This is for you when you want to mount a dmcrypt encrypted partition manually, e.g. from a live CD.

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Capybara has a global option (Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements) that determines whether Capybara sees or ignores hidden elements.

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When you do a script/dbconsole -p, your MySQL shell will already be using UTF-8. When you call it yourself...

This is surprisingly difficult when there is a with the same text on the page, but you really want to...

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Pour color on your Rails console with awesome_print. Turn confusing long strings into formatted output. Have objects and classes...

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Online tool to test how a site behaves in popular desktop, tablet and phone resolutions.

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When updating WebMock, be prepared that your specs may send real requests into the depths of the internet unless you...

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In order to save the original value of a constant, set the new value and restore the old value after...