Matt G

programming

System Testing with Rails, Parcel and React

Testing react components with Rails, Parcel and Capybara can sometimes be a pain. Here's how I wrote a system test to handle a modal with an input field and get it to actually work.

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We Were Not Suck This Year

We were not suck this year.

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Scavenger Hunter

Here's an app I created to help groups have more fun while traveling.

Setups

The Setup: Brad Coates

Brad's setup

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Programming on an iPad Pro

I really like the new iPad Pro. I visited the Apple store early so I could be one of the first to get my hands on it and experience the new form factor, keyboard, and Pencil. The screen's refresh rate, color and clarity are superb. It just feels

travel

Technology is not required

Over the summer my wife and I went to Thailand. We heard great things about the views from the W hotel in Koh Samui, so we took a cab over to check it out. The views were great, but the menu to order drinks? A disaster. Their entire menu was

Pickle

The Asana Button

How companies use Pickle Buttons to get stuff done.

📇 Why you need a Personal CRM

One could argue that the most successful people are the most well connected and have great relationships. Remembering birthdays, gifts, events, special occasions, addresses, becomes more difficult as our lives become more occupied. A personal CRM helps manage these things and strengthens your relationships. A good personal CRM allows you

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Metadata, Metadata Everywhere...

Store structured data about companies and opportunities/leads to help your business be more efficient.

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Free Lead Generation Forms with Pickle and GitHub (Interactive Tutorial)

Power up your forms with Pickle to get email notifications, free data storage, and the ability to share with your team all in this tutorial.

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🚀 Power Up your Lead Forms with Pickle

Sharing form submissions used to mean digging through your inbox and forwarding emails and hoping the lead hasn't been contacted. Not anymore! Now your form submissions are leveled up with Pickle.

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New Features in Pickle v0.3.0

As the Earth turns, Pickle gets a new set of features and free updates. Here are some of them. Many of you have asked, and we have listened. In the lastest update, we're adding Companies to Pickle and we think you're going to love it. There

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Everything at a Glance — Custom Dashboards in Pickle

One of the most valuable philosophies of Pickle is to have everything in one place. All of your files, clients, contacts, deals and more in one place. Now, you'll be able to see your business or project at a glance. Things like pen tickets, new leads, revenue, new

Setups

The Setup: Gregory Koberger

Greg Koberger is a designer/engineer and the founder of Readme.io. This is his setup.

Don't give away your email access!

Every day we see options to sign in with Google, Twitter, or Facebook. Those buttons save us a ton of time by allowing us to click and log in—plus we don't have to remember another damn password! Developers usually have control over what type of access they

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The Foolproof Guide to Segmenting your Address Book

There are so many reasons why you'd want to search your address book. You could be looking for people who are ready to buy a house, friends to invite to a Caps game, or you're trying to plan a wedding. In this short article, I'

hackathon

High School Hackathons

Coding, planning, development, design, collaboration, and healthy competition are the elements that make up great hackathons. It takes careful planning, partnerships, and patience to not only participate in a hackathon, but to host one. The other half of the puzzle is the participants; the more engaged they are, the better

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How to make a CRM for Developers

A little background on why I set out to build Pickle CRM and three reasons it's important.

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How Realtors use Pickle

Realtors are a popular subset of Pickle users. Buyers, agents, and investors are using Pickle to stay on top of things, close more deals, and be more organized. They're always networking and meeting new people; sooner or later, one of those people they've met might become

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Planning a Wedding with Pickle

Wedding planning is stressful. Really stressful. Because of this, I decided to create a better way to stay on top of things to feel more organized. By being more organized, we could make wedding planning more predictable and less stressful. It's a win-win! Keeping your fiancé in the

5-Star Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Yelp, App Store, Google, and so many more use a 5-star review system, but this idea is totally flawed and doesn't benefit the consumer as much as some think. What is different between a 3 and 4 star is also different between who is doing the review. However,

freelance

Finding clients online - a software consulting roadmap

Consulting is a great gig. It let's you be flexible, work on multiple different projects, and with different people. But how do you find those clients? Where do they come from?

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How do you know the developer you hired is doing a good job?

So, you’re in need of an app, a website, some modifications, or you’re going to launch the next big thing. You’re totally excited about this new project. It’s keeping you awake at night and you can’t stop thinking about how great it’s going to

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White Glove Service — Limited time!

One of the hardest parts of using a new product is figuring out how to get started. At  Pickle, we’re looking to help solve that by offering a white glove  service to anyone who reaches out to us after signing up. Here’s what  you’ll get: 1. We’

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Making Pickle's Roadmap Public

Making Pickle's roadmap public so anyone can see what we're working on and what features people want.