Mastodawn

Mahmoud Tantawy Jul 21, 2023

Amazing guide to Garbage Collection in Ruby, deep enough to show details but not very detailed so that it's easily readable

https://blog.peterzhu.ca/notes-on-ruby-gc/

Garbage Collection in Ruby - Peter Zhu

Overview of how Ruby's garbage collector works.

Mahmoud Tantawy Jun 3, 2023

Interesting
Coming from PHP I am used to "middlewares" being a framework-concern IIRC
I remember some version of Zend framework was built completely on the idea of middlewares up until the middleware at the core that held the "business logic"
https://www.akshaykhot.com/definitive-guide-to-rack/

The Definitive Guide to Rack for Rails Developers

The word Rack actually refers to two things: a protocol and a gem. This article explains pretty much everything you need to know about Rack as a Rails developer. We will start by understanding the problem Rack solves and move to more advanced concepts like middleware and the Rack DSL.

Akshay's Blog

Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 16, 2023

Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Apr 13, 2023

Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefox-rolls-out-total-cookie-protection-by-default-to-all-users-worldwide/ It creates a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Instead of allowing trackers to link up your behavior on multiple sites, they just get to see behavior on individual sites.

Firefox Rolls Out Total Cookie Protection By Default | The Mozilla Blog

Updated Aug. 28, 2024. Take back your privacy Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to more Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the

Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 16, 2023

Realfunghicomics Apr 15, 2023

When my dentist told me that their tank of nitrous oxide was leaking, we just laughed and laughed and laughed.

Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 16, 2023

Annalee Newitz 🍜Apr 14, 2023

Way back in 2021, I called out #Substack as a scam because it was masquerading as a service provider when it fact it was paying certain writers (often secretly) to create content for them. (https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so-well/) They had an editorial mission and a paid writing staff, but claimed to be a neutral service provider like Etsy for authors. Here's how that story is going ...

Here's why Substack's scam worked so well

I think of myself as having decent critical faculties, but somehow I got suckered again by a bog-standard publishing venture masquerading as a useful...

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Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 12, 2023

@skat That's a good way to handle it

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Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 11, 2023

@espen @skat came here to say the exact same thing
db or generaly io/network is generally where time is spent unless we're talking about a specific-purpose script that uses a specific method a lot so much that optimizing it makes a difference, which is rare

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Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 9, 2023

@esparta I listen to podcasts and I like the community, I follow people and see consistent hate about one person - who might indeed be concerning - but it makes me wonder what if I say I agree with DHH's move from the cloud for example, would I be marked as a DHH fanboy? 😅

Do I have to shitpost on DHH to be accepted into the community? 🤷‍♂️

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Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 9, 2023

@esparta Which is what triggered me to ask the question about why all the hate, because it was and is a good chunk of my daily timeline, and it is more obvious on mastodon than on Twitter but that's irrelevant, again, just an observation

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Mahmoud Tantawy Apr 9, 2023

@esparta Thank you for detailing the answer, that helped

I see your point, and agree with a lot of what you said except about not seeing hate

While you seem to be judging things wisely and discussing concerns in a constructive way, others - and allow me to be frank as I am more of an outsider whose views are still neutral - are acting more like a cult whose daily discussion topic and jokes are about hating on DHH and his latest actions/thoughts

Again, this is me observing