Nadia co-founded Ignition Works in order to find fun and sustainable ways to build worthwhile software products. She has taught good engineering practices through pair programming at Pivotal Labs and she runs the Ruby Book Club podcast in her spare time.
Talks I've Given
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The Case of the Missing Method — A Ruby Mystery Story
Featuring Nadia Odunayo
Business is slow for Ruby Private Investigator, Deirdre Bug. She’s on the verge of switching industry when she gets a call from an anxious young man. "Some class methods have gone missing," he tells her breathlessly. "I need your help."
Deirdre takes the case and begins...
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This Code Sucks — A Story About Nonviolent Programming
Featuring Nadia Odunayo
Think about something that happened at work recently. How did it make you feel? Why did it make you feel that way? Chances are you answered those two questions poorly. Our inability to answer such questions effectively leads us to communicate in ways that are negative and unhelpful. Let’s explore...
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Ruby Book Club
Featuring Nadia Odunayo
Hello and welcome to the Ruby Book Club! We’re delighted that you could join us. Today we’re starting with section 4.9 in Avdi Grimm’s ‘Confident Ruby’: Replace “string typing” with classes. As always, it doesn’t matter if you haven’t found time to do the reading. At the Ruby Book Club, we like...
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