Relative line numbers in Vim for super-fast movement
30 Jan 2012
Vim's relativenumber option is great, but sometimes it gets into your way a bit. With some clever settings, let's set it up so it just works.
Archive
Method chaining and lazy evaluation in Ruby
28 Nov 2011
To figure out how method chaining and lazy evaluation work, we’ll write a library that can chain method calls to build up a MongoDB query.
Spec helpers, Bundler.setup and faster Rails test suites
17 Oct 2011
Loading dependencies in your Rails models, controllers, and initializers instead of letting Bundler pre-require everything all the time.
MicroGems: five minute RubyGems
03 Oct 2011
Creating RubyGems out of libraries you want to use in multiple projects, without the open source.
Isolated testing for custom validators in Rails 3
19 Sep 2011
Blazingly fast specs by testing Rails 3 custom validators without requiring the model
Vim is hard, I just want to click around
05 Sep 2011
Setting up MacVim with Janus and a sexy file drawer
The pain of JSON API testing
25 Jul 2011
Is JSON API testing really that painful or are we just using the wrong tools for the job?
“Let's settle this in a Ruby programming contest”
27 Jun 2011
Introducing Codebrawl, a Ruby and open source programming contest website
Euruko: The small and informal European Ruby conference
07 Jun 2011
About Euruko 2011 in Berlin and some thoughts about the Amsterdam edition next year
Managing Heroku's workers with HireFire
25 May 2011 by @meskyanichi
HireFire fires idle workers, and hires them when needed, saving you money and enables faster job processing.
Introducing Tapir: Simple search for static sites
09 May 2011
Wouldn't it be nice to have a service that indexes your RSS feed and allows you to search it using a JSON API?
Comparing images and creating image diffs
18 Apr 2011
Using pure Ruby to find the differences in two versions of an image.
Pure Ruby colored blob detection
11 Apr 2011
Detecting blobs from an image in pure Ruby, with a bit of ChunkyPNG
Custom ActiveRecord Attribute Serialization
09 Mar 2011
Serializing attributes in ActiveRecord has been possible for a while, but in Rails 3.1 you'll be able to use arbitrary objects. Published as a guest article for EdgeRails.
Keeping up with the Rails Lighthouse
28 Feb 2011
Keeping up with the Rails Lighthouse can be quite a task. Here's what I did to make it a bit more manageable.
Acceptance testing using Capybara's new RSpec DSL
21 Feb 2011
Capybara turned carnivore and devoured Steak.
Capybara ate Swinger
07 Feb 2011
Remember Swinger, the Capybara RSpec driver swapper? Capybara can now swap drivers out of the box.
Herbivore / Carnivore
31 Jan 2011
Dinosaurs with lasers & acceptance testing. About my Amsterdam.rb presentation comparing Cucumber to Steak.
Testing code that's testing itself
24 Jan 2011
Trying to solve the problem of broken code being unable to test itself because it's broken
Stop releasing prototypes
17 Jan 2011
Explaining why I think writing prototypes is good, as long as you throw them out.
StillMaintained status buttons in Github search results
20 Dec 2010
Releasing a simple userscript that adds the StillMaintained status buttons to Github search results.
StillMaintained is still being maintained
13 Dec 2010
Highlighting some of the new features added to StillMaintained and giving you a sneak peak of the new design.
Finally a way to mark your Github project as abandoned
29 Nov 2010
Announcing stillmaintained.com, a simple web application that keeps track of open source maintenance states.
Fuubar on RSpec 1.3.x, Cucumber & MiniTest
22 Nov 2010
Last week I released an RSpec progress bar formatter called Fuubar. Now it's running on RSpec 1.3.x, MiniTest and Cucumber.
Ever heard of Capybara's save_and_open_page method?
18 Nov 2010
For when you really need to see what's going on in your acceptance test.
Fuubar: the instafailing RSpec progress bar formatter
15 Nov 2010
Combining the work of Nick Evans and Michael Grosser in an attempt to create a better RSpec formatter
Making RSpec stop operation immediately after failing
08 Nov 2010
Discovering RSpec's fail_fast configuration option and command line argument
Giving back to the community: the start of The Social Charity Collective
05 Nov 2010 by @joshkalderimis
Sometimes giving back to the community isn't just about open source contributions.
