Exploring presets
Recently we introduced a new feature which allows you to divert incoming calls to one or more incoming numbers at the click of a button. This might be useful in...
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Building single sign on for Coact
Historically, all aTech Media products used our own SSO system called aTech Identity. Unfortunately, this method introduces unnecessary complexity when you want to allow your clients
Updating things live in the browser
One of the things I am most proud and happy with in Coact so-far is the way that data updates made on the server are reflected in real time in the browser. For example, if someone renames a client
A first look at Coact
We've started work on the application and I'm really excited to be able to reveal the first look at the new interface for Coact. The screenshots you'll see below are part of the Client areas.
Memoization in Ruby
Memoization is a technique employed in many languages which allows you to cache the results of slow or expensive operations and return the cached result whenever the method is subsequently...
Local gems for local apps
If you’re a keen gem developer like myself and you regularly use them in your other applications, you may find it useful to know of this quick tip. It allows...
Auto Permitted Attributes in Rails Forms
I’m sitting here at PHP South Coast, surrounded by PHP developers and I’m writing some Ruby. I’ve come up with a nice little gem to avoid the extra work involved...
Using UUIDs
Usually we just use incrementing integers as primary keys on our database objects however in Coact we're using UUIDs instead.
Staytus — an open source status site
Staytus is another open source project I got off the ground a few months ago. It provides a content management system for managing service statuses for your network or web...
Smoother image attachments
Drag and dropping file attachments into your tickets and discussions just got better. Drag a PNG or JPEG image onto your update to have a link to it automatically inserted...
Budgets
A couple of weekends ago, I found myself needing some sort of application to manage the annual budget for aTech but manage my personal monthly budget. I tried to create...
Tidy up your Branches
If you're anything like me you're terrible at tidying up your remote branches once you've merged your work, leading you to having a great big, long list in Codebase. This...