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RailsApps • Fresh Is Not Just for Milk; Filling Rails Potholes

A must read by @rails_apps #Rails #Ruby

This blog post discussed on Hacker News . Got a comment? Join the discussion! … Yesterday I was at an open house for Code for America as the organization prepared to send off teams to help ten municipalities improve government services. It’s a great organization with an admirable mission and I was reminded how our skills as coders give us tools to make an impact on so many ordinary lives. The Code for America Fellows are all doing a service year so they can write apps that help citizens report potholes, monitor the status of neglected homes in blighted areas, and streamline the process of opening new businesses. Something similar, improving the ordinary lives of Rails developers, was on my mind as I connected with several Rails developers, including some I met at the SF Rails Girls workshop last weekend. You see, I’d spent most of the afternoon tracking down an issue with ...

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