Learn about Ruby's Perl-style I/O special variables, and why they exist.
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Episode #491 Special Variables Part 1: Process State
Get to know Ruby's line-noise special variables. Part 1 in a series.
Episode #490: Crash Logger
Learn how to log useful diagnostics when your Ruby program crashes.
Episode #487: Prototype Pattern
Simplify baroque domain models by flattening hierarchies of reuse.
Episode #486: Initialize Copy
Learn how to customize the way Ruby copies objects - and why you might want to.
Episode #485: Subprocesses Part 10: Open Pipe
Ruby's open() call has more tricks up its sleeves than you know!