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Articles by Ian Zabel

  1. .git/safe

    How to use .git/safe to trust the bin/ directory in your git repo.

    Ian Zabel and Mike Burns
    July 29, 2019
    • Shell
    • Git
    • Rails
  2. People, not resources

    Hello, fellow resources!

    Ian Zabel
    October 12, 2018
    • Language
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  3. Host your blog under /blog on your www domain with Fastly

    You’re here for the link juice, amirite?

    Ian Zabel
    November 6, 2017
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    • Fastly
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  4. Investment Time

    Since 2010, we have dedicated Friday every week to “investment time”, unstructured self-directed time undedicated to client work. Here’s how it works and what we’ve learned.

    Ian Zabel and Dan Croak
    February 10, 2017
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  5. Update Your Gems Early and Often

    bundle outdated can be useful for keeping your bundler dependencies updated.

    Ian Zabel
    January 24, 2017
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