SSDs: The Bottom LineI’ve been wondering about desktop/laptop solid-state drives for a while, hearing all sorts of good and bad things. Recently I read up on the subject and here I present my findings, distilled down to the key points – whether you should get an SSD, which one, and why.
Q&A: How to Customize Rails to_json output?Rails has a bunch of JavaScript helpers, but once you move beyond those and want to write your own JavaScript code for your application, you may find yourself dealing with some JSON produced on the server-side.
By default, the to_json method in Rails is probably a lot more verbose than most people want. I’ll share a few tips on how to tame it.
Question: How can I slim down the output of to_json in Rails?
JavaScript Variables and Anonymous ObjectsJavaScript is not Ruby, but it does offer syntax that can lead to expressive code. There’s one case where JavaScript could have gone a step further and given us even more expressive code syntax, when dealing with object literals or anonymous objects.
Back to RailsIt’s been a long time since I’ve worked on a Rails project, but it feels good to finally get back to Ruby on Rails.
Using Opera Labels to Manage EmailOpera’s built-in mail client has a number of features to help manage and organize email messages. Here I’ll share my strategies for managing the ‘ol inbox using labels.
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