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Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
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Senior Rails architect, open-source maintainer, CEO + entrepreneur.

my startup -> https://quickvideo.chat
my dev shop -> https://heliosdev.shop
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Flaky Tests (1 of 5)

A flaky test is one that fails intermittently or unexpectedly due to some degree of randomness.

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October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Fix the hard stuff! We all want to feel like rockstars, but we avoid fixing the hard, messy parts of our codebase.

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October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Fix the hard stuff! We all want to feel like rockstars. The problem is, when we give in to that feeling, we avoid fixing the hard, messy parts of our codebase.

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October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Dev-Test Parity: Reducing discrepancies between dev & test environments is the best way to reduce test-only bugs.

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Dev-Test Parity
Dev-Test Parity: Reduce discrepancies between Dev & Test Environments #software #softwareengineer #engineering
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October 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Dev-Prod Parity: Same setup in Dev & Prod keeps those production-only bugs from happening in the first place. #software #engineering #softwateengineer

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Dev-Prod Parity
Keeping the same setup in dev & prod reduces the likelihood of having production-only bugs.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Have you heard of the iron triangle of project management?
The Agile Premise aka “Scope Quality Cost Pick Two” #software #softwareengineer

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October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Developer Ergonomics: How Does It Feel? #engineering #startup #software
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October 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Dependency is the Key Problem in Software Development #engineering #startup #software

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October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Confidence in Refactoring #engineering #startup #software

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October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Four essential skills to achieve developer excellence. #engineering #startup #software #engineering

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September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Confidence in Refactoring
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You may have heard that TDD is about 3 simple steps. But don't miss the subtlety of it: Automated testing is about having confidence in refactoring.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The Four Essential Skills You Need to Achieve Developer Excellence
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August 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Stupid Simple Scrum using ClickUp
See how I do scrum the easiest and lightest way possible using a great tool: ClickUp:
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Stupid Simple Scrum using ClickUp - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
A quick and simple solution to implement scrum for your team using ClickUp
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July 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Effective Story Writing for Software Teams
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Effective Story Writing for Software Teams - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Learn how to write effective user stories for your software scrum team. This short guide will walk you through the basics of writing good stories.
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July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Big Tech Won’t Save Us
Big Tech Won’t Save Us - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
A remembrance about the New York City tech scene of 2010, SFBeta in 2009, NY Tech Meetup, and a reflection on Big Tech today.
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July 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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When Rails Ejected Node and the History of Compiled JS in Rails
When Rails Ejected Node and the History of Compiled JS in Rails - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Explore the history of Sprockets, Webpack, and Webpacker in Rails and understand why Rails 7 no longer has webpack by default.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Learning Postman
Learning Postman - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
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June 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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3 Videos about Agile and Beyond
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3 Videos about Agile and Beyond - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Kevlin Henney, Seven Ineffective Coding Habits of Many Programmers (ITT 2016) James Coplien, The Dehumanisation of Agile and Objects (GPTP 2017) Kent Beck, Extreme Programming 20 Years Later
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June 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The How and Why of End-to-End Testing

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The How and Why of End-to-End Testing - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Not writing tests should be seen as akin to malpractice in software development. Hiring someone to write untested code should be outlawed.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Why You Need a Special DNS Provider on Heroku

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Why You Need a Special DNS Provider on Heroku - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Heroku is a robust leader in 12-factor deployment strategies. It is a large and feature-rich platform. You can deploy your app knowing that you are sitting on top of one of the best infrastructures…
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June 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Same Time, Same Desk: Rails Conference and React Summit
Same Time, Same Desk: Rails Conference and React Summit - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Last week in a virtual chat room at the React Summit Kent C. Dodds was asked an interesting question: What does he think of Rails? “I hesitate sometimes with frameworks that abstract a lot. It…
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June 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The WFHpocalpyse Part 3: Remote Work One Year Later
The WFHpocalpyse Part 3: Remote Work One Year Later - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Working from home (WFH) was hailed as a great permanent advancement in tech hiring, but is it? Will either or employers or workers actually want to WFH when this is over?
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June 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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A “Free Hand” At the Bagel Shop (and, On Software Project Estimation)

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A “Free Hand” At the Bagel Shop (and, On Software Project Estimation) - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Software development, like a bagel shop, has several queues encountering different wait states. Ideally, an efficient scrum reduces muda and muri (waste). Task switching is your enemy!
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June 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The One About the Chickens and The Pigs (aka What Stand-up Is and What Stand-up Isn’t)

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The One About the Chickens and The Pigs (aka What Stand-up Is and What Stand-up Isn’t) - Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
The one about the chickens and the pigs is an old part of scrum folklore. It is outdated and sexist. Its lesson however is still relevant.
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June 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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If SSL is 30 years old, when I was 16 and going to websites on the internet, I was probably sending everything unencrypted!? HOW DID WE EVER SURVIVE

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SSL and TLS Versions: Celebrating 30 Years of History
Here’s what to know about the different SSL and TLS versions of the internet protocols that secure your website and email server data online.
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