Code Design - What would you choose?
Context Consider a list of predicates for an object and the fact that there is a logical priority of considering them. This is just an...
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2024
Three Ruby links #2
If I were to recommend three articles published last week to read, here is what I would recommend: 1️⃣ Data Modeling Entitlements and Pricing for...
Short Ruby Newsletter - edition 104 published
Launches, Discounts and Events • Josef Strzibny (pre)launched a new book "Test Driving Rails: Take Minitest and Fixtures for a spin • "Nate Berkopec announced...
Three Ruby Links #1
If I were to recommend three articles published last week to read, here is what I would recommend: 1️⃣ The Fixing the Rails 7+ networking...
Reminder about Friendly.rb - one month to the conference
Your friendly reminder about Friendly.rb - there is almost 1 month until the conference. I am enthusiastic about moderating a panel about #Ruby at Scale....
Short Ruby Newsletter - edition 103 is out
Launches, Discounts and Events • Luke announced the pre-launch of PetPals.app - Unleash friendships with PetPals • Ruby on Remote launched their section about Remote...
Short Ruby Newsletter - edition 102 is out
Today I published the 102 edition of Short Ruby News Highlights from this editionThis edition was possible with the help of Neenu Chacko as...
How to Grow Ruby Community - #1
Tip for growing the #Ruby community: You can check your company's careers page for Ruby jobs this year. Do you only see senior roles? That's...
Short Ruby Newsletter - edition 101 published
I published the 101 edition of Short Ruby Newsletter, including so many code samples, ideas, new gems, updates and a lot of content to watch,...
3 required elements for a good techincal blog post
If you're a developer who has built your own blog, please ensure every article has a visible publish date. While there's advice on creating "timeless"...
Define reference to an Active Record that has a custom table defined
Here is a #Rails pro tip I discovered while trying to write a migration for defining a belong_to association to a model that had a...
4 article recommendations about Ruby from week 10-16 June
If I would need to only pick 4 articles published in the previous week (10-16 June 2024) about Ruby, here is what I would read: ...
Endless Method - a short summary
Did you know Ruby 3.0 introduced the endless method? That was more than three years ago. It could be helpful sometimes for writing concise code!...
Preparing for Ruby inline type signatures
There is a gem called rbs-inline that is exploring the idea of putting RBS inline in the source code instead of separate files. Andrey Eremin...
Marketing and communication needs - research
Are there people who have an idea for a product or are at the very beginning with it and have questions about marketing & comms...
Short Ruby Newsletter - edition 93 published
Highlights from the 93 edition of Short Ruby Newsletter Events: EuRuko, RailsWorld, and BalticRuby announced the agenda and speakers. They have great lineups. Two returnees:...
Innovator's dilemma for programming languages
I was working on my slides about Discovering Modern Ruby Features early in the morning. As I brainstorm, I think about the innovator's dilemma and...
Short Ruby Newsletter - edition 91 published
There were many significant events in the #Ruby world last week, making the newsletter quite lengthy. It's hard to choose just one highlight, but here...
Love the simplicity of Ruby on Rails
I love the simplicity of #Ruby on #Rails which allows me to do this in under 1 minute and have it working. (for me) This...
Using a Case statement or Metaprogramming?
Matt posted this question: A case statement does not add complexity when thinking about readability or maintainability. I know that various tools will report it...