Planet Argon

?? We're thrilled to have been chosen for the 2024 Inc. Best Workplaces List of 2024! This is our 2nd year in a row to receive this honor, and it's ALL thanks to our team! ?? Each of us works together to maintain alignment on our core values, work practices, goals, and purposes. We’re proud to offer a safe and collaborative environment to work and learn so we can continue offering our best to our clients and partners! ?? https://buff.ly/42F8YGz

Spring has sprung, and we're busy bees at Planet Argon! ???Catch up on all our latest adventures!

What happens if your application crashes right now? Could you confidently restore it without downtime or data loss? Application disasters don't wait for convenient moments. The best defense? A reliable backup strategy. Swipe through to learn: ? Elements of an effective backup strategy. ? Common mistakes to avoid. ? Tools and practices to disaster-proof your application.

Our Project Manager, Michael Kurt, wrote a guest post for AppSignal on how to use the platform to simplify project management for 12+ projects and keep things running smoothly—even if you're not deeply technical!

In 2006, we invited a bunch of Ruby on Rails developers to join us on a rail trip from Portland to Chicago for the first RailsConf.

Robby chats with Paola about the essentials of well-maintained software, effective stakeholder communication, and tackling technical debt. Plus, discover how the "documentation factor" and the "impact of the "refactor later" mindset shape software longevity.

?? Deploying Ruby on Rails apps doesn't have to mean wrestling with time-consuming, complex infrastructure setups. ?? Swipe through to see how #kamal + DigitalOcean Managed Databases make containerized Rails deployments simpler, faster, and easier to manage.

?? Not all technical debt is bad. Some of it helped us get where we are today. The key is knowing which parts are worth paying down and which parts we can live with for now. So, take a fresh look at your app. Are there areas where you can focus on small wins instead of worrying about everything at once? Can you adjust your sails without sinking the ship? Get more quick tips like this by joining our forever-free Maintainable Rails email course.

Thanks to a combined effort with our members Doximity, 37signals, Planet Argon and AppSignal, the Rails Foundation was able to give away 24 tickets to Tropical on Rails to Rails devs in Brazil. All the winners have now been informed by email, and for those who didn't make it (and there was a lot of interest!), we hope you can join the event next year! https://lnkd.in/d5NUMUK4

In our latest Planet Argon Newsletter, we’re talking about the balance between progress and maintenance, hiring challenges, AI’s role in dev work, and the evolution of remote team culture. Plus! Some Valentine's Day fun. ??