Category: Blog
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Deploying a Go Microservice in Kubernetes
Most of my experience with web applications is with monoliths deployed to a PaaS or using configuration management tools to traditional servers. Last week, I submerged myself in a different paradigm, the one of microservices. In this post, I’m going to share what I learned by deploying a Go application on top of Kubernetes. To […]
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The Maintenance Price Tag
When adding new features to a software product, we tend to plan them by the value they bring versus the cost of development. However, it’s critical to consider that they also come with a maintenance price tag attached to them. Ignoring this cost, can affect the user experience, cause a system crash and/or make it […]
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Rails Routing Advanced Constraints for User Authentication Without Devise
Many times we mount engines and restrict access to admin users via Devise. In this post, I’ll show you how to do the same when using a different authentication mechanism. Let’s take for example the Sidekiq engine. According to their wiki, all we need to do is surround the mount using the authenticate method. But […]
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Running MNT Reform OS on an NVME Disk
Running the MNT Reform 2 from an SD card is not a bad solution. It’s similar to the way a Raspberry Pi is run. However, I wanted to free the SD card slot. In this post I describe the whole process from picking and buying an NVMe SSD, to installing and configuring it. But before […]
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MNT Reform 2 DIY Kit Review
The MNT Reform 2 laptop was made available on Crowd Supply in June 2020. This review is for the DIY kit version, and I’ll focus on the experience of supporting this project and its vendor through crowdsourcing, the process of putting the machine together, and my first impressions. I plan to share a second post with my thoughts on […]
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Ruby On Rails: Storing JSON Directly in PostgreSQL
Whenever we save data from one of our Rails models, each attribute is mapped one to one to a field in the database. These fields are generally of a simple type, like a string or an integer. However, it’s also possible to save an entire data object in JSON format in a field. Let’s see […]
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Using a Hackathon to Stress Test Your Development Process
A hackathon’s value proposition is generally one of innovation. Companies see these events as an investment to come up with new products. However, I just recently found out they are also a great way to to teach us about existing flaws in our software development processes. I’ve participated in a handful of coding events before and have […]
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Vortex Core Mechanical Keyboard Review
I got myself a new keyboard for my birthday, the Vortex Core. I wanted a mechanical keyboard that I could take everywhere with me. Being a 40% keyboard, I expected it to over deliver on the portable side, what I didn’t expect, is that I’d enjoy using this tiny keyboard so much, even for extended periods […]
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Running a Patched Ruby on Heroku
You use a PaaS because you want all the underlying infrastructure and configuration of your application to be hidden from you. However, there are times when you are forced to look deeper into the stack. In this article I want to share how simple it is to run a patched version of Ruby on Heroku. […]
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Ruby’s DATA Stream
The STDIN and ARGF streams are commonly used in Ruby, however there’s also the less popular DATA one. This is how it works and some examples in the wild. HOW TO READ FROM DATA? Like with any other stream you can use gets and readlines. This behaviour is defined by the IO class. However there’s a caveat, your script needs to have a data section. To […]