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ChatGPT is still making lots of mistakes.
How reliable is it?
May 20
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John Maddux
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ChatGPT is still making lots of mistakes.
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April 2024
The Power of Play for better Team Meetings
Sometimes stand ups are soooo boring.
Apr 3
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John Maddux
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The Safety Margin in Software Development Estimates
A necessary guard against the pointy hairs.
Apr 3
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John Maddux
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The Safety Margin in Software Development Estimates
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What to Do When You’re Laid Off
A guide for software engineers.
Apr 1
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John Maddux
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What to Do When You’re Laid Off
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February 2024
Should I fix the terrible app I inherited? Or totally rewrite it?
Should I fix the terrible app I inherited? Or should I totally rewrite it?
Feb 7
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John Maddux
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Should I fix the terrible app I inherited? Or totally rewrite it?
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November 2023
How to get the min and max from an Array (Ruby)
Arrays have a couple methods to get the minimum and maximum. Three common ones are .min, .max, .minmax.
Nov 3, 2023
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John Maddux
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How to get the min and max from an Array (Ruby)
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August 2021
Using Service Objects to extract business logic.
The Rails defaults work really well. You start with really nice, clean models and controllers. You can view them all as one page of code and hold an…
Aug 1, 2021
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John Maddux
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May 2021
Why do we bundle exec?
A common question I get is why do we need to prepend a command with bundle exec? Running the command by itself seems to work most of the time so what is…
May 23, 2021
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John Maddux
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Why do we bundle exec?
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Ruby Case statements from if/else
Reading nested if statements making you sad? Case statements can be the answer. Refactoring your if statements can clear up complicated code and make…
May 21, 2021
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John Maddux
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Classes, Hashes, Structs and OpenStructs in Ruby
Intro If I am looking to maximize the performance of a Ruby app what should I be using? Hashes, Structs, OpenStruct, or Classes? New Ruby programmers…
May 11, 2021
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John Maddux
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April 2021
Ruby Native Extensions
In Ruby, native extensions (also known as C extensions or native gems) allow you to write parts of your code in the C programming language, which can be…
Apr 16, 2021
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John Maddux
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November 2019
Organizing large Rails projects
Do you have a Rails app that has gotten so big it is getting hard to know what is going on? When you have a new Rails app it is easy to tell what the…
Nov 20, 2019
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John Maddux
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