He’s CTO at CoverageBook & AnswerThePublic, Rubyist, Conference Organizer of Brighton Ruby, Author, Speaker, Bootstrapper & Twin Dad.
An email newsletter, with one Ruby/Rails technique delivered with a ‘why?’ and a ‘how?’ every two weeks. It’s deliberately brief, focussed & opinionated.
- Calculate the standard deviation of a Ruby array
- Calculate the mode & median averages of a Ruby array
- Opt out of Google’s FLoC User Tracking on Netlify
- Opt out of Google’s FLoC User Tracking in Rails
- Wrap your environment variables in a settings object
- Order by created_at and updated_at with scopes and a concern
- Do not use .all without pagination or a .limit
- Be specific when defining your routes
- Turn off the bits of Rails you don't use
- Use Rails URL helpers outside views and controllers
- Use Enhanced Memoization for false/nil with defined?
- Convert a two character ISO country code to an emoji flag
- Memoize Expensive Code
- Read the .ruby-version into your Gemfile
- Alt:BrightonRuby: An Online Ruby Conference — June/July 2020
- more ruby articles…
Other
- Year in Review 2020
- Year in Review 2019
- Year in Review 2018
- Year in Review 2017
- Duncan Croll, 1952—2016
- The New Homes of Five Simple Steps Books
- Pivotal Tracker Fluid Icon
- Furiously Paddling Underneath
- Founder Shares & Dilution at Tumblr: How Much Did The Founders Make?
- What Should I Buy for Twins?
- What Buggy/Travel System Should I Buy For Twins?
- Leaving Singapore
- Ubud, Bali
- Pay, Equity and Startups
- Pitchaholics Anonymous
- South Africa: Mala Mala & Cape Town
- Pivotal Labs & EMC: The Future?
- Setup DLink ShareCenter DNS-320 on Mac OS X
- Running RedDotRubyConf 2011
- Setting up a Company in Singapore as an Expat
- My First Hate Mail from Wen Kole, Singapore