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Feature of the week: Automatically pause subscriptions without active products

We’ve rolled out a feature that allows merchants to automatically pause subscriptions that don’t have any active products.
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The psychology of sustainable consumption: Breaking and making habits

Our shopping habits can change for the better through consumable subscriptions—a practical way to rewire our purchasing patterns and make sustainable choices feel natural.
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Schedule recurring jobs with Sidekiq 4

Something I keep getting back to is setting up scheduled recurring jobs with Sidekiq, even though some people say it's not the tool for the job...
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Hybrid native apps are great for launching new mobile apps

At Firmhouse, we regularly build hybrid native apps when working on new mobile apps and Minimum Viable Products.
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Use git blame more efficiently

Everyone has been there, that piece of code of which you think:“Wow, what a piece of crazy code, the person who wrote that should be ashamed of themselves.”
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Instant cohorts and retention graphs for your Rails app

Knowing retention and churn is crucial to understanding whether you are doing the right things to get your product off the ground...
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Make sure Redis is secure

A little while ago, I read a post about the insecurity of Redis. It was mainly about the fact that most Redis installation or totally open...
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Integrate Rubocop in your workflow

Rubocop is a tool that helps you to check and enforce your style guide for your Ruby code. It does this using static analysis.
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How I deploy a Rails app using Docker

Learn how to deploy a ruby on rails app that runs in a docker container.
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How I build a Docker image for my Rails app

You have probably heard of the new cool kid in town, Docker. The problem with the fact that it is a new kid is that the documentation...
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