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Flag arguments are a code smell

Flag arguments are a code smell A flag argument is a boolean which causes the method to behave differently. It’s an indicator that the code is exercising multiple scenarios based on an external factor. A piece of code on a higher level decides with path to take through a lower l...

Step 1 - Setup VPC: Deploying a Rails Application to Elastic Beanstalk

Step 1 - Setup VPC: Deploying a Rails Application to Elastic Beanstalk This is the first in a series of blog posts that describe how to deploy a Rails application to Elastic Beanstalk in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) on Amazon AWS.

Building a Rack::Attack Dashboard

Building a Rack::Attack Dashboard We implemented Kickstarter’s Rack::Attack and configured constraints on the number of requests allowed in a time period based on IP address on our troublesome endpoints. Yay, problem solved!.

Step by step guide to building your first Ruby gem

Step by step guide to building your first Ruby gem If you had been thinking of publishing a gem since long time, I’ll recommend stop thinking and get your hands dirty today. Even if you develop a small functionality, which can be useful to others, just go ahead and package it as a gem and share it...

One more article about ruby best practice

One more article about ruby best practice Everyone engineer should read tech literature in free time. When you are reading you learn a lot of new things. You read about someone’s experience, best practice and fails. With that useful information you can see new opportunity, can make your c...

“The Giving Ruby”—The Strange Case of User Enumeration on Heroku (Not Fixed)

“The Giving Ruby”—The Strange Case of User Enumeration on Heroku (Not Fixed) I would like to share a recent experience with bug bounties. I’ve been doing bug bounties for years and I just now am trying-out the big boys on the playground — bugcrowd.com and hackerone.com — and the experience is… well, different.

Background jobs and deploys

Background jobs and deploys Have you ever wondered what happens with a running background job in Sidekiq or Resque when you deploy new version of code and restart the workers? The answer depends on what library you use and sometimes the behaviour is not acceptable for the bu...

Sending Responsive Emails In Ruby On Rails with Foundation For Emails

Sending Responsive Emails In Ruby On Rails with Foundation For Emails Recently, I was tasked with building a Report Card feature for our customers at work. After getting more details about the intent of the feature, I decided that a slick looking responsive email would best fill this need.

Functional Object Composition and MVC

Functional Object Composition and MVC I just read a great blog post on the internet about MVC not being object-oriented, and I could not agree more — after all, we don’t peel an apple the same way do with a banana. However, heads up: I am not an OOP purist, and I believe procedural pr...

Crafting Better Code Reviews

Crafting Better Code Reviews The intersection between humans and technology has never been simple or easy. This truth is particularly evident when it comes to the humans who create technology. As a human who also happens to write code for a living, I feel this the most during...

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