I needed to make sure that an element is visible and not overshadowed by an element that has a higher...

github.com

When storing a file with Carrierwave, it is always cached prior to actually storing it (to support form roundtrips).

This card will show you a cool way to define a class using Struct.new. A common usecase for Structs are...

Rails default config uses the ActiveSupport::Cache::NullStore and disables controller caching for all environments except production: config.action_controller.perform_caching = false...

makandra dev

If you use the Better Errors gem, you will sometimes notice that it can be very slow. This is because...

Shoulda Matchers don't provide canditional validations (validations with if: option). Here is how to write tests for the condition...

When using GROUP BY, MySQL now complains if the SELECT includes columns which are not part of the GROUP BY...

Nowadays it is fairly easy to intercept and modify mails globally before they are sent. All you have to do...

makandra dev

ChromeDriver clicking works by simulating a mouse click in the middle of the element's first client rect (or bounding...

Since Rails 5, domain models inherit from ApplicationRecord by default. This is the place to put code that should be...

When you have a multi-server setup, you'll be adding a new server from time to time. Before doing...

Rails supports time zones, but there are several pitfalls. Most importantly because Time.now and Time.current are completely different things and...

Ubuntu might create several keyrings for you. Note that keyring passwords are initially set to the user password but do...

These tools help you in checking websites globally: DNS Checker This tool allows for global DNS propagation checking. GeoScreenshot

This is useful if, for example, you want to use a background-image that has to scale with the width...

stackoverflow.com

This card will show you how to use git rebase --onto without confusion. Use case: You've got two feature...

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stdgems.org

Ruby's standard library is in the process of being gemified. It will soon - Ruby 2.5 - consist of RubyGems, which...

jakearchibald.com

TLDR: Browser implementations of HTTP/2 push are horrible. You might end up with worse performance than without pushing. However, the...

By default Middleman generates files with a .html extension. Because of this all your URLs end in /foo.html instead of...

Middleman is a static page generator that brings many of the goodies that Rails developers are used to.

Sometimes, through some firewall or proxy misconfiguration, you might have to deploy to a server that cannot access the git...

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stackoverflow.com

Assuming you're wanting to undo the effects of git rm or rm followed by git add -A or something...

chris.beams.io

Separate subject from body with a blank line Limit the subject line to 50 characters (max. 72), include reference (unique...

Database connections are not thread-safe. That's why ActiveRecord uses a separate database connection for each thread.