Trying Out Emacs
Last updated 11 July 2015
Is emacs worth exploring for a vim user? Peter finds that there is a lot to like
New Heroku Pricing
Last updated 27 June 2015
A brief discussion of Heroku's 2015 price changes and how they affect small sites
Name Thy Args - Named Arguments in Ruby
Last updated 21 June 2015
There are many benefits of using named arguments in Ruby
Tappety Tap Tap Tap Tap - Object#tap in Ruby
Last updated 18 June 2015
An explanation of the Object#tap method in Ruby and why you should use it
Why You Run Your Tests First
Last updated 14 June 2015
Why you should always run your tests first and see them fail during test-driven development
Switching Away from Angular
Last updated 27 February 2015
Why I decided to no longer use AngularJS in Rails apps
Complex ActiveRecord Queries Pt. II - Greatest N Per Group
Last updated 12 February 2015
How to find the greatest item in a group in ActiveRecord and Rails
jump_back - a new gem to improve redirecting back in Rails
Last updated 10 January 2015
An introduction to a new gem that improves redirecting back in Rails
Intermediate Recursion - Fibonacci Sequence with Memoization
Last updated 06 November 2014
An intermediate guide to recursion in programming, using memoization
Recursion Basics - Adding Numbers in an Array with Javascript
Last updated 31 October 2014
A basic guide to recursion in programming