Code Examples and the Book
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Newsletter Update
If you are reading this, then I did at least one thing right. I've moved this newsletter to new provider called Buttondown. Ideally, this will not affect you...
It Was Something Like 20 Years Ago Today
Previously on Locally Sourced: It's been quite a while. I've been very focused on finishing the big update to the draft of the book. Which I have done,...
Okay, This One Is About Stimulus
Previously On Locally Sourced: I wrote about Hotwire and Turbo, the Rails client side New Magic. Then I wrote about them again. I think you are all caught...
What I Like About Hotwire
Previously On Locally Sourced: I wrote about how to use Hotwire and Turbo. (My Mac keeps wanting to autocorrect that to "Hot-wire" for some unknown...
A Brief Hello to Hotwire and Turbo
This week, after some mysterious announcements about "New Magic", Basecamp released Hotwire, their support tools for client-side development using HTML over...
The Road To Legacy Code
It occurred to me recently that two of the conference talks that I consider the best I've ever written never really got a very wide audience, even by the...
Improve Your Technical Writing, A Little
Previously on Locally Sourced: Sorry, it’s been a while. I’ve been working on trying to get a new mini-book out on TailwindCSS before the release of all the...
Empirically, I Have No Idea
# Empirical Previously on Locally Sourced. Who can even remember? Sorry, it's been a while. I've been stuck writing two-thirds of posts and not quite wanting...
These <Prime Number> Tools Will Make You a <Superlative> Developer
Previously on Locally Sourced: Who can even remember? Sorry, it’s been a while. I'm a little stuck on the next Entropy Essay, which is about estimates. It's...
Entropy Essays 7: Process and Trust
Previously on Locally Sourced: I’ve been writing about XP and Agile. Most recently, pair programming. And how I think about technical decisions. I started to...
How I Make Technical Decisions
Previously on Locally Sourced: does anybody read this part? Hi, it’s Noel, how are you? Last time, I wrote about pair programming, and there were a couple of...
Entropy Essays 6: Pair Programming
Previously on Locally Sourced: I’ve been doing a lot of these oddly titled posts about XP and Agile practices. Like testing. Or OO. I wrote about inclusion...
Entropy Essays 5: Team Metrics
Previously on Locally Sourced: I’ve been writing these Entropy Essays about Agile and XP practices. Here’s the most recent one. You can see the rest here....
Rails and JavaScript, Part 4: The Future?
Previously on Locally Sourced: Well, we’ve been talking about the history of Rails and JavaScript: part 1, part 2, and part 3, and we’ve finally caught up to...
Rails and JavaScript: Part Three
Previously on Locally Sourced: Rails came out and let people do Ajax, when Ajax was a thing. Then Ajax was less of a thing and Rails let people write...
Rails and JavaScript Part 2
Previously on Locally Sourced: I wrote about the early years of Rails and JavaScript. Which made it to Ruby Weekly. Also, my Rails and JavaScript book is...
Rails and JavaScript: Part 1
Previously on Locally Sourced: Well, in 2005 I came across a cool web framework called Ruby on Rails. More recently, I wrote a book about integrating Rails...
Entropy Essays #4: Agile Teams and Inclusion
Previously on Locally Sourced: I attempted to justify all this agile stuff. Before that, more agile stuff. Also, I have a book out, and good marketing...
Why Am I Writing About XP and Agile So Much?
Previously on Locally Sourced: I wrote about an XP practice. Then I wrote about it some more. Then I wrote about a different XP practice. Then I wrote about...