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Written content to help you along your web development journey, without forgetting to have some fun along the way.
Remote Work: You're Already Doing It
Recruiters these days seem hell-bent on knowing whether or not you've worked a remote job in the past. The truth is it doesn't matter. The truth is we're all already doing it.
Scrape and Parse A Webpage with Ruby (using Nokogiri)
A quick way to pull content from a URL and parse it using Ruby.
Add Rake To Any Project
Rake is an awesome tool. You may want to use it in a non-Ruby project or a project that isn't configured for it.
Remote Work: All Or Nothing
Most of the time, life is about balance. But there are some things that you just can't do halfway.
Keep Stylesheets Organized With Continuous Abstraction
Stylesheets can get out of control really quickly. Here's the approach I use to stay organized.
Bulk Resize Images Using Rake and ImageMagick
Got a set of images you need all to conform to the same size? Hate doing it manually? Me too. Let's write a rake task to solve our challenge.
"Good Enough" Is A Milestone, Not A Result
To be good enough is to say you have a stable place to break. It is not the full solution.
Emergencies Are Usually Self-Inflicted
An emergency in the business world is stressful. Many times we bring those emergencies on ourselves. It's time to put a stop to it!
Full-Size, Looping Background Video with YouTube Video
It seems looping background videos are the new thing. But you don't have to serve up the video on your server. Let's use a YouTube video to accomplish it!
Render an Inline SVG in Rails (or Middleman)
You can avoid multiple requests to your server by rendering SVG images inline to the rest of your HTML.