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Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus –I totally agree with this. Ive used or needed to use statistics ans probability a lot more often than calculus: “The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors.”
Security Best Practices for Your Rails Application | AppSignal Blog –These are pretty basic common sense measures that i think any rails app should follow: “Ensure your Rails application stays secure by following some best practices and habits.”
Import Maps Under the Hood in Rails 7 | AppSignal Blog –Very useful background on Rails 7 and Javascript: “Learn how to install JavaScript libraries with import maps and how import maps work under the hood in Rails 7.
Trunk-based Development vs. Git Flow –Two major ways of organized source control and brancing: “Git Flow or trunk-based development? This guide lists the pros and cons of both, and examines various use cases.”
Making Sense of Rails Assets –Rails Assets (css, js, etc) have been managed through various mechanisms over the years. They seem to keep trying to find something less mind bendingly complex. Here’s the latest: “Demystify the complexity of the Rails 7 asset pipeline and navigate its wide menu of options.”
Why You Should Use Data Classes in Python | Giuliano Pertile –Don’t you know what a Data Class is? You know how to use it? And what is the difference with a regular class? Here in this post I will try to answer these questions and many more.
A Quick and Easy Guide to the Asset Pipeline in Rails 7 | Mix & Go –It never hurts to learn more about the Asset Pipeline in Rails 7, right?
Welcome to Bashly | Bashly – Bash CLI Framework –Bashly is a command line application (written in Ruby) that lets you generate feature-rich bash command line tools.
Python List Comprehensions Are More Powerful Than You Might Think –I can always learn tonuse comprehensions better! “Write better list comprehensions with the help of these unknown features and tricks”
How To Learn Any New Skill Fast: 26 Tips and Tricks – Jeremy Fielding 105 –My first video post to this. This is an excellent motivator and explainer to all of you trying or struggling to learn a new skill. I myself am struggling go learn to play the piano. Ha! I’ve been doing that for over 10 years. Still diggin’
Accelerate Python code 100x by import taichi as ti | Taichi Docs –This is almost in the too good to be true category! “Python has become the most popular language in many rapidly evolving sectors, such as deep learning and data sciences. Yet its easy readability comes at the cost of performance. Of course, we all complain about program performance from time to time, and Python should certainly not take all the blame. Still, it’s fair to say that Python’s nature as an interpreted language does not help, especially in computation-intensive scenarios (e.g., when there are multiple nested for loops).”
Why Use MongoDB with Ruby –I haven’t read this yet, but the topic is of great interest: “Before discovering Ruby and Ruby on Rails I was a .NET developer. At that time I’d make ad-hoc changes to my development database, export my table/function/stored procedure/view definitions to text files and check them into source control with any code changes. Using diff functionality I’d compare the schema changes that the DBAs needed to apply to production and we’d script that out separately.”
The What, the Why, and the How of Bloom Filter – The Lean Software Boutique –Have you ever wondered how does Medium recommend blogs to read or how does a platform with millions of users tells if a username is available or ta…
GeorgeKaraszi/ActiveRecordExtended: Adds additional postgres functionality to an ActiveRecord / Rails application –Adds additional postgres functionality to an ActiveRecord / Rails application – GeorgeKaraszi/ActiveRecordExtended: Adds additional postgres functionality to an ActiveRecord / Rails application
Runno –It has some similarities with things like JSFiddle or CodePen, but can run Ruby (as well as Python, C and C++). It can even act interactively and accept user input (such as with gets). You can then take these sandboxes and use them on your own pages/blog posts, etc.
Effective Queries with Rails and PostgreSQL –Getting data into your database is easy, but querying large datasets is challenging—especially without the right indexes. Pavel Tkachenko teaches how to write performant SQL queries with EXPLAIN and ANALYZE.
Puzzle Master Inc – #1 Platform to Buy Puzzles Online –Puzzle Master Inc is a #1 online puzzle buying platform where you can find huge collection of Wire, Metal, Jigsaws, Cubes, Wood Puzzles & Brain Teasers. Shop Now!
Try these Google Docs Tricks 🪄 –There are a few really good ones here! “11 quick tips and hidden features”
Duplication – Code with Jason –Duplication can pose serious maintenance problems to codebases. Developers’ attempts to fix duplication can even sometimes introduce new problems. Certain popular approaches to addressing duplication exist, such as the rule of three and the refrain duplication is cheaper than the wrong abstraction. I think these advice snippets treat duplication in an oversimplified way that doesn’t […]