Link Blog
April 2021
Bobble-Bot
A really fun project! I wonder if this could be for an independent study?
We Can Do Better Than SQL
Interesting account of all the ways that SQL sucks and of course a proposed fix!
Plotly | Make charts and dashboards online
An amazing graphing and plotting web site
The world in which IPv6 was a good design
A deceptively chatty but still very dense and technical tour through the history of internet protocols. I got through 3/4 of it before getting lost. Very good.
Ten Reasons Why I Don't Like Golang
I thought I wanted to learn golang, now I am not so sure...
Multiple Databases with Active Record — Ruby on Rails Guides
The new rails guide on multi databases in activerecord
strong_password v0.0.7 rubygem hijacked
Interesting description of how a public library or gem can be taken over, and modified to create an all powerful backdoor.
Best Selling Watches on Sale: Top Men's & Women's Watches Online
Looks like a great site for buying cheap watches!
styd/apexcharts.rb
This is an AMAZING collection of graphs. Great to have a ruby binding. Haven’t tried it yet but looks very worth while.
Scripting and automating git processes
This one is pretty eclectic but if you find yourself writing a script in ruby or python or bash and you need to respond in the logic to what's going on in git, then you will find some very useful tips here.
Introducing nushell
Yes, but, do we need another shell? Do we all have to learn Rust? What about a shell framework that will embed any language?
The GVL and C Extensions - a cooperative partnership
very interesting way to embed C in ruby, if you’re into that kind of thing!
CUE
Another very useful text processing tool for text based data files.
WTF :: WTF - the terminal dashboard
A kind of crazy cool dashboard for all kinds of info all in text suitable for display in. Terminal window.