AWS SAM in a Docker Dev Container
In which I get an AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) hello-world app up and running in a reproducible Docker dev container (with code on Github)!
Rails 6 errors: the good, the bad, the ugly
An exploration of what’s awesome, what’s not so great, and what’s downright confusing in Rails 6 debugging.
Tools for turning descriptions into diagrams
Sometimes I have a picture of a software design in my head and I just want to draw it. If I don’t need to collaborate with anyone remotely I might…
How to relax your Ruby version specification in your Gemfile
Have you ever run into this error? Your Ruby version is 2.6.1, but your Gemfile specified 2.6.3 Annoying, right? You know your Ruby version is new enough to run this…
How to clean up Medium feeds in Inoreader
How to fix one of the many annoyances of reading Medium blogs (if you happen to use Inoreader).
I think voice dictation is turning me into a better speaker
My process of writing has always been: write a sentence, or half a sentence. Then edit, edit again, and edit some more until I like the way it looks. Rinse,…
Preserving session with Mechanize
A write-up of a tricky aspect of saving Mechanize agent cookies.
Some quick thoughts on input validation
The Hanami project is looking at upgrading and/or replacing their input validation system. I had some thoughts on this topic, but I don’t want to excessively clutter up their thread…
Ruby Guilty Pleasures
Here’s a bit of code that I both love and feel a bit guilty about. project_root = Pathname.pwd.ascend{|dir| break dir if (dir + “demos”).directory? } or fail “No project root…
About the Ruby squiggly heredoc syntax
To my list of Ruby achievements, I can now add the dubious distinction of having come up with the syntax for the new “squiggly heredoc” introduced in version 2.3. Thus playing…