Drifting Ruby

A Rubyist's Apple M1 Review

#270 Nov 25, 2020 free

A broad look into the Apple M1 from the perspective of a Ruby Developer. We look at a lot of the different aspects; Docker, asdf Ruby, Visual Studio Code, and more.

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From Editor to IDE

#266 Nov 1, 2020 free

Visual Studio Code is a powerful editor by itself, but with the addition of a few extensions, we can turn it into a much more intelligent IDE.

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Benchmark Ruby Code

#262 Oct 4, 2020 free

It's easy to accidentally write slow code in our applications. In this episode, we look at how we can benchmark our code and examples of some methods which are slower than others.

benchmark performance ruby

GitHub Actions

#258 Sep 6, 2020 free

GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. In this episode, learn to set up GitHub Actions on your Ruby on Rails application with automated tests, code coverage reporting, and security testings.

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Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit

#253 Aug 2, 2020 free

First look at the upcoming Apple Silicon processor and what it will be like for us Ruby Developers. Honestly, I wish that it was a better experience. However, with macOS Big Sur being beta and the DTK not being the final consumer hardware, there's still hope yet.

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Soft Delete with Discard

#249 Jul 5, 2020 free

Soft deletes for ActiveRecord done right.

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Tracking Changes on Action Text

#245 Jun 7, 2020 free

Without using any gems, we look at tracking changes within Action Text. It seems like a simple thing, but challenges arise through several layers of abstraction due to the flexibility that Action Text provides.

action text audit rails

Contributing to a Gem

#240 May 3, 2020 free

So, you've been using a gem for some time and you've either discovered that the gem isn't working correctly or that you want to start contributing to the gem itself. Sometimes this can be an overwhelming task. In this episode, we look at the basic processes for contributing to a gem.

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Google Maps API with StimulusJS

#236 Apr 5, 2020 free

Add unobtrusive maps to your application using StimulusJS to tie in Google Maps Javascript API and Places API.

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Syntax Highlighting with Action Text

#231 Mar 1, 2020 free

Set up Action Text with client side Syntax Highlighting using Highlight.js.

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