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re: When things are back to normal, will you be working from home or in an office? Jun 30

I had been working really hard to get my company to let me wo...

re: 👩‍💻 The three extensions you need for Rails development in VS Code Jun 30

Solargraph can be great when it wants to be. What annoys me ...

re: Pay Cut? For Remote work? Jun 25

From my understanding pay-cuts have little to do with the per...

re: Handling Service Worker updates in your Vue PWA Jun 23

Wow, that is super similar in code examples. I read a bunch o...

re: Handling Service Worker updates in your Vue PWA Jun 21

Thank you for the kind words! I hope it helped you.

re: What's your go-to stack these days? Jun 19

Haven't found a single reason to not use Rails. For the front...

re: American Communications Companies Appear to Be Under DDoS Attack Jun 16

Knowing Ben I don't think he was "promoting" this BS but rath...

re: 33 Most popular JS repositories on GitHub in May 2020 Jun 16

I get that. If you dont mind sharing your method of data co...

re: 33 Most popular JS repositories on GitHub in May 2020 Jun 14

Why did you stop doing the Ruby/Rails gems list?

re: Handling Service Worker updates in your Vue PWA Jun 11

Great! The whole reason I wrote this up was to help someone d...

re: Rails N + 2 queries Jun 7

Dude this post was awesome. Thanks!

re: What was your win this week? Jun 6

Made the taco_tuesday gem 😁😂

re: What did you learn this week on Dev.to? Jun 6

If you need/want the method on the File class and not just th...

re: Has GitHub Been Down More Since its Acquisition by Microsoft? Jun 4

It's possible that an increase in traffic is causing more dow...

re: DevDiscuss Episode 4: Should Ruby Still be a Thing in 2020? Jun 3

Great podcast! I really enjoyed the discussion.

re: TIL: alias in Ruby Jun 3

Agreed. The more I work with and learn about Ruby the more I ...

re: How To Use The Map Method In Ruby Jun 2

You can also use Array#map! to replace the values within the ...

re: The taco_tuesday gem, cause Tacos Jun 1

Schnitzel Wednesday 😂 😂 😂

re: Which dev.to loading GIF do you prefer? May 31

Dude, these are awesome! Nice work, very creative. Personally...

re: Manifest vs head icons in the Vue CLI PWA Plugin May 30

Thanks!

re: Take the 2020 Ruby on Rails developer community survey May 27

If you're like me and didn't know what a Greenfield app was I...

re: React vs Vue: Compare and Contrast May 25

I started with React and used it a lot. I was super hesitant ...

re: Handling Service Worker updates in your Vue PWA May 20

I just found out that this article is being included in the ...

re: Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup May 20

All on a VariDesk for when I feel standing (conference calls ...

re: What's your wifi's name? May 17

'The Tardis'

re: Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup May 13

It's an Autonomous ErgoChair 2 🤷🏻 I'm a fan, especially for ...

re: Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup May 13

Correct!

re: Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup May 13

😂 they even have little capes so I know which one to talk whe...

re: Workspace Wednesday: Show me pics of your at-home setup May 13

re: Seems like GitHub is down Apr 21

Followed by Digital Ocean...

re: Do you use time-tracking for work or for your personal time? Mar 2

I use wakatime and love it. I have the chrome and terminal...

re: Level Up Your Ruby Skillz: Writing Compact Code Feb 21

Now I want to go back to all my old code and refactor every...

re: Apples announces new 16-inch Macbook Pro Nov 15 '19

Good, work is getting me a new machine in the new few month...

re: Which ruby book would you recommend? Oct 27 '19

Practical Objected Oriented Design in Ruby by Sandi Metz is...

re: Twiddle-wakka (Yes, that's a real thing) Oct 19 '19

😂😂😂

re: What was your win this week? Oct 16 '19

I created a PR to fix a bug in Vuetify (one of the, if not ...

re: What is your favorite “non-mainstream” web development framework/library? Sep 28 '19

Not sure if you'd consider (Stimulus)[stimulusjs.org/] non-...

re: Hacktoberfest Starts in Six Days 🎃🎉 Sep 25 '19

So excited for this! The past 2 years I haven't felt like...

re: where can I learn rails? Sep 23 '19

Chris Oliver runs GoRails and it's fantastic!

re: How to put a Ruby on Rails application in Maintenance Mode Sep 22 '19

I gotta go with Andrew on this one. I use Digital Ocean for...

re: It’s my birthday Sep 19 '19

Happy Birthday, Ben!!

re: Hacktoberfest 2019 updates posted. Get ready everyone! Sep 6 '19

😍 That logo

re: Pitch a project to Hacktoberfest 🎉 Sep 6 '19

I don't have any OS projects of my own to recommend but I t...

re: Dev.to is presenting Hacktoberfest?! Sep 6 '19

Fact! The logo is so awesome this year! The logo from two ...

re: What's your favorite coding joke/comic etc? Aug 15 '19

This has always been one of my favorites!

re: What jobs did you hold before you got into software? Jul 10 '19

Chick-fil-A Photo tech 63B - Light wheeled vehicle mechani...

re: How many software developers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Jun 1 '19

None, we all use Dark Mode

re: How many software developers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Jun 1 '19

