Gnarly Learnings from February 2023

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We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. Improved Absolute URL Detection in React Router Link Component The Link component is an important aspect of React Router’s tooling, but historically we have had to fall…

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Gnarly News January 2023

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The software development landscape is constantly changing. As a software consultancy, it’s our responsibility to keep our finger on the pulse of the industry. Here are some headlines that caught our attention recently.  React Native 0.71 Released We’ve had our eyes on the various release candidates for a few months and we were stoked with…

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Gnarly Learnings from November 2022

We love reading, watching, and listening in order to keep our skills sharp and our perspectives fresh. Here are some of the resources we learned from this month. Embedding with Sidekiq 7.0 Mike Perham, the creator of Sidekiq, wrote a blog post discussing one of the features of the newly released Sidekiq 7.0: embedding! Prior…

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Gnarly Learnings from August 2022

We love reading, watching, and listening in order to constantly update our skills and learn new perspectives. Here are some of the exciting pieces we learned from this month. Digging Into Turbo with Ruby on Rails 7 This article provides a nice intro to Turbo. The author goes over the high points of frames and…

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Looking Forward in Mobile Development

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TL;DR Very few businesses really need a mobile application. If you use Bluetooth or GPS, you know what you need. But for everyone else, whether you want a mobile app depends mostly on the experience you offer your users. Technology Marches On Mobile development, particular cross-platform (e.g. both iOS and Android), is at a much…

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Gnar named Top Mobile App Development Company

Boston – Mar 1, 2022. The Gnar Company is pleased to announce Design Rush has named it a Top Mobile App Development Company In Massachusetts. Design Rush analyzes and ranks hundreds of agencies annually to help buyers find top agencies and companies. Businesses that demonstrate high levels of professionalism and reliability are then added into…

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