<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello again, LRUG. You’re looking lovely today. Did you have a good weekend? Did you see the sun for the first time in months? Hibernation season is finally coming to an end! 🐻☀️</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m Kaitlyn, and I’m an apprentice developer with <a href="https://links5.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/BracGdopcvsSq542o?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI" class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; word-wrap: normal; word-break: break-word;">Happy Bear Software</a>, a small consultancy specialising in Ruby on Rails development. 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Our rates are shockingly reasonable. If this all sounds too good to be true, you can email us or find one of us at LRUG tonight, or at the pub post-LRUG. If you have a Rails application that needs a bit of attention and sprucing up, or if you'd like something new built, please do get in touch for a chat.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kaitlyn</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">
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