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Practical Computer is a small, highly focused software team. You can read more about what we’re working on here: https://practical.computer

Currently building Little CRM: https://little-crm.com
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Thoughts on self-hosting & PaaS (May 2026): https://blog.practical.computer/2026/05/06/thoughts-on-selfhosting-paas-may.html
May 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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gem.coop is exactly the kind of infrastructure that should exist for indie builders. A cooperative model means you're aligned with the actual users, not distant shareholders. That's how you keep open source healthy long-term.
March 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Heads up! our new home for Ruby gems is gem.coop. If you're looking for the latest and greatest open-source work from us, there's where to go

beta.gem.coop/@practical-c...
@practical-computer — gem.coop
A concern to quickly scaffold custom forms based on existing ActiveRecord models, like 3 kids stacked up in a trenchcoat.
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March 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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🕵️‍♂️ Pssst! LittleCRM now lets you set a codename for a deal; because it’s always much more fun to add ✨mystery✨ to the work
A screenshot of LittleCRM, showing how deals can have codenames (labels), with versions of the deal cards in various states.
February 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Announcing `caddy-dev`: https://blog.practical.computer/2026/01/24/announcing-caddydev.html
January 24, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Web Awesome continues to be an excellent investment. Since it’s all based on Web Standards, extending it to handle complex behavior leverages decades of experience, tooling, and approaches. Gotta love it!

github.com/shoelace-…
January 16, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Before and after today’s polishing round. Slowly, but surely, getting there
The start of today's polishing round. The UI takes up a lot of vertical space, without much visual cohesion. After today's polishing pass. The components are grouped together, wasteful information is trimmed, and there's a better flow of information
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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New open-source PR, this time for Noticed + keyword mailers! github.com/excid3/no…
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Shoutouts to the Datadog team for making it remarkably easy to write + submit an integration. Hopefully this will get merged in soon!

github.com/DataDog/d…
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Put together some very quick thoughts from my 3-week deep dive into Lighthouse, Cumulative Layout Shift, and bundling.

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Practical Computer - Quick notes: Lies, Damn Lies, and Chrome's Lighthouse tab
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October 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The work that @marcoroth.dev is doing on the view layer for Ruby is so exciting. We’re running the newly-announced ReActionView in Little CRM; which already fixed a variety of syntax errors in our markup 😅
September 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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konnorrogers.com
"small tweaks"
August 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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kaspth.com
:SHIPIT:
August 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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To quote @kaspth.com: "LGTM"
A pull request that has over 9,000 lines added, and over 25,000 lines deleted
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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With Web Awesome moving towards its release date; I’m finally starting to get a proper design for our apps. The theming is still WIP, but the components are much more cohesive
June 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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If you’re gonna be at RailsConf, I’m hosting an unofficial hang before the conference kicks off! lu.ma/railshang…
June 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The Practical Framework 3.0.0 (alpha 1): https://blog.practical.computer/2025/06/02/the-practical-framework-alpha.html
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Friendship with Scrivener over: https://blog.practical.computer/2025/05/22/friendship-with-scrivener-over.html
May 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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A great read: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/rejecti…
May 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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After 3+ years of work and refining in private repos, I’ve finally published an open-source implementation for client-side error handling that should work for 99% of cases! github.com/practical…
April 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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This is still one of the best guides & approaches for progressively enhanced form errors. I’ve been running a version of it for 2 years; and will be open-sourcing that library in the next few weeks

cloudfour.com/thinks/pr…
April 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Overhauling an existing app's view layer without halting development: https://blog.practical.computer/2025/04/08/overhauling-an-existing-apps-view.html
April 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Coming soon!
thomascannon.me Thomas Cannon @thomascannon.me · Apr 7
I know that the economy is actively in freefall right now, but I am glad that after 4-6 months of chewing on the problem; I’ve written an 8.2K word guide on overhauling the view layer for a Rails app. It should go live by the end of the week, still getting reviews on the first draft.
A screenshot of the stats for an upcoming guide in Scrivener. 8,334 words; approximately 30 minutes reading time A colorful illustration of a lab, with the text “Revamping an entire UI without freezing development” on a chalkboard in the center on the left: Buffy, a white dog, is looking at a bug under a microscope. A vest on Buffy reads “bug inspector.” To the right, a man frantically tries to explain a technical concept to a herding dog, Kira. There is a mishmash of technical ideas strewn about the cork board next to the man (who is holding a cigarette), most of which is hastily scribbled in.
April 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Rails View Layers in 2025: https://blog.practical.computer/2025/03/22/rails-view-layers-in.html
March 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Sneak peek of a new feature that’s coming soon to Little CRM
An iOS Lock Screen, with a push notification from Little CRM that says “What’s happened this week?” A dog with a bandana that says “chaotic bisexual” is in the background
March 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM