Ruby Hack Night Refactored

The Refactoring Workshop we held at Ruby Hack Night, hosted by theScore, went really well. We didn’t count how many people we crammed into that room, but there must have been at least 25 of you – I know I spent the first chunk scrounging extra chairs! Which is...

Refactoring Workshop

At Ryatta Group, we take the cleanliness and maintainability of our code extremely seriously. That doesn’t mean we’re perfect; we have our share of modules with krufty methods, poorly named variables, and impenetrable chunks.  But we’re always improving, and each time...

Agile in the Sun

In Toronto, we only get a few months of really nice weather, so when it’s not snowing, we like to move outside and enjoy the fresh air.  Our office has a patio – an actual patio! – and why shouldn’t we enjoy it?  There’s no reason to propagate the...