
April 2021


101 Bash Commands and Tips for Beginners to Experts
Always looking for new productivity in the shell!

3 ActiveRecord Mistakes That Slow Down Rails Apps: Count, Where and Present
Every Rails or ActiveRecord Dev should read this!


r/java - Any hiring manager here? What kind of Java project will impress you for entry level position?
Interesting thread of good answers for new grads on how to prepare to get a job in the software world.

Bayesian Inference
This is pretty amazing. Need to play with this more!
Open-source tool that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams.
Looks like a pretty amazing simple tool for creating those tedious diagrams. Similar to GraphViz for a different domain.
Big-O Algorithm Complexity Cheat Sheet (Know Thy Complexities!) @ericdrowell
Handy summary

12 cool things you can do with GitHub – Hacker Noon
Pretty good tips for the github power user
Beware of Java Stream API Habits when Writing Kotlin Code | Codementor
I’m starting to love Kotlin!
How to tell the difference between a default and a provided value for optional arguments in Ruby? - Karol Galanciak - Ruby on Rails and Ember.js consultant
A nice little tip for handling arguments in Ruby

Using OAuth for a simple command line script to access Google's data
I can attest that this can be a pain, so this handy guide is welcome!
Rails 6.0.0 beta1: Action Mailbox, Action Text, Multiple DBs, Parallel Testing, Webpacker by default
Rails keeps marching on. Some awesome improvements in 6.0

Ruby tricks for junior developers | Drivy Engineering
Nice review of some more advanced ruby features.

40 Best Ruby Gems We Can’t Live Without
It’s always welcome to see what the latest most useful gems are.
A Standard and Clean Series A Term Sheet
Always good to see a sample of what’s considered good these days!