Jun 05
Twitter is giving Rails a bad name
Ruby on Rails, Social Networks 2 Comments »
Uggh. Rebuild it already. Its only a few actions. It wasn't built for this kind of app.
Python, C, Perl, whatever. Uggh. Rebuild it already. Its only a few actions. It wasn't built for this kind of app.
Python, C, Perl, whatever. Mar 02
Easy Solution for Conflicting Rails Migration Version Numbering
Code, Ruby on Rails 1 Comment »
Thats a crappy blog post title but the best I could come up with! You know the scenario: you are about to commit your latest Rails code to subversion and you perform an update first. Rats. Someone has committed a new migration with the ...
Nov 21
Ad Blockers can Ruin Your Legitimate Web App that Isn’t Even Serving Ads
Code, Ruby on Rails 2 Comments »
Since rebranding some of our old classifieds sites and relaunching the system as OhSoHandy.com in a newly built Ruby on Rails app we've received a handful of emails complaining about strange behavior that always involved links not appearing for the user.
How do you read the rest of the postings or see any pictures that were uploaded?!?! There are no links on the classifieds to keep reading them. Please help since I am new to the website.At first I discounted this as user error. "These fools don't know how to use the internets!" DELETE.
Sep 19
Ruby runs on iPhone
Ruby on Rails, iPhone 3 Comments »
Peter Cooper pondered Ruby on iPhone?.... Giles has no iPhone, and nor do I, so we can't test it,...".
Yes it works:
And for any skeptics all doubt should be cleared up with this horrifically blurry, bad video I made with the only camera I had here at the ...
And for any skeptics all doubt should be cleared up with this horrifically blurry, bad video I made with the only camera I had here at the ...
Jul 04
New columns not immediately available in migrations
Code, Ruby on Rails 4 Comments »
Sometimes you add a column to a table in a migration and then you want populate the new column with some data. Run your migration and while your column has been created in the database, your data does not populate. The problem is that those columns are not ...