Capybara driver swapping on RSpec with Swinger
01 Nov 2010
Introducing Swinger: a really simple extension that allows your Capybara to have multiple partners in one session.
RubyAndRails 2010
25 Oct 2010
An overview of what inspired me the most attending RubyAndRails 2010 in Amsterdam
Be awesome: write your .gemspec yourself
18 Oct 2010
Why I'm still having issues with gem builders and .gemspec files and why I think you should consider using Bundler to bootstrap your RubyGems.
The magical (and not harmful) rebase
11 Oct 2010
Why Git's rebase isn't evil and why I think you should use it more often.
Let's not add_bundler_dependencies anymore
27 Sep 2010
Letting the Bundler Gemfile read your .gemspec instead of the other way around.
Terminitor: the Terminal automator from the future
20 Sep 2010
Automating your Terminal workflow to save you some keystrokes.
Disabling ActiveModel callbacks
13 Sep 2010
Trying to figure out how to temporarily disable callbacks. How would you solve this?
Clients writing Cucumber stories?
07 Sep 2010
Trying to clear some misconceptions about Cucumber while telling you my reason for not using it.
The mighty reflog and the amazing bisect
30 Aug 2010
Telling you what Git's reflog and bisect do and why they're awesome.
Git your act together
23 Aug 2010
Explaining some things that I think would make using Git a bit more enjoyable when working in a team.
Why aren't you using git-flow?
19 Aug 2010
Using Vincent Driessen's branching model and Git extensions to keep your repositories organized.
Bundler, because your gems depend on gems too
16 Aug 2010
Bundler made gem dependencies in Rails projects a lot easier, but what about gems themselves?
Node.js, web sockets and talking mice
09 Aug 2010
Wrapping up my Node.js web socket experiment with a mouse chat.
Things I learned from my Node.js experiment
03 Aug 2010
After letting my Node.js and web sockets experiment run for a week, I decided to improve the code a bit.
Abandoned open source projects
19 Jul 2010
About some problems I'm having with old open source projects and a Github feature request to try and fix them.
Stop hacking, start fixing
12 Jul 2010
Highlighting some mistakes I made in Navvy's specs, providing a solution and suggesting you do the same.
Stumbling into Vim
06 Jul 2010
After using Textmate for everything In the last few years, I checked out Vim last week. Here's what happened.
Finally: Releasing Navvy 0.3
28 Jun 2010
Announcing a new version of Navvy, the database agnostic Ruby background job processor.
Daemonizing Navvy with God
31 May 2010
Let's stop using the included daemon script and actually monitor our background process, shall we?
Rise of the Navvy
24 May 2010
The what, why and how of the database agnostic Ruby background job processor.
Setting up MongoDB, MongoMapper, GridFS, Devise & Carrierwave on OSX
17 May 2010 by @matsimitsu
This would have saved me a lot of trouble.
Testing your Machinist blueprints
10 May 2010
A little spec I wrote to ensure my blueprints stay in shape.
Steak: because Cucumber is for vegetarians!
03 May 2010
Minimalist acceptance testing using pure Ruby with Rspec, Steak and Webrat or Capybara.
Making Machinist master MongoMapper & Mongoid
26 Apr 2010
Using machinist_mongo to use Machinist with mongoDB ORMs.
Authenticating via Github with Guestlist
19 Apr 2010
Introducing Guestlist: a Rubygem for user authentication using Github credentials.
Simple authentication with Warden
13 Apr 2010
No registration or confirmation. Authentication middleware that gets the job done.
Don't put your *.gemspec in your Rakefile
03 Apr 2010
Why *.gemspecs in repositories aren't as stupid as I thought and why Rakefiles don't have anything to do with anything.
.gitignore your *.gemspec
02 Apr 2010
Being overly dramatic about putting the *.gemspec in your gitignore file to keep people from patching it.
“Dude, what's up with this background image?”
27 Mar 2010
About the mobypicture-auto-website-background-image-fetcher.
