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Bundler local paths 15 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
There's a little known feature of Bundler that allows you to use a local Git repository while developing locally, and a remote Git repo when deploying. This feature means that you no longer have to co...
Waiting for AJAX in Capybara 8 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
In Spree recently, we've been using more and more of Spree's API for the Backend component. This means that we've introduced more AJAX-powered features into the backend, which has lead to some interes...
Finding SQL queries in Rails 25 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
In my work on Spree, sometimes I've been wanting to know where queries are coming from. Just like any large codebase, the "magic" that goes on inside it to make the cogs spin the right way can be a bi...
About spec/support 1 Feb 2013 | 06:00 pm
I'm going to expand on a tweet I wrote this morning: Thinking more and more that spec/support is an anti-pattern. I don't want everything required for every test. I came to this thought when I was w...
Multitenancy with Rails 20 Jan 2013 | 06:00 pm
Well before I had even split from Manning, I had been working on a new book called "Multitenancy with Rails", which you can buy right now. The idea for the book has been around for a while. A couple ...
A story about scaffolding 6 Jan 2013 | 06:00 pm
When Rails was released, one of the "showy" features in it was the ability to get up and running quickly. That's always been the focus for Rails. One of the things that allowed you to get up and runn...
No more writing for Manning 11 Nov 2012 | 06:00 pm
As of around this time last week, I am no longer writing for Manning. This decision has been a long time coming. Ever since I started working for Manning I've had issues with their tooling. I covered...
I didn't submit a talk to RubyConf Australia 31 Oct 2012 | 05:00 pm
Because I have nothing interesting to talk about. Honestly: I can't think of a single thing that I think would be entertaining for a wide audience to listen to me talk about. I don't want to submit a...
JavaScript Arrays and Objects 2 Oct 2012 | 07:00 pm
These three little lovely lines of very-much obtrusive JavaScript caused a little bit of frustration this afternoon. What was happening was that in Google Chrome, the page was giving an "aw snap!" er...
How not to hire me 24 May 2012 | 10:00 pm
On the 16th of May, I was contacted by a guy I’ll call “M”. M emailed me a 300-word, no paragraph breaks email that went something like this: Hi, blah blah blah seed funding blah tech startup blah bl...
