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September 12, 2016
Introducing BabySqueel: Elegant queries for Rails
Introducing a new Ruby gem for building elegant queries without SQL strings.
September 6, 2016
In Defense of Cargo Cult Programming
Cargo cult programming has a bad name, and for good reason. But is it always that bad?
September 1, 2016
Promptworks Named as One of Philly's 2016 Best Places to Work
Promptworks is honored to receive its third award from the Philadelphia Business Journal.
August 29, 2016
The Fastest Fizzbuzz in the West
Wherein our lowly protagonist gets fed up with the state of software development interviews, and creates a new programming language which is particularly well-suited to implementing FizzBuzz.
August 22, 2016
Why can't we tell when software is done?
What needs to be done to get software done.
August 15, 2016
What Makes a Good User Story - Part 3
Part three in a three-part series on writing good user stories for agile teams.
August 11, 2016
What Makes a Good User Story - Part 2
Part two in a three-part series on writing good user stories for agile teams.
August 4, 2016
What Makes a Good User Story - Part 1
This article is part one in a three-part series on writing good user stories for agile teams.
July 21, 2016
Promptworks Among 2016 Top Software Developers in Philly
We are honored to be recognized as one of the top software engineering firms in the Philadelphia area.
July 14, 2016
The Iron Triangle: One Project Constraint to Rule Them All
What you need to know about the Iron Triangle and why.
July 7, 2016
Writing Skills for Amazon Alexa
An introduction to pylexa, a Python library that makes it easy to develop Amazon Alexa Skills.