Web Log
2020-10-24
Changes in ruby 2.7
Long due, at last read. Nice summary of the important changes the 2.7 brings - with code examples.
2020-08-24
How Sidekiq really works
Short end-to-end walkthrough of what happens behind the curtain when you call perform_async on your Sidekiq job until the moment it is executed.
2020-08-05
The State of Ruby 3 Typing
Introducing RBS, Ruby’s new type signature language. What you can write using RBS, the key concepts of the design of RBS, and the benefits and tools that come with RBS.
2020-05-28
CLIs are reified UIs
Thoughts about the differences between CLIs and GUIs in relation to materiality of user interaction and it's consequences.
2020-05-19
Ruby's Bitwise Toolbox: Operators, Applications and Magic Tricks
Nice quick overview of bitwise operation and how to use them in ruby to do some basic "tricks".
2020-05-12
Asynchronous HTTP requests in Rails
How to use Javascript's fetch() method in Rails for async fetch and insert partials.