Rails migrations and Capistrano don’t mix
Last night I learned the hard way what happens when Rails migrations break. My main project, the Wiki Ed Dashboard, is set up for automatic deployment — via Capistrano and travis-ci— whenever we push...
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Diderot — a Pebble watchface for finding nearby unillustrated Wikipedia articles
I published a watchface for Pebble smartwatches that shows you the nearest Wikipedia article that lacks a photograph. Have a Pebble and like to — or want to — contribute to Wikipedia? Try it out! It’s...
View ArticleMoving forward after the election
I’ve been mulling over what happened in the election, and what I should do now. I think these things are key: Just a small difference in turnout would have turned the election around. Any conclusions...
View ArticleI want a better social network
Facebook kinda sucks, and it’s not doing much to foster an informed and politically engaged citizenry. It certainly doesn’t help me to be a better citizen. Here’s what a better social network might...
View ArticleFirst impressions of Ruby branch coverage with DeepCover
Branch coverage for Ruby is finally on the horizon! The built-in coverage library is expected to ship in Ruby 2.5 with branch and method coverage options. And a pure-Ruby gem is in development, too:...
View ArticleRemote pairing with Teletype: worth trying
Outreachy intern maudite and I tried out remote pair programming with the new Teletype plugin for Atom, and it’s really nice! At this point, it only works with Atom, and doesn’t yet support voice or...
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I am 💯 and you can too.
100% test coverage! Catch all the bugs! I’ve been working on a Ruby on Rails app for more than three years, and Ruby coverage for its rspec test suite has been at 100% for most of the last year. People...
View ArticleSoftware podcast mashups I would listen to
The Bike of Product w/ Derrick Reimer and Derek Prior The Art Shed w/ Ben Orenstein and Sean Griffin Base.css w/ Saron Yitbarek and Chris Coyier
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A yak shave turned good: Switching from Poltergeist to Headless Chrome for...
I just finished up migrating all the Capybara feature tests in my Rails/React app from Poltergeist to Headless Chrome. I ran into a few issues I didn’t see covered in other write-ups, so I thought I’d...
View ArticleLeaving Facebook for 2022
For the new year, I’m deleting my Facebook account. I won’t rehash the reasons in details, but the short of it is that Facebook is incredibly good at following people everywhere they go on the...
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