Some great links for 03/29/2020
Really good simple explanation of making a multi step form in Rails.
Some great links for 03/26/2020
Good explanation. Although I don’t know exactly what his difference is between a facade, a presenter and a service object.
tags: howto pattern rails facade
Why microservices are so much worse than monoliths. Yes this is a self serving and self promotional article. But I think he is right.
tags: architecture problems microservices Monoliths deign
One in a series of why monoliths are better than microservices
Some great links for 03/23/2020
Foreman is now superseded by overmind, which is better and more awesome. Worth a look.
Some great links for 03/08/2020
This can always be a paining the butt. And now that Rails4 uses all this new and badly integrated package management stuff it gets worse. This is a helpful article.
tags: rails bootstrap webpacker
Huge collection of images for your hacking pleasure!
tags: collection open source image
Some great links for 03/07/2020
It’s always hard to handle branches. This was a very popular post when it came out.
tags: howto branches git cargocultimg
Some great links for 03/06/2020
There are many of these building blocks. Use this to mock a web service that your system depends on. That way you can test your system without incurring the costs (in money and time) of calling the service.
Some great links for 03/04/2020
Specific good advice on rails performance and scale.
tags: servers ruby on rails howto ruby production
Some great links for 03/02/2020
The madness of interviewing at google. OMG!
tags: software google developer interviewing
A good list. I know every single one and would generally agree with it. Some books are too high in the list and some too low. But an excellent starting point.
tags: recommended howto programming books
Some great links for 02/28/2020
A good introduction to the very confusing combination of JavaScript, yarn, css, etc in rails 6. Hopefully they will clean this up in rails 7.
tags: javascript yarn rails
Some great links for 02/26/2020
This is an amazing tool when you need it. Do queries, merges, filters on json files. You only need it once or twice a year but when you need it, it's a life saver!