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22 September 2023
Glimmer DSL for SWT 4.29.0.0 Released
Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Framework) version 4.29.0.0 has just been released! It is that quarterly release the happens when a new version of the Eclipse SWT GUI toolkit is released (SWT 4.29 was released in September of 2023). [more inside]
21 September 2023
20 September 2023
Metaprogramming in Ruby
https://www.shakacode.com/blog/metaprogramming-in-ruby/
19 September 2023
rubidity language design choices - classic vs more ruby-ish - you decide
Hello, as a follow up to rubidity gem - ruby for layer (l1) contracts / protocols language machinery i have started to collect notes on the new rubidity (blockchain) contract programming language that now has two styles - the original “classic” and the more ruby-ish update (i am working on). anyways, python has vyper¹ and now ruby will SOON! have rubidity for contract programming “on-chain” or “off-chain”. It’s still (very) early. I invite you to join the fun and let’s explore and learn together building a typed programming machinery in ruby (100% compatible with solidity types & abis). [more inside]
Build a SaaS App in Rails 7 Book is Content Complete
The book “Build A SaaS App in Ruby on Rails 7” is content complete and in Beta! The book takes you from first lines of Rails to a complete SaaS application. [more inside]
18 September 2023
Looking Back On 100 Episodes! | Rubber Duck Dev Show 100
In this episode, we look back on our most popular topics for our 100 episodes and discuss why: https://www.rubberduckdevshow.com/episodes/100-looking-back-on-100-episodes/
Building Conference Talk Content
Did you just have a conference talk proposal accepted? Congrats! Are you building a presentation to share internally with your company? Awesome! Are you wondering what you do now that you need to turn the idea into a presentation? I share my process in my latest post. https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/building-conference-talk-content/
Rails 7. Start Kit Loves Nginx (Release v2.1)
Rails 7. Start Kit is a dockerized Rails app with many preinstalled tools that could be launched on any platform in minutes. This weekend I’ve added Nginx to the kit. Since Release v2.1 you can play with Nginx out of the box. Happy coding!
17 September 2023
15 September 2023
14 September 2023
rubidity gem - ruby for layer (l1) contracts / protocols language machinery
Hello, as a follow up to rubidity-typed gem - “zero-dependency” type machinery for rubidity i have published the first rubidity gem itself (building on the rubidity-typed gem) that let’s you run rubidity contracts “off-chain” with plain old ruby interpreters. It’s still (very) early. I invite you to join the fun and let’s explore and learn together building a type (and contract / protocol blockchain) machinery in ruby.
Refactoring from feature specs to system specs
Lately I’ve been diving into the differences between RSpec feature specs and system specs.
13 September 2023
re2 2.0.0: vendored RE2 & native gems
Following last week’s beta, version 2.0.0 of re2 (Ruby bindings to Google’s RE2 “fast, safe, thread-friendly” regular expression library) is now available from RubyGems. Unlike version 1, it no longer requires the underlying RE2 library to be installed separately as it is now vendored with the gem and precompiled, native gems are available for Linux, Windows and macOS. [more inside]
Talking to Hostile APIs
APIs allow us to communicate with third party software in order to use their services and data. In today’s software it’s almost impossible not needing to use one, one way or another. What if they are hostile? [more inside]
Exploring Ruby Warnings
We are used to checking the deprecation warnings displayed by Rails or warnings from different gems, but Ruby itself can also display warnings to help us find code that can be problematic. [more inside]
New Blog (for flipper/ruby/rails)
We’ve already posted on client side feature flags, how we added a free plan, and an awesome relay race to ship a new feature. I forgot to post here but will for future posts.
Using GPT-4 to implement UI changes
I wrote an article with 5 examples about how I used Cursor GPT-4 to ask for some UI changes and in general the response was good enough to be used.
Six Ways to Prevent Monkey-Patch Drift in Ruby
I recently wrote about the challenges of monkey-patching in Ruby. Specifically, how to ensure that patches don’t drift from the original code. In the article, I outline six strategies based on my experiences. [more inside]