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Good, Simple Design
I’ve heard this re-framed again and again by many different programmers from @wycats at Ruby conf to @dhh in his parlay letter:I consider this [the ease of getting started], like maintainability, to be...
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Use GIFs in your Pull Request for Good, not Evil
This weekend I made my OVER 9000 pull request to Rails, that features a demo of the functionality in GIF format. I’ve had a number of people ask the same question “what is your GIF workflow?”. For the...
View ArticleAnatomy of an Exploit: An In-depth Look at the Rails YAML Vulnerability
Exploits happens, and this month the Rails and Ruby communities have seen no shortage. From a major exploit in Rails to a slightly different Rubygems.org attack, there has never been a better time to...
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Open Source in your Inbox: Code Triage
“I don’t have time to contribute to open source”. But who does? We’re too busy shipping products and open source is so daunting and time consuming. Sure tools and technologies are our livelihood, but...
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Heroku Engineer Engaged to Ruby
It was a long day when @schneems typed $ git push heroku master, opened his website, and exclaimed “I love Ruby!”. Then as if inside of Pee-wee’s Playhouse he heard a voice say: “If you love Ruby so...
View ArticleGit Minutes Podcast Interviews Schneems
Git Minutes Podcast Interviews Schneems: Had a delightful time talking to GitMinutes about workflow, Rails issues, and more. Have a listen and tell me what you think.
View ArticleDear Richard, I stumbled upon your videos after searching for a way to learn...
The course is intended for an audience that has some programming background such as understanding variable assignment and flow control (if/else). If you’re just getting started in any kind of...
View ArticleHello Richard, I was curious after you worked at Gowalla and used PostgreSQL...
Heroku just announced support for postGIS https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/postgis which helps give you geo location features in your DB. I’ve never used Mongo, so I can’t compare the two. I love...
View ArticleYou have the best lesson on Rails hands down. Coming from enterprise Java...
Glad you enjoyed the lessons :)
View ArticleHi Richard. I love your videos; thanks so much (times a million!). I have a...
Happy you’re enjoying them :)As you may know i’m not a programmer by degree, I have a mechanical engineering BS from georgia tech. You don’t need a degree to get a job, but it is harder to get your...
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Testing Against Multiple Rails Versions
Upgrading major versions of Rails sucks. I was there from 0.9 to 1.0, all the way to the famed 2 to 3 release, and they were all painful. I have good news though: Rails 4 is right around the corner,...
View ArticleMy wedding with Ruby featured in Style Me Pretty
My wedding with Ruby featured in Style Me Pretty: Maybe not programming related, but stil features plenty of “Ruby". My wedding was recently featured on style me pretty. Check it out:Sometimes a...
View ArticleHeroku API Demo
Whipped up a quick demo of the Heroku API using Sinatra and heroku-bouncer (heroku’s oauth rack middleware).Check out the source code and the live Heroku API demo
View ArticleJust wanted to say thanks again for all the lessons. Congratulations on the...
Thanks! Sounds like a fun project you’re working on!
View ArticleMaildown: Write your Rails emails in Markdown
Maildown: Write your Rails emails in Markdown: maildown - Write your ActionMailer email templates in Markdown, send in html and plain textIf you’re anything like me, you can’t stand writing email...
View ArticleHi Richard, Thanks for the tutorial it is great. I am following and I love...
Totally. I had one of the attendees at the last Rails Girls event in Austin I helped at use Nitrous.io and everything went well for them. Some of the instructions might be a little off terminology...
View ArticleSpecify Different Gemfile while using Bundler
Travis has a great feature of being able to install gems using a custom Gemfile path. This lets you do things like test against multiple versions of Rails very easily. A project that uses this is...
View ArticlePrepare, Do, Test: Make your Technical Writing Shine
Don’t pump and dump information on your readers: build better community and better view numbers by following the Prepare, Do, Test pattern. Let’s back up. If you’re new to my site: I’ve been teaching...
View ArticleExplain Shell, from your Shell
If you aren’t massively in love with Explain Shell then you’ve not been on the internet today (or at least following the same people I do on twitter). It’s an easy way to see what a unix command does...
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