Git is simply too hard
Git is simply too hard –Git is actually sooo hard. Not just to learn, but also to use consistently. And I say that as a person who used it for probably over ten years. Here’s my thoughts on the matter.
Blog Posts
All my blog posts and articles
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June 2023
Concerns in Rails: Everything You Need to Know
Concerns in Rails: Everything You Need to Know –Concerns are an important concept in Rails that can be confusing to understand for those new to Rails as well as seasoned practitioners. This post explains what concerns are, how they work, and how & when you should use them to simplify your code, with practical, real-world examples.
Introduction to Rails Engines – FastRuby.io | Rails Upgrade Service
Introduction to Rails Engines – FastRuby.io | Rails Upgrade Service –An intro to Rails Engines are an architectural pattern that can be used to modularize or pack a Rails application. An article about this powerful f…
May 2023
pawurb/rails-brotli-cache: Rails cache using the Brotli algorithm offers better compression and performance.
pawurb/rails-brotli-cache: Rails cache using the Brotli algorithm offers better compression and performance. –Rails cache using the Brotli algorithm offers better compression and performance. – GitHub – pawurb/rails-brotli-cache: Rails cache using the Brotli algorithm offers better compression and performa…
How-To Add Recommendations to a Rails App with pgvector and OpenAI
How-To Add Recommendations to a Rails App with pgvector and OpenAI –Creating recommendations with pgvector, ruby-openai, and the neighbor gem.
‘Succession’ and the Future of Social Media
‘Succession’ and the Future of Social Media –Sssssaga of a glossssy and glittering our bosses. Article is much more interesting than the title promises.
Memory Allocation
Memory Allocation –For those of you learning C or C++, this article is a great and detailed tutorial. Also useful if you are studying operating systems.
Kanaries/Rath: Next generation of automated data exploratory analysis and visualization platform.
Kanaries/Rath: Next generation of automated data exploratory analysis and visualization platform. –Next generation of automated data exploratory analysis and visualization platform. – Kanaries/Rath: Next generation of automated data exploratory analysis and visualization platform.
GigaBrain – Search Reddit and Other Communities for Answers from Real People
GigaBrain – Search Reddit and Other Communities for Answers from Real People –GigaBrain finds the most useful discussions on reddit and other communities. We sift through the noise and analyze billions of comments for you. Get real answers from real people.
Daily ChatGPT
I have been using ChatGPT on a daily basis. Not for joking or playing but for work. It is like a super search engine combined with a fallible expert. When I tell this story to various people they seem surprised and ask “Give me an example.” I have so many. So this will be a series of daily examples where ChatGPT made a difference. By the way, people love to say, ChatGPT is nothing more than fancy autocomplete. While they may be technically correct (and I doubt they are) you cannot ignore ChatGPT feats that look nothing like autocomplete.
From Ruby to Crystal? Writing and distributing a CLI tool—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
From Ruby to Crystal? Writing and distributing a CLI tool—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog –We use the Crystal language to build a CLI tool, a coverage reporter for Coveralls, as a static binary and as a Homebrew tap
Daily ChatGPT: Solve a simple network traversal
Tell me how this is simple word completion. Can this be broadened to a more complicated network. Could it be used for some kind of semi-intelligent navigation? ## Prompt: Assume a map that is described in sentences, with node names and costs to go between nodes. Here is map1: Node A costs 5 to go...
Read more →fast.ai – Mojo may be the biggest programming language advance in decades
fast.ai – Mojo may be the biggest programming language advance in decades –Mojo is a new programming language, based on Python, which fixes Python’s performance and deployment problems.
April 2023
Advanced Active Record
Advanced Active Record –Optimizing Performance and Robustness with Locking, UUIDs, Fulltext Search, Database Views, and Geospatial Data
Ruby’s Switch Statement is More Flexible Than You Thought
Ruby’s Switch Statement is More Flexible Than You Thought –Ruby’s switch statement is very versatile and flexible, especially due to the dynamic nature of Ruby. In this post, we’ll see how you can use it in various ways. We’ll also learn why it works the way it works. Hint: it uses the === operator (method) under the hood.
The Ruby on Rails SaaS Template | Bullet Train
The Ruby on Rails SaaS Template | Bullet Train –Bullet Train is a Ruby on Rails SaaS-in-a-Box that saves developers months of effort and new founders tens of thousands of dollars.
ChatPDF – Chat with any PDF!
ChatPDF – Chat with any PDF! –ChatPDF is the fast and easy way to chat with any PDF, free and without sign-in. Talk to books, research papers, manuals, essays, legal contracts, whatever you have! The intelligence revolution is here, ChatGPT was just the beginning!
How to Load Code in Ruby | AppSignal Blog
How to Load Code in Ruby | AppSignal Blog –Let’s look into three options for code loading in Ruby: using load, require, and autoload. This is a very useful review and also explains more about zeitwerk.
Your teens should be on the phone | Semafor
Your teens should be on the phone | Semafor –The evidence on whether social media is harmful is ambiguous, and cutting teens off from social media means cutting them off from their friends.
The Founders Talk podcast
The Founders Talk podcast –In-depth, one-on-one conversations with founders, CEOs, and makers. The journey, lessons learned, and the struggles. Let's do this!