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A small software company where developers & designers work passionately to deliver human-centered software. www.beflagrant.com
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High standards, high speed, and high fives all around! 🙌 Thanks for trusting us with your development needs.
#puzzel-solutions #ClientTestimonial #SoftwareDevelopment #RubyOnRails #RubyDevelopers #BeMoreHuman
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Made a retro game in 30 days inspired by Stephen King 🎮
Turns out strict limits make creativity easier & more fun. Read about the journey: beflagrant.com/blog/making-...

#Development #Programming #Games #PICO8
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December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🎉 Welcome, Natalie Faciane, to the Flagrant team! Our new Sales Operations Analyst is bringing talent & energy from New Orleans. We're thrilled to have her on board! 🙌
#NewTeamMember #NewOrleans
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December 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Our traditions connect us. https://www.beflagrant.com/blog/christmas-past

#Consulting #Holiday #Family #Legacy #Cake #HolidaySeason #AllIWantForChristmas #MerryAndBright #GoodTimes #TisTheSeason #BundtCake #SnowPlaceLikeHome #ChristmasTable #ChristmasSquad
Ghosts of Christmas Past
How will you be remembered?
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December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Exciting news! 🎉 Please join us in welcoming Luna as our newest Developer Intern based in Fort Collins, CO. Welcome to Flagrant, Luna!

#NewTeamMember #WelcomeToTheTeam #DeveloperIntern #FortCollins #Flagrant #Colorado
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December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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💭 "Easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy" - famous last words before edge cases hit
Amanda on soft deletion complexity & OSS empathy. Remember the human behind your free gems ❤️ www.beflagrant.com/blog/dev...
Join roundtable Fridays 10:30 CT
#OpenSource
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December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Building on a Code Wellness Check, we work closely with your team to identify performance issues and suggest fixes to reduce problematic queries. Read more: www.beflagrant.com/quick_wi...
#PerformanceAudit #Software #QuickWins
The header reads "Quick Wins: Software Performance Audit" with a "Timeline 2-3 Weeks" label on the top right. The main text highlights: "Interview for application performance issues" and "Make recommendations on how to reduce problematic queries." The footer includes the Flagrant logo and a link to the web page: beflagrant.com/quick_wins/software.
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🧠 "grug wonder why big brain introduce network call too"
When do microservices make sense? Amanda breaks it down: ✅ fan-out tasks ❌ interconnected mess
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Join our roundtable! Fridays 10:30 CT
#Microservices
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December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Show us your mess! ✨ If you’re feeling stuck or overwhelmed, we’re here to help. #the-improv-effect #BusinessStrategy #Organization #DesignThinking
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🤔 "Wait, why are we even doing this right now?"
Amanda's sprint reality check: No perfect cadence exists. Rollovers happen. Users confuse you 🥤
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Join our roundtable! Fridays 10:30 CT
#Agile #Sprints
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December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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When your design work takes on a life of its own 💜 Our designer Valenzia created this floating elephant for Training Tracker, and we loved it too much not to share. That's the magic of animation.
An illustrated purple elephant floats peacefully through a cloudy sky, holding a bouquet of nine balloons in pink, red, and burgundy tones. The central balloon features a small heart. Birds fly in the distance above soft, layered clouds, while textured grass or waves appear below. The overall palette is muted blues, grays, and warm earth tones.
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🧪 Amanda's RSpec debugging gems! CHROME=true for live test watching, save_and_open_screenshot for visual snapshots, save_and_open_page for HTML inspection. Essential for flaky spec debugging!
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#RSpec #RubyOnRails #Testing
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November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🚨 Success story! 🚨 We helped Training Tracker modernize their dated app with fresh UI/UX, Rails 7 upgrade, QR codes, Stripe integration, and Turbo/Hotwire for speed. Result? A sleek, faster app with seamless billing! #UXDesign #Rails7 www.beflagrant.com/work/tra...
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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📸 This week for our 4th Delightfully Friday Junior we completed a virtual scavenger hunt.

Check out all our virtual scrapbook pages on the blog: www.beflagrant.com/blog/del...

