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Wvim: Quickly edit shell scripts, aliases, and functions(ctoomey.com)
2 points by christoomey 6y ago|0 comments
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by christoomey 6y ago
Destroy All Software is absolutely fantastic and without question worth $29/month. Probably more than any other single resource, DAS provided some of the most foundational ideas that still drive how I think about software. You can also
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by christoomey 6y ago
I've added a note at the bottom of the post as your gem seems like a great option for this sort of functionality. Thanks again for sharing!
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by christoomey 6y ago
Oh that's interesting, thanks for the additional detail! I'm intrigued by what you mean when you say: "tell the app to stay in read only mode until told otherwise". Does that mean use the read-only replica connection dur
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by christoomey 6y ago
This looks interesting, thanks for sharing! Most of the apps I work with run on Heroku, so I'd likely end up reaching for their [High Availability Postgres] feature, but nice to know of an alternative if I'm not on heroku. That sa
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by christoomey 6y ago
The approach I shared worked really well for the use case I had (API, read-heavy traffic load, and a solid experience in the mobile apps with retry logic for failed writes), but I certainly wouldn't treat it as a silver bullet. I would
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by christoomey 6y ago
Glad I didn't let you down :) In my defense, I did call the segment "Good Idea, Terrible Idea". This solution did end up being much better than what I was initially considering, but sometimes it takes a few bad ideas to get t
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Read-Only Mode for Better Rails Downtime(ctoomey.com)
86 points by christoomey 6y ago|12 comments
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by christoomey 6y ago
'Maybe Haskell' is a fantastic intro to using types and why you might care about them. It's focused in scope and really meant to give you a taste of some functional ideas and a bit of Haskell, and in that effort it does a gre
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Downsampling Data with Postgres Window Functions(ctoomey.com)
5 points by christoomey 6y ago|0 comments
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by christoomey 8y ago
Hey there, I'm Chris, one of the thoughtbotters who helped build Upcase over the years. We're all super excited to take this step and share Upcase with the world, and I'm more than happy to answer any questions you all might
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Data-Driven Charity(johndcook.com)
3 points by christoomey 10y ago|0 comments
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Announcing Bourbon Smash, a Course from Thoughtbot on Sass, Bourbon, and Neat(thoughtbot.com)
3 points by christoomey 10y ago|0 comments