Reflecting on 2024: Milestones, Momentum, and Looking Ahead đź”—
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on another incredible year at Simple Thread. This year has been filled with milestones, growth, and a c [...]
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Safely Formatting Template Strings with HTML in Rails đź”—
Imagine we’re building an event notification system for a Rails app. The events are quite regular, usually consisting of a user performing an action o [...]
Our Favorite Books of 2024 đź”—
As 2024 unfolds, the Simple Thread team continues to grow, and with it, so does the depth and variety of our reading lists. This year, we’re once agai [...]
Your Software is Rusting đź”—
Software rusts. This surprises people, especially non-technical people who assume that because it doesn’t “wear out” from use it’s akin to a perpetual [...]
This is a Bad Sign đź”—
I recently had the opportunity to visit my local emergency room (spoiler alert: everything’s fine.) It’s not the kind of thing anyone enjoys, but this [...]
How to Upgrade Integer Sizes in Django and Postgres đź”—
The Problem The other day my computer ran out of numbers. I was pretty surprised. Well, wait. Let’s go back a bit to before I was surprised. It was a [...]
A Very Simple Thread Thanksgiving 2024 đź”—
As the holiday season begins, it’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is near—a time to reflect, share blessings, and gather with loved ones over great food [...]
Queue the “Dramatiq” Title 🔗
Ok, so you have a Python web app that needs to allow users to initiate long-running processes in the background (the kinds of things that can’t run sy [...]
Tips for Presenting and Gathering Feedback đź”—
As designers, we invest significant time in completing research, synthesizing, and creating wireframes that capture our findings. However, distilling [...]
Back to the Basics: Communication Tips We Often Forget đź”—
When I was in college, the simple question, “how’s life?” became one of the popular inquiries amongst my friend group. How it was answered is anybody’ [...]