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You might have some trouble running a Rails LTS 2 app with MySQL 5.7. If you don't want to...
MySQL and MariaDB have an SQL mode setting which changes how MySQL behaves. The SQL mode value is comprised of...
On your local system that only hosts non-critical development data and only you have access to, you can store...
The httpclient gem comes with a custom SSL cert store. While an customizable, application-level cert store is great when...
You need to update a lof gems. Make sure you don't have any version constraints in your...
Running rails server will start a local server that you can access via http://localhost:3000. When you are working...
Form fields can be rendered as noneditable by setting the disabled or the readonly attribute. Be aware of the differences...
Your default postgres user is named like your linux user. That default user has limited access privileges, which can cause...
Trying to open a vnc window with geordi geordi vnc ended up with this error: > VNC viewer could not be...
Here is how to use Chromedriver without libraries like selenium-webdriver. This can be useful for debugging. The following example...
If you want to make a screenshot of a website that works well in print or on a high-DPI...
When a Rails controller action should handle both HTML and JSON responses, do not use request.xhr? to decide that. Use...
Note netstat has mostly been superseeded by its more modern rewrite ss which nowadays comes pre-installed rather than netstat...
Understanding your type of cronjob Some cronjobs must only run on a single server. E.g. when you run nightly batch...
When installing gems, a lot of time is spent building locally installed documentation that you probably never use.
If your Rails application is using Webpack you need to serve assets on the same host as you application runs...
This is painful. Consider using Microsoft Office or switching careers. If you need to write < 20 letters consider doing it...
Rails applications and ruby gems should have a README that gives the reader a quick overview of the project. Its...
When making requests using curl, no cookies are sent or stored by default. However, you can tell curl to re...
wrap the text with a span use line-height for the spacing between lines ("margin")
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HTTPie consists of a single http command designed for painless debugging and interaction with HTTP servers, RESTful APIs, and web...
Git has two kind of tags: annotated lightweight Annotated tags are stored as full objects in the Git database. They...