September 2020 – Mauro Morales

Using a Hackathon to Stress Test Your Development Process

September 28, 2020Software DevelopmentAgile, LeanNo Comments

A hackathon’s value proposition is generally one of innovation. Companies see these events as an investment to come up with new products. However, I just recently found out they are also a great way to to teach us about existing flaws in our software...

ActiveRecord Except

September 6, 2020Software DevelopmentActiveRecord, Ruby on Rails, SQLNo Comments

August 19th was Whyday, and to commemorate it, I decided to write a gem called activerecord-except. What is it? activerecord-except is a Ruby gem that extends the functionality of ActiveRecord, allowing you to select all the fields from a table, except the ones that...