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You still need to care about locks with transactions
Postgres MVCC still takes locks internally, but you can avoid deadlocks through a consistent sorting of inserts
All Systems Go: Creating your own startup checks with Nerves
Learn how to pause the initialization of your Elixir/Nerves app to do anything you need.
New CSS Features on the Component Level, Part 2 of 2: Responsive CSS Variables
Build upon the responsive card layout example from Part 1 with the new Responsive Variables technique
Creative Newsletters Worth Your Time
Keeping up to date with what is happening in the design industry can be tough. Should you follow design accounts on Twitter or spend more time on Designer News? Finding valuable content can be time consuming, so let someone else do the hard work.
Simple Vim session management: Part 1
The first in a series of posts about getting started with Vim sessions
New CSS Techniques at the Component Level, Part 1 of 2: CSS Grid
Use CSS Grid to make a responsive card layout with ease.
A magical combination of Engineering + UXD + Designers
What you gain from combining the expertise of Software Engineering, UXD, and Design
Intro to WebAssembly
An introduction to how WebAssembly fits into the JavaScript ecosystem
Tell Me When It's Finished
How to be notified when a command finishes running in the terminal
Books That Will Make You A Better Designer
A selection of books to help you level up your skills as a designer and human being.
Bending Time in Ember Tests
Using lolex timers to manage testing complicated time-based interactions
Better Control Flow Using The "with" Macro
Improve your code's control flow and readability using Elxir's 'with' macro.
Testing your Ember application in 2018
A journey through testing your Ember Application in 2018
Smart compression for your Ember app
Compressing your assets before serving is one of the places where you can save the most from bytes for your clients if you're smart about it
Elixir Deployment Tools Update - February 2018
Find out how Elixir deployment tooling is evolving, with a peek at what is coming in the near future
What efficient pattern matching looks like at the bytecode level
Disassembling your code can confirm your pattern matches are efficient by looking for `select_val`
What does it mean to be Enumerable?
Understanding the enumerable property and JavaScript `Object.prototype` properties
What's new in Phoenix development - February 2018
Find out what the Phoenix team has been up to with a sneak peak of unreleased new features
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a CI Build
At DockYard, we give back to the open source community for a number of reasons, not just because it’s a good thing to do. We do it because we enjoy the challenge and the human desire to be able to master a talent. And, apparently, sometimes we even enjoy making those personal contributions when we’re on vacation.