I love the gem render_async because it’s a simple tool to make your controller action thinner. I was recently considering... Read more

15 Mar 2024

I’ve been playing around with OpenAI’s GPT-4 API and I wanted to share a quick summary and code sample. Why... Read more

28 Sep 2023

SimpleForm utilizes i18n files to manage labels, hints, and defaults. The following code customizes the simple_form builder object to examine... Read more

23 Jul 2023

Amazon 360-images require a specific naming convention for their 360-images. Every item as a global identifier called an ASIN (Amazon... Read more

29 May 2023

Authorization with the amz_sp_api rubygem. First you have to handle oauth (user visits with code, you convert into tokens). After... Read more

26 Jan 2023

The idea of a date flag is to allow the user to interact with a checkbox, but the data persisted... Read more

20 Apr 2022

I love a unique radio situation from time to time. I utilized this once and wanted to save for later.... Read more

08 Mar 2022

This is 2 step solution, download locally then upload to ActiveStorage. (I couldn’t figure out how to directly write from... Read more

03 Feb 2022

This took me far longer to figure out that it should have, because google sucks. My parents were pissed off... Read more

25 Jan 2022

Update your NETLIFY function build # inside netlify.toml / in your project root [functions] node_bundler = "esbuild" Add node-fetch@2 instead... Read more

21 Jan 2022

file = CSV.generate do |writer| array_of_hashes.each_with_index do |row, index| writer << row.keys if index == 0 writer << row.values end... Read more

11 Jan 2022

For all examples, assume the class has fancy_report and amazing_images # business.rb class Business < ApplicationRecord has_one_attached :fancy_report has_many_attached :amazing_images... Read more

09 Jan 2022

Bootstrap4 Bootstrap3 Bootstrap5: Zero gutter is g-0 Boostrap5 comes with gutter utilities Catch all dimensions & viewports g-0 .. g-5... Read more

04 Jan 2022

Jekyll uses div.highlighter-rouge as the wrapper around any codeblock sections. For each block, we create a button with an event.... Read more

03 Jan 2022

A smart way to get data from AR is utilizing pluck() to extract the raw data. For example, a range... Read more

02 Jan 2022

This post assumes you have an understanding of Jekyll and React and have deployed both of them before. The goal... Read more

21 Dec 2021

Different ways of running ruby code in the heroku console $ heroku run rails runner 'PurchaseOrderJob.new("1234565").perform' $ heroku run "rails... Read more

01 Dec 2021

Seriously though… Why doesn’t this exist already? I was really annoyed when recently when I realized how common it is... Read more

25 Oct 2020

Seriously though… What is your Time Worth? I was really annoyed when someone called me and told me my voicemailbox... Read more

25 Aug 2020

Code First! Convert your Images: <!-- from this: --> <img src="big-ol-image.png" alt="Huge Image"/> <!-- to this: --> <img data-src="big-ol-image.png" src="/loading-placeholder.png"... Read more

19 Aug 2020

Package Managers are really cool, but sometimes you need to download files for yourself. Bootstrap for example lets you customize... Read more

20 Apr 2020

Generating sitemaps for react apps is much more complex that it should be. If your app is basic with a... Read more

08 Apr 2020

Bootstrap5 Bootstrap3 Bootstrap4: Comes with .no-gutters out of the box. source: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/21211/files <div class="container"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-6"> <div... Read more

04 Jan 2020

the best migration script is right here: models_with_files = ActiveRecord::Base.descendants.reject(&:abstract_class?).inject({}) do |reducer, model| columns = model.column_names.map { |c| $1 if... Read more

15 Feb 2019

My Task model has commit callbacks that send notifications. But the task model ALSO gets touched by a bunch of... Read more

14 Jan 2019

Ruby Union and Intersection operators Pipe | (Union) / Ampersand & (Intersection) &: intersection OR overlap The ampersand is an... Read more

01 Jan 2019

Bootstrap5 Bootstrap4 Bootstrap3: Requires custom CSS. Stylesheet: .row.no-gutters { margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; & > [class^="col-"], & > [class*=" col-"]... Read more

04 Jan 2018

This is inspired by http://sixarm.com/about/rails-seed-data.html which i noticed had some errors. Seed Data in YAML files We use the Rails... Read more

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