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The old adage states that a good craftsman never blames his tools, but what if he knows there is a better tool out there for...more.

Dependency injection[1] is a powerful pattern that is relatively simple to implement. However, it is often overlooked—or even misunderstood—in the development of many web applications....more.

I've recently been working in PHP and have been very impressed by the Laravel web framework. At first, having only heard horror stories of massive...more.

My three-year-old son has the right idea—he questions everything we say. My son: "Where are you going?" Me: "I have to go to work." My...more.

You've heard of it, but you haven't done it. You know it's where you want to be, but it's not where you are. You know...more.

There’s been a lot of excitement in our industry recently about progressive web apps, these shiny new websites that can transform themselves into native-like mobile...more.

I’m excited to announce that 8th Light has agreed to acquire WisdomGroup, the leading voice in Chicago’s vibrant Ruby community. This acquisition combines two powerful...more.

RSpec is a very powerful tool for testing applications. It's been around for a while and provides a rich feature set. One thing that RSpec...more.

One of the perks of being a consultant is that we get to work with many different teams. During my first tenure at 8th Light,...more.

The words "legacy code" strike fear into the hearts of developers everywhere. Behind that fear, legacy code means it's slow to understand existing behavior, slow...more.

If you're using Jenkins, then you may have a job that has an "Execute Shell" step to build your project. The contents of that step...more.

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he means. —Mortimer Adler Richard Feynman, like...more.

I mostly work with developers who prefer Vim or Emacs as their editor of choice. This is certainly understandable, because each of those editors provides...more.

Docker promotes itself as "a tool for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications," and there is much literature available to describe...more.

If you've ever tried cooking a significant meal in the kitchen, then you know things can get pretty messy: pots here, pans there, dirty plates...more.