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Written content to help you along your web development journey, without forgetting to have some fun along the way.
Stop Making the Same Spelling Mistakes
Keep spelling the same word wrong? Try this little trick.
Disable Rake Commands in a Rails Project
Sometimes you want to disable some of the default rake tasks in a rails project. Here's a quick way to do just that.
A Product You Can Build in a Day That You Shouldn't Build in a Day
It's easy for time to get away from you when you're building one of your brilliant ideas. Here's a way to put valuable constraints on yourself and your team.
Face Assumptions Directly
I really hate assumptions. It's essential to lessen or remove assumptions from a situation. And when you can't, you can at least face them directly and honestly.
Bi-Directional has_and_belongs_to_many on a Single Model in Rails
Bi-directional HABTM relationships are easy in Rails, but when you need to do it on a single model, that's when it gets tricky. Here's one approach.
How to Write a Custom Rake Task
Rake provides a great way to automate repetitive or complex tasks. Here's a look at creating a simple and a more complex task.
A Quicker Way to Compare Multiple Equals Operators in Ruby
When you attempt to write several predictable comparisons in one statement, it gets ugly fast. Here are some methods for cleaning it up.
Unwritten Rules are The Worst
It's really frustrating when you break a rule you didn't know existed in the first place. Let's examine how to fix those scenarios.
A has_many Relationship within a Single Model in Rails
Here are a couple methods for dealing with uni-directional many-to-many associations in Rails.