Meh, new BulbScript frameworks come out every day

re: Is it dev dot too or is it dev dot tee oh? May 11 '19

I actually have the sticker!

re: If you could change one thing about learning to code, what would it be? May 11 '19

I'm glad I read the other comments before responding. I ori...

re: Is it dev dot too or is it dev dot tee oh? May 11 '19

If I remember correctly, Ben said it was short for Dev.toge...

re: Announcing DEV for Android Apr 24 '19

Neat! Any advantage to the Android app over the PWA? Been u...

re: What was your win this week? Mar 30 '19

This week, I... Fixed every known bug in IE for one of our...

re: Handling ActiveStorage direct uploads and server side form validations Mar 25 '19

Glad you found it helpful! This is basically the post I wis...

re: Nice Vue UI Toolkits on GitHub. Jan 16 '19

I use vuetify in a few different applications and can confi...

re: What is one essential item in your backpack or computer bag? Jan 7 '19

Just one? That's tough... I rock a GORUCK GR1 (best bag ev...

re: Deploying a Rails app to Digital Ocean with Capistrano Jan 7 '19

I place it in my home dir not the root dir. Are you running...

re: acts-as-taggable-on causing SQL errors when ordered by relation Dec 17 '18

Still haven't figured this out. Might be opening up an issu...

re: The Definitive Guide To Protecting Your Eyes For Developers👀 Dec 11 '18

This is also available on Chrome OS!

re: Understanding the basics of Ruby on Rails: HTTP, MVC, and Routes Dec 8 '18

Solid write up! I love Rails, it's so simple to get started...

re: Migrating Rails Apps to VPS - worth it? Dec 6 '18

Absolutely! I remember when we moved from AWS to DigitalOce...

re: Migrating Rails Apps to VPS - worth it? Dec 5 '18

You may want to checkout hatchbox if you're not trying to d...

re: acts-as-taggable-on causing SQL errors when ordered by relation Dec 5 '18

Thanks, Ben, I appreciate it! Ordering by phase works fine...

re: DragonDrop Nov 26 '18

This is fantastic! I love the focus on accessibility. Nice ...

re: Tools for Developers Nov 25 '18

Thanks for the tip on Postal!

re: dev.to Repo Recap of the Past Week Nov 14 '18

Go @meggutshall !

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 13 '18

Since rails is serving as only an api in this instance I fi...

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 13 '18

Yes, luckily the core of the app is pretty well covered wit...

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 13 '18

All great points! I completely agree

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 13 '18

When I was refactoring the frontend (Vue.js) I moved a lot ...

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 13 '18

For the rails side I'm trying to stick with each part as M ...

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 13 '18

Luckily, given that it's all my code I understand the code ...

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 13 '18

That's the hope!

re: Where to start refactoring. Nov 12 '18

Make it easy to other people who haven't seen your code ba...

re: Today I fixed a bug using the best method name ever Nov 11 '18

I agree!

re: Did you earn your Hacktoberfest t-shirt? Oct 31 '18

I did. As usual my plans for Hacktoberfest were much large...

re: LibertyJS, who's going? Oct 31 '18

DUUUDE! It's the Philly JavaScript conference! It's literal...

re: What are your favorite VueJS libraries? Oct 10 '18

Love Vuetify. Really nice package

re: Introducing a Rails 5.1 development environment via Docker Oct 5 '18

Awesome!

re: Announcement from the DEV Community Founders ❤️ Oct 2 '18

This is FANTASTIC! Congratulations guys, well deserved! I'm...

re: Lessons I learned from training with special forces that I use in software development Sep 21 '18

Another good one!

re: How long have you been programming? Sep 20 '18

First time I saw "code" and tried to make sense of it I was...

re: Introducing our September 2018 sponsors Sep 6 '18

I did the same. We actually moved a lot of our apps to Dig...

re: Introducing our September 2018 sponsors Sep 5 '18

Can't wait for Hacktoberfest!

re: I want to make a mobile app for Dev.to Sep 5 '18

It's sad really because I use dev.to as a PWA on my phone a...

re: Can I see your terminal? Sep 5 '18

Here's mine with some neofetch love

re: Git merge specific file from another branch Aug 24 '18

Was literally JUST talking about this today, thanks!

re: Help! I'm A Mobile Developer Now! Aug 14 '18

We've used Cordova at work and it seems to work pretty well...

re: Tech Events this Week - 4/30 May 1 '18

PTW - Dev Day May 2nd 2018.phillytechweek.com/events#vie....

re: Tech Events this Week - 4/30 May 1 '18

Philly Tech Week April 30th - May 4th 2018.phillytechweek...

re: Tech Events this Week - 4/30 May 1 '18

Philadelphia

re: Github repos for learners Apr 27 '18

While not a GitHub Repo I found Harvard CS50 course an awes...

re: Free Beer! Apr 17 '18

And no one has claimed the free beer yet!

re: Free Beer! Apr 17 '18

I was able to randomly snag a Dev.to sticker but I still ha...

re: First Developer Conference, Suggestions? Apr 11 '18

Looking forward to meeting you too! I'm really excited abou...

re: Introducing a Rails 5.1 development environment via Docker Mar 29 '18

This is fantastic! suggestion => don't use Ruby 2.5 (ye...