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Simplify, Ship, Repeat

Thoughts, projects, books, and reference notes by Josh Saint Jacque

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Awesome Ruby

A curated map of Ruby articles, gems, projects, tools, talks, and community updates that make a Ruby developer's day a little more fun.

Ruby Rails Hotwire
May 13, 2026
Blog Post

Code Got Cheaper. Our Rituals Didn’t Notice.

Software used to be hard to change, so we built rituals around deciding before building. But what happens when code becomes the fast part?

Software Engineering Project Management Agile
May 7, 2026
Book

The Courage to Be Disliked

Freedom requires accepting that other people may disapprove of you.

Psychology Philosophy Self-Help
May 6, 2026
Cheat Sheet

Clean Code

A concise reference to Clean Code’s core principles: readable code, meaningful names, small functions, tests, SOLID design, refactoring habits, and common code smells.

Clean Code Refactoring Software Engineering
May 6, 2026
Book

Clean Code

Code is written once but read and changed constantly, so optimize for clarity, intent, and safe modification.

Software Engineering Code Quality Refactoring
May 5, 2026
Project

Globe

A globe representing the places I've lived and visited. Fun experiment in Three.js.

Ruby Rails Three.js Stimulus Tailwind
Apr 27, 2026
Blog Post

On Orchestration

Why software engineering is shifting from writing syntax to orchestrating context, constraints, and review.

AI Software Engineering Orchestration
Feb 28, 2026
Blog Post

Maintaining Code Quality on Remote Teams

Practical tips for keeping your codebase clean and maintainable.

Remote Work Code Quality
Oct 7, 2024
Blog Post

How Switching to TypeScript Transformed Our Frontend

From fewer bugs to easier refactors, the impact of TypeScript on our codebase.

TypeScript Refactoring
Jan 1, 2019

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