April 2021
40 Best Ruby Gems We Can’t Live Without
It’s always welcome to see what the latest most useful gems are.
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!
Ruby tricks for junior developers | Drivy Engineering
Nice review of some more advanced ruby features.
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
Makefiles, Best Practices
It’s been a while since I’ve had to write a make file, but these are very useful tips if you do!
42 performance tips for Ruby on Rails • Magnus Skog
Not just for Rails. Sinatra too, and many of these are universal!
A Standard and Clean Series A Term Sheet
Always good to see a sample of what’s considered good these days!
Papers With Code : the latest in machine learning
This site shows off research papers which include the code to run. Very nice!
The simplicity and power of Ruby Struct - usage, performance, alternatives
Interesting esoteric info about ruby, structs, hashes and more!
Design follows data structures
If you’re interested in algorithms, optimization and big-O you will like this.
What's new in Ruby 2.6
Ok, I admit, I love ruby the most. Great new stuff in 2.6
How Top-Performing College Grads Fall Into the ‘Prestige Career’ Trap
Watch out, don’t just take the highest paying job!
10 Signs You Will Suck at Programming – Noteworthy - The Journal Blog
It’s good to know if you have some of the traits of a good programmer!
Refactoring — oops, I’ve been doing it backwards. – freeCodeCamp.org
Good insights about becoming slave to rules without remembering why you’re do8ng it!
The 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight
Good geeky info about a monument near the Hoover dam...
Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQL Using the Adjacency List Model
Database design concepts and ideas in a well explained article
20 VS Code Extensions You'll Actually Use - DEV Community
Programmers, know your tools! Here are some great optimizers