One peculiarity of Ruby that trips up a lot of programmers migrating from other languages is the fact that while it has true and false types, they don't share a […]
BRUNCH for April 21, 2019
Leftshifting tests, hobby-oriented programming, and architecture mindset.
Roda – Part 1
Sometimes Rails is overkill! Roda an elegantly designed lightweight alternative, and in today's episode Federico Iachetti is going to show you how to get started using it.
Pitch a Plan, not a Promotion
Are you feeling stuck in your current job? What if you didn't have to jump to a new employer just to get a promotion? Join guest chef Brandon Hays for …
BRUNCH for April 7, 2019
Systemic crash analyses, Kubernetes, and polymorphic attributes.
Asynch with Polling
How can we make sure asynchronous work is done efficiently? In ep #2 of a series, we'll build one of the simplest possible solutions: a polling model.
Polymorphic Attributes in Rails – Part 2
Previously, guest chef Corey Haines joined us to talk about representing complex structured data with custom attribute types in Rails. Today, he returns to show us how to implement polymorphism …
Polymorphic Attributes in Rails – Part 1
Sometimes model attributes need to have more structure than a simple string or number. In part 1 of a 2-part series on ActiveRecord polymorphic attributes, guest chef Corey Haines demonstrates …
Serverless Ruby with AWS Lambda
When all you really need is a single function that takes some inputs and produces some outputs, wouldn’t it be nice to simply upload the function into the cloud and …
Episode #566
Ruby's open core classes can be modified at any time by any code you load. But this dynamism can work for you as well. Join guest Paul Stefan Ort for …
Episode #565
Learn about Ruby's method introspection features while re-creating JavaScript's parameter destructuring. Join guest chef Brandon Weaver for this mind- and language-expanding episode!