Let's talk about asynchronous code. How do we manage parallel-but-interdependent workflows without losing its place or wasting time? In the first of a series, we'll start by getting a handle …
Episode #558
Discover how to use Ruby's yield_self/then method to organize methods into neat pipelines of operations! Join guest chef Nithin Bekal for an educational and satisfying refactoring sequence.
Why Ruby doesn’t have a Boolean class
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 December 30, 2018
Good morning, and happy Sunday! First off, sorry about the repeat BRUNCH that went out earlier today! I didn't mean to serve you leftovers… And now, here are some things …
BRUNCH for December 23, 2018
Good morning, and happy Sunday! Here are some things I found interesting in the past week.
Episode #557
In the final entry in our series on ROM with guest Tim Riley, get ready for a quick tour through some more advanced ROM features. You'll get a sense of …
BRUNCH for December 16, 2018
Good morning, and happy Sunday! I'm still recovering (read: catching up and readjusting my body clock) from YOW! 2018. I saw a lot of great talks there and I think …
RubyTapas December Update
Hello! As usual I've intended to send out monthly updates all year, and as usual I'm getting around to your once-a-year “monthly update” in December 🤣 But what a year …
Guest Chef Topic Meeting: Brittany Martin!
As part of the Guest Chef program here at RubyTapas, I meet with each upcoming guest to brainstorm about their episode topic. Here's a behind-the-scenes peek at the process! In …
Episode #556
Today, Guest chef Tim Riley continues our tour of the ROM persistence gem. Learn how ROM uses the concept of Changesets to cleanly manage writes to the database!