When using ImageMagick to manipulate images, you might see that images get darker when beeing modified by newer versions of...
I had an issue with icons from an icon font aligning differently on Linux, iOS and Windows (seemingly browser-independent...
The Codeless Code is a charming series of stories about monks and nuns at a programming monastery. Some stories to...
This is quite an edge case, and appears like a bug in Rails (4.2.6) to me. Update: This is now...
Note: This applies to plain Ruby scripts, Rails does not have this issue. When you work with Ruby strings, those...
Ruby 2.3.0 has been around since end of 2015. It brings some pretty nice new features! Make sure to read...
As announced before, Ruby has introduced a safe navigation operator with version 2.3.0. receiver&.method prevents NoMethodErrors by intercepting method...
Processes in Linux might be put into Swap ("virtual memory") occasionally. Even parts of a single process might be removed...
#dig lets you easily traverse nested hashes, arrays, or even a mix of them. It returns nil if any intermediate...
The following will search for all .feature files containing a search term and run them using geordi. find features/ -name...
Ever needed to use a global variable in Rails? Ugh, that's the worst. If you need global state, you...
Reading user input in console applications is usually done using Kernel#gets. Stubbing that can be a bit hairy.
IE has a "Compatibility Mode" for old browsers. You can keep IE from offering it (and fix some other things...
PostgreSQL uses the C library's locale facilities for sorting strings: First, all the letters are compared, ignoring spaces and...
The way that Javascript schedules timeouts and promise callbacks is more complicated than you think. This can be the reason...
Have you ever mistaken one Rails environment for another? The attached helper will help you to never do it again...
This extension allows you to manually sort (order) your folders in the folder pane of Thunderbird or automatically sort them...
When receiving a new SSL-Certificate for an existing SSL-key it should be checked that they match cryptographically.
It claims to be even faster and brings a new plugin that polyfills object-fit and object-position. This allows...
As your Rails project grows, you will accumulate a number of small patches. These will usually fix a bug in...
Automatically convert bitmap images like JPEGs, GIFs and PNGs to the crisp, clean, scalable vector art of EPS, SVG, and...
to create a Gallery that has a name and has_many :images, which in turn have a...
UI sortable helps reordering items with drag 'n drop. It works quite fine. Proven configuration for sorting table rows
The attached ImageLoader helper will start fetching an image and return an image that is resolved once the image is...