Our Thoughts and Stories, page 5 of 6
It's hard to write when we're always so busy creating for our amazing clients! However, we do find time sometimes to share our thoughts on crafting Rails, iOS and Mac apps out of Knoxville, TN.






How to Test ActiveJob Callbacks Using Sidekiq
- Thu - Feb 16, 2017
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- By Matt Millsaps-Brewer
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- ruby, ruby-on-rails
In this post, we’ll take a quick look at how you can test ActiveJob callbacks and error handling in your jobs.
The Design Process
- Tue - Feb 14, 2017
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- By Chris
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- branding, design, ui-ux
The design process broken down by each step.
How to Manage Environment Variable in Ruby Subprocess
- Thu - Feb 09, 2017
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- By Matt Millsaps-Brewer
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- linux, ruby-on-rails, programming
I recently worked on a project that caused some puzzlement when spawning subprocesses multiple times, all while continuing to use bundler to manage our gems. I needed to find an easy way to manage environment variable in ruby using bundler, NodeJS and rbenv.
Logo Design Basics
- Tue - Feb 07, 2017
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- By Chris
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- marketing, typography, branding, design
Logo Design basics, explains the different types of logos and how these fit in with your Brand Identity.
What the font?
- Fri - Feb 03, 2017
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- By Chris
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- typography, design
Learning about typography, what is a font and the different parts of a typeface featuring what the font
UI/UX Design Overview
- Thu - Feb 02, 2017
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- By Chris
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- design, ui-ux
UI/UX design overview teaching you the basics of UI/UX and what User Interface and User Experience really is.
Understanding the basics of Branding through Brand Identity Examples
- Tue - Jan 31, 2017
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- By Chris
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- marketing, branding, design
Understanding the basics of branding though brand identity examples and company assets.
Hand Crafted Holiday Boxes
This year at Lotus we wanted to do something really special and unique for our clients.
Lotus Apps T-Shirts
- Tue - Aug 16, 2016
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- By Matt Millsaps-Brewer
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- marketing, branding, design
We love to give our friends and customers a little Lotus Apps love, and Marcel is rocking one of our T-Shirts we sent him.
Managing Ruby Scripts at Launch
- Tue - Jun 07, 2016
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- By Matt Millsaps-Brewer
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- ruby, dev ops, software
Learn how to manage ruby scripts on device boot.
Welcoming Lorena to Lotus
- Tue - May 10, 2016
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- By Matt Millsaps-Brewer
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- operations, hiring
Late welcome for our awesome and talented engineer, Lorena.
Adventures in Hiring an Engineer
- Thu - Mar 03, 2016
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- By Matt Millsaps-Brewer
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- operations, hiring
Our experience in posting a job, fielding candidates and finding the right engineer for our team.
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