Felice Forby

Former Japanese translator turned software engineer. I work mostly with Ruby and Rails, but love working on both the back-end and the front-end. Spent 10 years in Japan!

Ohio Joined on Jan 19, 2018

Education

Ohio State University, University of Colorado, IUC (for Japanese)

Work

Software Engineer at Beam Benefits

veggie_tracker

A sinatra-based ruby app for keeping track of when to plant vegetables in your garden or farm

Ruby • 7 stars

find-recipe-cli-app

A CLI gem that helps you find a recipe

Ruby

ochoko

A Rails app for tracking and rating your favorite sake

Ruby

Ruby
Rails
JavaScript
React
CSS/HTML
Japanese ;)

23 posts published

55 comments written

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Felice Forby

Aug 12 '21

Sidekiq's sidekiq_retries_exhausted hook

#ruby #rails #sidekiq

2 min read

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Felice Forby

Jul 10 '20

Rename a Rails app (including database, Github, and Heroku names)

#rails #ruby #postgres #heroku

7 min read

Felice Forby

Mar 30 '20

Stopping a Webcam with JavaScript

#javascript

2 min read

Felice Forby

Feb 21 '20

QR Code Reader on Rails

#rails #ruby

8 min read

Felice Forby

Sep 26 '19

Using MySQL with Rails 6 and installing MySQL on Mac (macOS Mojave)

#rails #mysql

5 min read

Felice Forby

Aug 21 '19

Adding Custom JavaScript in Rails 6

#rails #javascript

3 min read

Felice Forby

Aug 9 '19

Dynamic method handling with #method_missing and #respond_to_missing? in Ruby and Rails

#ruby #rails #metaprogramming #beginners

6 min read

Felice Forby

Jul 22 '19

Useful Git Commands For Removing Accidentally Pushed or Committed Files

#git #beginners

189

3 min read

Felice Forby

Jul 8 '19

Handy Git Shortcuts (Aliases) and How to Set Them Up

#git #beginners

1 min read

Felice Forby

Jun 4 '19

Adding reCaptcha v3 to a Rails app without a gem

#rails #recaptcha #beginners

6 min read

Felice Forby

Jun 2 '19

Debugging Google Cloud Storage CORS errors in Rails 6 Action Text (direct upload of images)

#rails #gcs #googlecloudstorage #cors

4 min read

Felice Forby

May 19 '19

Sending Emails in Rails with Action Mailer and Gmail

#rails #ruby #beginners

167

8 min read

Felice Forby

Jan 29 '19

Flatiron Rails Portfolio Project - Ochoko 1.0 - Sake database and tasting note manager

#ruby #rails #beginners #flatiron

6 min read

Felice Forby

Dec 19 '18

I18n for Rails: Set-up for Using Locales from URL Params and Basic I18n Usage

#rails #beginners #ruby

6 min read

Felice Forby

Oct 29 '18

Ruby: Getting Collect, Map, and Select Set Straight

#ruby #beginners

2 min read

Felice Forby

Oct 28 '18

Rounding Numbers in PHP with round()

#php #beginners

2 min read

Felice Forby

Oct 26 '18

for Loops in PHP: Converting Oven Temperatures

#php #beginners

4 min read

Felice Forby

Oct 25 '18

Basic Text Formatting in PHP using printf() with decimals, prices, strings, and dates

#php #beginners

3 min read

Felice Forby

Oct 25 '18

Double Quotes vs Single Quotes in PHP

#php #beginners

4 min read

Felice Forby

Sep 19 '18

Building My First Sinatra-based Ruby App: Thoughts and Wrap-up

#sinatra #ruby #beginners

8 min read

Felice Forby

Jul 24 '18

The Basics of Sinatra à la MVC — Configuration & Routes & Forms

#ruby #sinatra #beginners

8 min read

Felice Forby

Jun 5 '18

5 Things I Learned From Creating My First Ruby Gem From Scratch

#ruby #beginners #learning

6 min read

Felice Forby

Feb 6 '18

Any recommendations for programming fundamental books for beginners?

#discuss #beginners

1 min read

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Want to connect with Felice Forby?

Rename a Rails app (including database, Github, and Heroku names)

Stopping a Webcam with JavaScript

QR Code Reader on Rails

Using MySQL with Rails 6 and installing MySQL on Mac (macOS Mojave)

Adding Custom JavaScript in Rails 6

Dynamic method handling with #method_missing and #respond_to_missing? in Ruby and Rails

Useful Git Commands For Removing Accidentally Pushed or Committed Files

Handy Git Shortcuts (Aliases) and How to Set Them Up

Adding reCaptcha v3 to a Rails app without a gem

Debugging Google Cloud Storage CORS errors in Rails 6 Action Text (direct upload of images)

Sending Emails in Rails with Action Mailer and Gmail

Flatiron Rails Portfolio Project - Ochoko 1.0 - Sake database and tasting note manager

I18n for Rails: Set-up for Using Locales from URL Params and Basic I18n Usage

Ruby: Getting Collect, Map, and Select Set Straight

Rounding Numbers in PHP with round()

for Loops in PHP: Converting Oven Temperatures

Basic Text Formatting in PHP using printf() with decimals, prices, strings, and dates

Double Quotes vs Single Quotes in PHP

Building My First Sinatra-based Ruby App: Thoughts and Wrap-up

The Basics of Sinatra à la MVC — Configuration & Routes & Forms

5 Things I Learned From Creating My First Ruby Gem From Scratch

Any recommendations for programming fundamental books for beginners?