Mastodawn

whatapalaver Dec 3, 2024

I was totally unaware that exercism were struggling to stay afloat. It’s an absolutely amazing resource for coders with a growth mindset and now they have expanded to offer a bootcamp for total newbies. Very happy to support them with a stingey offering. https://exercism.org/blog/september-2024-restructure

2M users but no money in the bank. Tough times 😔

2M users. No money in the bank. Erik's leaving. Exercism Teams. A new coding fundamentals platforms. There's a lot of news...

Exercism

whatapalaver Sep 12, 2024

Cool project for utilising NFCs. I also love seeing parents using their tech hobbies to help out their kids. https://simplyexplained.com/blog/how-i-built-an-nfc-movie-library-for-my-kids/

How I Built an NFC Movie Library for my Kids

When I was a kid, my sister and I had a tower of VHS tapes we watched endlessly. Fast-forward to today, and my children's movie collection is vastly different. It's completely digital and dispersed across services. I wanted to recreate the tangibl...

Simply Explained

whatapalaver Jul 3, 2024

Gone into extension hyperdrive https://achris.me/posts/setup-ruby-vscode/

Best Visual Studio Code extensions and settings for Ruby and Rails

Best Visual Studio Code extensions and settings to work with Ruby and Ruby on Rails and bring several RubyMine features.

Christian Toscano

whatapalaver Jul 3, 2024

A great explanation of the different sort of mocks you can use with RSpec. I'll be referring back to this I'm sure https://www.netguru.com/blog/ruby-tests-rspec-mocks

How to Improve Ruby Tests Using RSpec Mocks

The goal of this article is to provide a succinct summary of mocking techniques in RSpec tests along with code examples presenting typical use cases.

Netguru