail “mysteriously”?…
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Anyone that knows anyone at Highgroove knows we’re not your run of the mill rapidly growing Ruby development shop. We’re a unique team of creative individuals bent on productivity hacking and iterating on client needs until the app is awesome. Sure we’ve got some great perks and compelling reasons to make the commute into the office despite being a ROWE.…
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David Worth
Meetings. Quick chats with our customers, daily if possible, don’t count as meetings. They keep everyone on the same page to make sure good progress is being made for them, to address any questions or concerns they may have, and possibly to plan the next steps to take in developing their app.…
Author:
Aubrey Rhodes
Prior to working at Highgroove, I worked for a number of softare product companies. One of the best metrics I’ve found for measuring how great a company is to work for as a developer is the Joel Test, which is a list of 12 simple questions.…
