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A handy ActionMailer script for bulk-testing mailers(railsnotesui.xyz)
2 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|1 comments
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
I love Hetzner <3.
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
https://twitter.com/hrrsnbbnt (99% Ruby on Rails stuff, if you're interested in that!)
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
Hey HN! Emails is a massive pain (anyone who's had to try and adjust HTML <table> layouts knows this). I was struggling with this in my Ruby on Rails apps and wants to change things. I've spent weeks hacking away on these co
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ActionMailer Components for Ruby on Rails(railsnotesui.xyz)
3 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|1 comments
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
Hey HN! If you've never used Stimulus, it's a part of Ruby on Rails that let's you sprinkle Javascript into your frontends, without needing a heavyweight library like React. Here's a tabs controller I threw together whil
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A Simple Stimulus Tabs Controller(railsnotes.xyz)
1 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|1 comments
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
hey HN, I recently published an article going deep into email previewing (in Ruby on Rails, but I think it's relevant beyond Rails). MailCatcher ( https://github.com/sj26/mailcatcher ) and MailHog ( https:/&#x2
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Preview emails with letter_opener, MailCatcher and MailHog(railsnotes.xyz)
1 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|1 comments
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
A few years ago I built some teeny tiny solar powered electronic satellites - https://harrisonbroadbent.com/electronics/tinysat (Inspired by mohit bhoite who does stuff like this... Just 1000x better)
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Ah! right makes sense, I didn't know there were two
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Great post! Akshay has been super active in the Ruby / Rails communities on Reddit and he's always supportive. Glad to see one of his posts here on HN. And frankly stunning to see a Ruby post on the front page!
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
Why confused? Overmind basically does the same thing as Foreman - runs processes from your Procfile. So maybe you have a web: and worker: process - Overmind will run them for you. The difference between Overmind and foreman is that Overmind
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
I recently wrote about Overmind ( https://github.com/DarthSim/overmind ), a drop in replacement for foreman. If you've ever used Foreman or another local Procfile/process manager, I think you'll love Overm
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Overmind, a better foreman or bin/dev for your Procfile(railsnotes.xyz)
1 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|6 comments
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
Hey, Harrison here (author of the RailsNotes blog and newsletter). I just wanted to share the newsletter I've been writing for a little bit now, since I think there is a solid group of Rubyists / Rails lovers here on HN. Currently
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RailsNotes – The Newsletter for Ruby on Rails Lovers(railsnotes.xyz)
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Very cool Alex! I looked around but I could see anywhere to suggest a new blog? I write at railsnotes.xyz at I think it would be a cool addition :) XML feed is at railsnotes.xyz/feed.xml
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
Hey HN, I just posted a new article to my blog which I though some people here might find interesting. This posts illustrates some of my favourite things about modern Ruby on Rails — dynamic frontends, powerful functionality, and very short
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Simple Lazy Loading in Rails with Hotwire and Turbo Frames (12 Lines of Code)(railsnotes.xyz)
1 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|1 comments
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
thank you!
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agreed — even with some recent price increases they have amazing prices
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Thanks! Glad you liked what you saw :)
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
Yeah exactly - basically lets us do 1 INSERT instead of many
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Hey HN, I've been digging into the faker gem this week, and database seeding in Ruby on Rails apps more generally. By default Rails seeds our database very inefficiently (an INSERT for each record), so we use activerecord-import to fi
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Seed your Rails app with Faker. Then seed 5x faster with activerecord-import(railsnotes.xyz)
1 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|3 comments
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Hey HN, I've recently started a blog focused on Ruby on Rails — this might be surprising to a lot of you! The general sentiment I see on HN is that 1. Rails is dead and 2. Rails is too slow to be useful. I disagree on both, and I hope
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RailsNotes – The Ruby on Rails guides you wished you had(railsnotes.xyz)
5 points by hbroadbent 3y ago|3 comments
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by hbroadbent 3y ago
Hey HN, I recently put together a handy reference for generating migrations in my Ruby on Rails apps, and I thought i'd share it here in case anyone finds it useful. Let me know what you think!
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Everything you need to know about generating Rails migrations(railsnotes.xyz)
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