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This was a fun way to get into dev mode for the day.
Thanks 🚀
To be honest, I'm not sure what went wrong. I think it may have been the way it initialises the env.
All the AI tools would want to re-install Ruby, python or use the OS X defaults from /usr/bin. Dropping mise and using Rbenv solved all that,
Mise is great but gave me grey hairs with frontier dev tools.
If you use AI agentic code tools like OI, Cline, Windsurf and others then mise may not be for you.
Previously, ASDF for Ruby, doing a lot of Python these days so gave Mise a try.
Now back to using Rbenv. PyCharm for py envs.
Rails continues to expand its lead as the single best platform for building web applications backed by SQLite! You can now load extensions directly from the database.yml file. This now means you have quick and easy access to the full range of SQLite extensions
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Codebuff (previously Manicode) is definitely one of the best code assistants. Rates highly for Rails tasks. Busy with a Python project, Codebuff has played a large part in the success so far.
Link for free credits:
manicode.ai/referrals/re...
New social network, new gem open sourced
github.com/stevegeek/awfy
Still a messy WIP but you might want to have a look
And, with the full understanding that I will probably get zero questions, but because I want to test if there's any engagement for Ruby stuff here now..
Ask Me Anything about Ruby/Rails/Tech Publishing/SF Novels, etc...
My wife and I made this fun website to help web devs learn about an important concept in the Ruby programming language.
www.exceptionalcreatures.com
As a follow-on to yesterday’s post about disentangling ourselves from Heroku, here’s why we don’t use review apps anymore and what has replaced them (hint: feature flags)
jamie.ideasasylum.com/2024/10/31/w...
Holla
And now you're generating interest in your generators. 🤔
A test that asserts no controller has any public methods that do not have a corresponding route defined.
Yesterday @joel.drapper.me and I were pairing and came up with this lovely test that ensures you have no controllers with public methods that do not have a corresponding route defined.