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  1. Internbot Chronicles I

    Hey everyone, I’m Nick Quaranto, the new intern at thoughtbot. You may know...

    Nick Quaranto
    March 13, 2009
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  2. Command Line Basecamp

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    Eric Mill
    July 8, 2008
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  3. Rules Made Up by You

    Kelly Johnson worked at and was one of the driving forces behind Lockheed...

    Matt Jankowski
    June 10, 2008
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  4. A bullet in your programs head

    Paul Graham, whom I agree with about 70% of the time and think he’s got...

    Matt Jankowski
    August 27, 2007
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  5. just scrap it

    One problem with most of us developers is that we get too attached to our...

    Jared Carroll
    May 3, 2007
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  6. Unpopular Developer 3: Patterns of Abuse

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    Floyd Wright
    April 9, 2007
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  7. Exploring Coding Guidelines

    At thoughtbot we’ve recently started to redo our outdated coding standards....

    Chad Pytel
    March 22, 2007
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  8. The New Era of thoughtbot, inc.

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    February 27, 2007
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  9. Once Bitten Twice Shy

    As somewhat of an obsessive perfectionist in certain technical regards, I...

    Matt Jankowski
    February 19, 2007
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  10. Appear To Be Competent

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    Matt Jankowski
    December 5, 2006
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