10/16
A Nibble of Content-Defined Chunking — A Nibble of Content-Defined Chunking –A great explanation of a really cool algorithm. “How de-duplicated, incremental file transfer works “
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10/13
Testing Rails Apps with FactoryBot and MiniTest — Testing Rails Apps with FactoryBot and MiniTest –This blog post looks at testing rails apps with FactoryBot and MiniTest – the default test framework which ships with Rails….
10/10
The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack Resources — The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack Resources –Growth hacking is a popular buzzword, but do you know what it means? Learn about the best growth hacking resources with this playbook.
10/09
5 Python Libraries That Make Everyday Coding Simpler — 5 Python Libraries That Make Everyday Coding Simpler –A bunch of really handy little python libraries: lThese modules bring a bit more elegance and functionality to Python
10/09
Markdown in Ruby on Rails with RedCarpet – Mitch Craver — Markdown in Ruby on Rails with RedCarpet – Mitch Craver –A pretty detailed explanation and example of how to use Markdown in Rails
10/09
Try These 8 Modern Alternatives to Common Unix Commands — Try These 8 Modern Alternatives to Common Unix Commands –I may already have covered this. But there are one or two new ones on this list: “If you have used any Unix-like operating systems like GNU/Linux or terminal in the macOS, you will be familiar with cd, ls, grep, find and…”
10/05
Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus — Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus –I totally agree with this. Ive used or needed to use statistics ans probability a lot more often than calculus: “The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors.”
10/05
Security Best Practices for Your Rails Application | AppSignal Blog — Security Best Practices for Your Rails Application | AppSignal Blog –These are pretty basic common sense measures that i think any rails app should follow: “Ensure your Rails application stays secure by following some best practices and habits.”
09/29
Import Maps Under the Hood in Rails 7 | AppSignal Blog — Import Maps Under the Hood in Rails 7 | AppSignal Blog –Very useful background on Rails 7 and Javascript: “Learn how to install JavaScript libraries with import maps and how import maps work under the hood in Rails 7.
09/27
Trunk-based Development vs. Git Flow — Trunk-based Development vs. Git Flow –Two major ways of organized source control and brancing: “Git Flow or trunk-based development? This guide lists the pros and cons of both, and examines various use cases.”
09/23
Making Sense of Rails Assets — Making Sense of Rails Assets –Rails Assets (css, js, etc) have been managed through various mechanisms over the years. They seem to keep trying to find something less mind bendingly complex. Here’s the latest: “Demystify the complexity of the Rails 7 asset pipeline and navigate its wide menu of options.”
09/22
Why You Should Use Data Classes in Python | Giuliano Pertile — Why You Should Use Data Classes in Python | Giuliano Pertile –Don’t you know what a Data Class is? You know how to use it? And what is the difference with a regular class? Here in this post I will try to answer these questions and many more.
09/17
A Quick and Easy Guide to the Asset Pipeline in Rails 7 | Mix & Go — A Quick and Easy Guide to the Asset Pipeline in Rails 7 | Mix & Go –It never hurts to learn more about the Asset Pipeline in Rails 7, right?
09/17
Welcome to Bashly | Bashly – Bash CLI Framework — Welcome to Bashly | Bashly – Bash CLI Framework –Bashly is a command line application (written in Ruby) that lets you generate feature-rich bash command line tools.
09/14
Python List Comprehensions Are More Powerful Than You Might Think — Python List Comprehensions Are More Powerful Than You Might Think –I can always learn tonuse comprehensions better! “Write better list comprehensions with the help of these unknown features and tricks”
09/12
How To Learn Any New Skill Fast: 26 Tips and Tricks – Jeremy Fielding 105 — How To Learn Any New Skill Fast: 26 Tips and Tricks – Jeremy Fielding 105 –My first video post to this. This is an excellent motivator and explainer to all of you trying or struggling to learn a new skill. I myself am struggling go learn to play the piano. Ha! I’ve been doing that for over 10 years. Still diggin’
09/12
Accelerate Python code 100x by import taichi as ti | Taichi Docs — Accelerate Python code 100x by import taichi as ti | Taichi Docs –This is almost in the too good to be true category! “Python has become the most popular language in many rapidly evolving sectors, such as deep learning and data sciences. Yet its easy readability comes at the cost of performance. Of course, we all complain about program performance from time to time, and Python should certainly not take all the blame. Still, it’s fair to say that Python’s nature as an interpreted language does not help, especially in computation-intensive scenarios (e.g., when there are multiple nested for loops).”
09/12
Why Use MongoDB with Ruby — Why Use MongoDB with Ruby –I haven’t read this yet, but the topic is of great interest: “Before discovering Ruby and Ruby on Rails I was a .NET developer. At that time I’d make ad-hoc changes to my development database, export my table/function/stored procedure/view definitions to text files and check them into source control with any code changes. Using diff functionality I’d compare the schema changes that the DBAs needed to apply to production and we’d script that out separately.”
09/10
The What, the Why, and the How of Bloom Filter – The Lean Software Boutique — The What, the Why, and the How of Bloom Filter – The Lean Software Boutique –Have you ever wondered how does Medium recommend blogs to read or how does a platform with millions of users tells if a username is available or ta…