Some great links for 02/19/2019
How Microservices Saved the Internet – Hacker Noon
tags: scaling microservices web
How to save hours of debugging with logs – freeCodeCamp.org
Logs are the boring unsung heroes of quality and debugging.
Blog Posts
All my blog posts and articles
February 2019
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2019-02-16
Some great links for 02/17/2019
Opinion | No, You Can’t Ignore Email. It’s Rude.
True statement about emails. I agree although I know some people who habitually don’t answer emails. Is it me?
Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
Some incredibly useful practical tips for a good login form
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2019-02-15
Some great links for 02/16/2019
Read more →What’s coming to Rails 6.0? – Ruby Inside – Medium
Rails 6 will help with database sharding!
tags: rails
Ruby 2.7 — Enumerable#tally – Brandon Weaver – Medium
Fun new method in ruby 2.6
Problem solving with Unix commands
Just proves yet again that with the Unix command line you can do anything!
tags: unix ...
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2019-02-12
Some great links for 02/13/2019
Understanding Database Sharding | DigitalOcean
Excellent overview of sharding or vertical database partitioning
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2019-02-10
Some great links for 02/11/2019
Read more →How to be more productive on GitHub – freeCodeCamp.org
Some real power user tips for github
tags: tips browse github search powerusers
The 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight
Good geeky info about a monument near the Hoover dam…
tags: ...
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2019-02-09
Some great links for 02/10/2019
Read more →10 Signs You Will Suck at Programming – Noteworthy – The Journal Blog
It’s good to know if you have some of the traits of a good programmer!
tags: skill programming learners
Refactoring — oops, I’ve been doing it backwards. – freeCodeCamp.org
Good insights about becoming slave to rules without remembering why you’re do8ng it!
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2019-02-06
Some great links for 02/07/2019
Design follows data structures
If you’re interested in algorithms, optimization and big-O you will like this.
tags: optimization bigo design datastructures
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2019-02-02
Some great links for 02/03/2019
Read more →20 Docker commands use cases for developers
Finally I’ve joined the docker bandwagon
The simplicity and power of Ruby Struct – usage, performance, alternatives
Interesting esoteric info about ruby, structs, hashes and more!
tags: usage ...
January 2019
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2019-01-28
Some great links for 01/29/2019
Read more →40 Best Ruby Gems We Can’t Live Without
It’s always welcome to see what the latest most useful gems are.
tags: tips ruby recommendations gems
Ruby tricks for junior developers | Drivy Engineering
Nice review of some more advanced ruby features.
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2019-01-26
Some great links for 01/27/2019
Beware of Java Stream API Habits when Writing Kotlin Code | Codementor
I’m starting to love Kotlin!
tags: api performance kotlin streams
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2019-01-23
Some great links for 01/24/2019
12 cool things you can do with GitHub – Hacker Noon
Pretty good tips for the github power user
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2019-01-19
Some great links for 01/20/2019
Read more →Download Trial | SimpleDiagrams
Another interesting diagramming and sketching tool.
Open-source tool that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams.
Looks like a pretty amazing simple tool for creating those tedious diagrams. Similar to GraphViz for a different domain.
tags: chart diagram flowchart tools
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2019-01-18
Some great links for 01/19/2019
Read more →Using Ruby in 2019 – Jason Charnes
Slightly apologetic rundown of Why Ruby
3 ActiveRecord Mistakes That Slow Down Rails Apps: Count, Where and Present
Every Rails or ActiveRecord Dev should read this!
tags: rails activerecord mistakes
Never new ...
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2019-01-17
Some great links for 01/18/2019
Read more →101 Bash Commands and Tips for Beginners to Experts
Always looking for new productivity in the shell!
tags: shell cli bash commands tips
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2019-01-14
Some great links for 01/15/2019
Read more →See previous post. I admit I haven’t built super complicated sites, but I always seem to avoid extra languages or preprocessing if at all possible.
I never liked SASS myself.
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2019-01-13
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2019-01-12
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2019-01-11
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2019-01-10
Some great links for 01/11/2019
Read more →Bindings and Lexical Scope in Ruby
Ruby is such an elegant language!
Great, if complete and accurate
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December 2018
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2018-12-31