#DelightfullyFridayJunior
#WorkDoesntHaveToSuck
#RemoteWorkVibes
#RemoteWork
#PhotoDump
#TeamBuilding
A page full of photos of people, animals and objects. Words: A photo scavenger Hunt on 11/13/25, Delightfully Friday Junior.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🔧 Amanda's guide to killing stuck server processes on macOS! lsof -i tcp:3000 to find the culprit, then kill -15 → kill -2 → kill -9 (last resort). Essential dev knowledge!
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#macOS #DevTips
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November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A new face appears on the website today as Luna Rasheed submits his first PR.
Luna Rasheed Developer Intern Fort Collins, CO, USA
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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A new face appears on the website today as Luna Rasheed submits his first PR.
Luna Rasheed Developer Intern Fort Collins, CO, USA
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Design is communication. Reach out to see how we can help bring clarity to your product or brand. www.beflagrant.com/contact/ #Teamwork #CreativePartnership #CreativeProcess #ClientCollaboration
Client Testimonial: Bekki Freeman Organizer of Rocky Mountain Ruby Quote: "It was such a delight working with Val and Jim because I felt heard throughout the process." Quote cont'd: "They incorporated our core values, our feedback, our ideas, and created incredible designs that felt true to who we are."
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🔧 Amanda's clever fix for Hotwire caching issues! Tab state in session storage vs direct links = conflict. Solution: Turbo.cache.exemptPageFromCache() 🎯
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#RubyOnRails #Hotwire #WebDev
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November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🔮 Our designer Glynnis Ritchie delves into the surprising complexities of dark mode, how we perceive color, and why it matters. 🙈🌈 Don't just invert your colors or rely on Tailwind's ".dark" class! www.beflagrant.com/blog/dar...

#UIDesign #DarkMode
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November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Join XO Ruby's "The Artist's Way" book club! 12-week creativity program starting Sept 11. Weekly Zoom calls, Slack chat, async discussion. Design-focused but all welcome. Rediscover your creative spark!
www.xoruby.com/blog/the-art...
#BookClub #Creativity #Ruby
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Can't agree on which problem to solve? Our Problem Discovery workshop aligns your team with a clear problem statement, avoiding costly misaligned solutions. #ProblemDiscovery #Software #QuickWins www.beflagrant.com/quick_wi...
The header reads "Quick Wins: Product Problem Discovery" with a "Timeline 1 Week" label on the top right. The main text highlights: "Hold a facilitated workshop to produce a well-defined problem statement that can serve to focus and align your team as it moves towards a solution." The footer includes the Flagrant logo and a link to the web page: beflagrant.com/quick_wins/product_management.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Join XO Ruby's "The Artist's Way" book club! 12-week creativity program starting Sept 11. Weekly Zoom calls, Slack chat, async discussion. Design-focused but all welcome. Rediscover your creative spark!
www.xoruby.com/blog/the-art...
#BookClub #Creativity #Ruby
Promotional image for "Design Book Club: The Artist's Way" with red and yellow background. Shows the book cover (30th Anniversary Edition) and URL "bit.ly/xoruby-the-artists-way". Features Flagrant and XO Ruby logos as collaborating organizations.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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🛡️ Amanda's post on our Developer Roundtable: suspicious email led to click-jacking deep dive! Used OWASP ZAP to test vulnerabilities & strengthen site security. Sketchy email → learning opportunity www.beflagrant.com/blog/dev...
#WebSecurity #OWASP #WebDev
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November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Join XO Ruby's "The Artist's Way" book club! 12-week creativity program starting Sept 11. Weekly Zoom calls, Slack chat, async discussion. Design-focused but all welcome. Rediscover your creative spark!
www.xoruby.com/blog/the-art...
#BookClub #Creativity #Ruby
Promotional image for "Design Book Club: The Artist's Way" with red and yellow background. Shows the book cover (30th Anniversary Edition) and URL "bit.ly/xoruby-the-artists-way". Features Flagrant and XO Ruby logos as collaborating organizations.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM