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Fusion Radar: April 1, 2015

April 1st, 2015 - by Objective - Salt Lake City, Utah

Keeping up with technology is a lot of work. Luckily, we enjoy wading through the noise just to find the gems of awesomeness sprinkled throughout. Fusion Radar is our gift to you, Current or Potential Client, so that you can enjoy all of the awesome without any of the drudgery. Unwrap it each week, and know that you’re loved by the geeks and pixel-pushers at Agency Fusion.

Native vs. Web App Ceasefire

People can be pretty passionate when it comes to native vs. web apps, but Matt Asay says it’s time to declare a ceasefire, and we agree. It’s better to focus on building a great app. Most apps are (and should be) a hybrid of both approaches.

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6 Ruby on Rails Testing Tips

If you aren’t writing tests, you should be. If you’re already writing tests, these tips might be helpful to you.

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Ephemeral VHS

Wish you could see that movie you used to have on VHS, but it never made it to DVD? Check here, someone may have uploaded it.

Ephemeral VHS

Ruby Together

Ruby Together is a community formed to help with the maintenance of shared Ruby tools, like Bundler, RubyGems, and RubyGems.org. It’s supported by Stripe and Engine Yard, among others.

Ruby Together

Debugging Ruby Memory Leaks

Read up on memory leaks in Ruby and tools to debug them, as well as a look into how these tools can be applied to track down and fix a severe memory leak.

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Amazon Dash Buttons

Buy a Dash Button for products you order frequently, and Amazon will ship a new batch whenever you press the button. It’s interesting to think of other ways a physical trigger might help a customer initiate a digital process.

Amazon Dash Buttons

Understanding SQL’s Null

Null in SQL means something different than what it means in many other languages. This is a good explanation of some common pitfalls caused by null values in SQL.

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Vince Vaughn Stock Photos

iStock teamed up with Vince Vaughn and a few of his co-stars to recreate some pretty classic stock photography.

Vince Vaughn Stock Photos

Outsourced QA

If you can’t afford your own QA team, you can outsource to Testlio.

Testlio