Recommendations for Chad Pytel
| # | Who? | Comment | When? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Josh Clayton | over 2 years ago | |
| 38 | Tristan Dunn | over 2 years ago | |
| 37 | Nishit Shah | over 3 years ago | |
| 36 | Jason Morrison | I'm pretty certain that Chad owns a time machine, or secret cloning technology, because I don't otherwise know how we could get so much done. An uncompromising and highly skilled programmer and CEO. | over 3 years ago |
| 35 | Miles Z. Sterrett | over 3 years ago | |
| 34 | Matt Van Horn | over 3 years ago | |
| 33 | Rich Thornett | over 3 years ago | |
| 32 | Sean Hussey | I've become a better developer because of the work he and the other Thoughtbotters have done. | over 3 years ago |
| 31 | Sandro Turriate | over 3 years ago | |
| 30 | Ben McDonald | over 3 years ago | |
| 29 | Michael Hartl | over 3 years ago | |
| 28 | Steven Bristol | over 3 years ago | |
| 27 | Jon "Lark" Larkowski | Chad is a classy guy among his company full of classy guys. | over 3 years ago |
| 26 | Carlisia Campos | Chad is a valuable resource in the Ruby/Rails world. His focus on quality is so important to him that he is even willing to share his trade secrets. | over 3 years ago |
| 25 | Joshua Warchol | over 3 years ago | |
| 24 | Dev Purkayastha | over 3 years ago | |
| 23 | Josh Owens | over 3 years ago | |
| 22 | Jason Rudolph | over 3 years ago | |
| 21 | Ryan McGeary | Thoughtbot is doing some cool stuff | over 3 years ago |
| 20 | Michele Stuart | Very nice presentation on refactoring your Rails code. | over 3 years ago |
| 19 | Delete My Account | over 3 years ago | |
| 18 | Rob Tierney | over 3 years ago | |
| 17 | Felipe Mesquita | over 3 years ago | |
| 16 | Angelo Simeoni | over 3 years ago | |
| 15 | Guillaume Maury | over 3 years ago | |
| 14 | Josh Nichols | over 3 years ago | |
| 13 | Michael Breen | over 3 years ago | |
| 12 | Evan Cooney | over 3 years ago | |
| 11 | Joe Ferris | over 3 years ago | |
| 10 | jared carroll | over 3 years ago | |
| 9 | Mike Burns | over 3 years ago | |
| 8 | Ken Collins | Good work on Advanced Active Record Techniques presentation. Thoughtbot does great stuff. | over 3 years ago |
| 7 | Desi McAdam | over 3 years ago | |
| 6 | Jon Yurek | over 3 years ago | |
| 5 | Andrew Kuklewicz | we are working with thoughtbot on the next PRX version. | over 4 years ago |
| 4 | Eric Mill | over 4 years ago | |
| 3 | Matt Jankowski | over 4 years ago | |
| 2 | Tammer Saleh | over 4 years ago | |
| 1 | Dan Croak | over 5 years ago |
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