This note describes how to setup a box running Ubuntu to share its Internet connection with another PC.
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Be careful when using params.merge as params is a HashWithIndifferentAccess. Why? Usually this should not be an issue but it...
I prefer the application that I'm currently working on to be reachable at http://localhost/. So when I switch...
When using form_for you can give the form's target URL either as a string or an array:
I’m going to list assumptions your systems probably make about names. All of these assumptions are wrong. Try to...
If you previously used version 2.x of Thunderbird and upgraded to 3.x (for example through an Ubuntu release...
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If you did file operations inside a shell or for example using Nautilus, it can take quite a while until...
Take care when trying to set attributes to nil in a blueprint. Given the following master blueprint: Story.blueprint do
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Lately, we’ve been exploring ways to offer web apps that perform like native apps on mobile devices. For this...
When you do tags with acts-as-taggable-on and want to preload associated tags, you can do so with...
Note: We are talking about Machinist 1 here, Machinist 2 may have solved this or might require a different approach...
Capybara's has_css? matcher has a couple of options you might find useful. Check that a selector appears a...
Even when you're using bundler, it might be significant in which order your gems are listed in your Gemfile...
This post will describe how I stumbled upon a code path in the Linux kernel which allows external programs to...
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Inside before :each blocks you can refer to variables that you introduce via let later on. They do not need...
If you need to call a state_machine event and do not want to re-define resource_controller's create...