Posts

• Reimplementing polymorphic associations in the database:
  a stricter alternative to what Rails offers 2025-05-12
• Advent of Ruby:
  a CLI app for doing Advent of Code in Ruby 2025-03-31
• How I use MacOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android:
  my favorite apps and extensions 2025-02-10
• Alpine.js as a Stimulus alternative:
  how to avoid inline JS with Alpine CSP 2024-11-04
• A Rubyist learns Haskell, part 3:
  the end 2024-10-23
• A Rubyist learns Haskell, part 2:
  expressiveness and correctness 2024-06-17
• Reflections on RailsConf 2024:
  the Ruby community is for everyone 2024-05-16
• Being laid off in 2023-2024 as an early-career developer:
  when the tech industry wants to squeeze you out 2024-03-26
• Two months of LinkedIn posts:
  a job networking effort 2024-02-20
• Job networking for developers:
  notes from a job hunt 2024-01-17
• Coming to grips with JS:
  a Rubyist's deep dive 2023-12-29
• A Rubyist learns Haskell, part 1:
  not so different after all? 2023-11-21
• Server-sent events for asynchronous API calls in a Roda app:
  Wiki Stumble, part 3 2023-09-04
• Roda + Turbo Streams = ❤️:
  Wiki Stumble, part 2 2023-08-28
• Building a text-based game in Ruby, part 1:
  simultaneous, real-time input and output 2023-08-19
• MacOS for PC users, part 2:
  more tools for lost souls 2023-08-15
• Solo RPGs as a creative practice:
  overcoming my inhibition to storytelling 2023-07-30
• My plain-text reading list:
  now with statistics, and feature-complete! 2023-07-17
• Building a text-based game:
  exploring an old genre for new purposes 2023-06-20
• Parsing text in Ruby, part 2:
  parse and transform with regular expressions 2023-05-01
• Parsing text in Ruby, part 1:
  Parslet transforming my world 2023-03-15
• Switching to Linux:
  notes from a former Windows user 2023-02-16
• OOP vs. services for organizing business logic:
  is there a third way? 2022-12-06
• The first six months:
  lessons learned as a junior developer 2022-08-24
• RVTWS:
  a Ruby stack for modern web apps 2022-06-24
• Dot syntax and deep_fetch for Ruby hashes:
  benchmarks and usability considerations 2022-05-05
• MacOS for PC users:
  a guide for lost souls 2022-04-18
• How to find your first Rails job:
  notes from a job hunt 2022-01-30
• Doctor Lookup:
  lightning Rails app #4 2022-01-10
• A "Pass the Story" collaborative writing game:
  lightning Rails app #3 2021-12-30
• A StumbleUpon-style Wikipedia explorer:
  Wiki Stumble, part 1 / lightning Rails app #2 2021-12-16
• An AI story writer:
  lightning Rails app #1 2021-12-14
• How to contribute to open source:
  a guide for Rails beginners 2021-12-01
• From teacher to developer:
  coming home to my second career 2021-11-22
• A November of WTFs:
  the hard parts of learning Rails 2021-11-18
• Ruby for the self-taught developer:
  why it's a great fit 2021-10-26
• My first Rails app, Plain Reading:
  how I built it 2021-09-30
• Nand to Tetris:
  computer science and lessons in optimization 2021-08-19
• Plain-text, flat-file knowledge base with syntax highlighting:
  notes with tags and dates, effortlessly 2021-08-05
• Build a blog with Bridgetown:
  templates, components, and plugins all in Ruby 2021-07-07
• My first Ruby app:
  lessons learned 2021-05-19
• The Keyboardio Atreus:
  typing less painfully, part 2 2021-04-20
• Learning Colemak:
  typing less painfully, part 1 2021-03-29
• Habits and time tracking with aims.md:
  beyond a todo list 2021-02-28
• Functional programming techniques in Ruby:
  pipelines, callable objects, and other tools for cleaner code 2020-12-21
• Ruby practice with Exercism:
  what I learned 2020-11-03
• AutoHotkey - Windows key, home row arrow keys, mouse shortcuts:
  and other hacks for Windows productivity 2020-10-15
• Set up Windows Terminal shortcuts:
  and make Windows a bit more usable 2020-09-18
• Track your reading with read.csv:
  and become a deeper reader 2020-08-09
• How I built this blog:
  an exploration of minimalism and programming jokes 2020-07-23
• Make a custom todo.txt for VS Code:
  and become a productivity beast 2020-06-13