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I was reading Pickaxe to learn more about the CGI library. The code on page 329 (as well as example code in Ruby docs) doesn't seem to work - it wants to be given something on standard...
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Feels like all these new Browser APIs can be used to make an app or make it easier to do so but will instead be used to juice engagement, show ads, beg for mailing list signups, and generally make for...
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Is there an explainer for what is actually the point of all the AI stuff? For crypto I was fine ignoring it as it was stupid on its face. I would ignore AI too if it were just hyped by tech companies...
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@atpfm y’all and your light switches. OG Lutron has on off buttons that don’t work like 3-ways, plus wall mounted pico remote that works the same way. Diva looks nicer but it’s not some new...
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There must be a better answer than this. It reads like a crypto true believer who is more interested in theoretical tech than solving a real problem. (Though I don’t think a person wrote this...
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The reason crypto is useless isn’t because it enables scams and fraud. It is because it either provides solutions to non-problems OR solves a problem that would be solved much better, cheaper, and...
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Code completion isn’t an acute problem and is not a significant issue to deliver software. Writing marketing emails or summarizing meetings is solving a problem of ineffective communication by having...
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Generating art is not a problem. We have enough art from people. More than we can ever use. We’re good. What was previously called machine learning has, is, and will be used to assist humans. The AI...
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Ruby's Complex Branching OptionsIn which I question my commitment to `if` statements in Ruby./cc @solnic who inspired me to look deeperI still stand by "methods don't succeed or fail”, but I think that...
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I'm remembering when I first read about putting hashes in asset names, e.g. 2084723984732-pack.js and thinking "Neat!”Upon further reflection, is there any reason to do this other than avoiding...
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Let's say I am organizing my Ruby code with namespaces and files. Assuming one class per file, and Zeitwerk-style naming conventions are followed, what's the right way to set up the use of `require` so...
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100% agree. Their app's button icons aren't even retina - they look like absolute crap on any Mac. The sync also doesn't work. It's an embarrassingly bad product and I remember it whenever I complain...
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Everything about this page makes me miss the old original pre Web-2.0 web:https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/d.j.benson/pages/html/dx7.html• "homepage" in the URL• It's a freaking CODEX of info about the...
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If you are nostalgic for the DX7, the Korg Volca FM is basically a dx7 in a ≤$200 box. You can use webmidi based app (chrome only 😢) to load DX7 patches from this page.Why? Because someone, somewhere...
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OK, now WRT WebMIDI - I doubt it will ever be supported by Safari, because there is a pretty interesting securitiy exploit. Because it allows uploading SYSEX to whatever device you have connected, it...
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Even though 90% of the use cases for Web MIDI are to allow someone to use a computer to provide access to an analog synth's features, there's no way to know if that synth has, say, bluetooth or wifi on...
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And right now, most synth software is a recreation of the synth's controls. Manipulating a software rotary encoder with a mouse just always seemed stupid to me, but this is still the state of the art....
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2025 is the final RailsConf as we know it, per https://rubycentral.org/news/anewearforrubycentralevents/I have been kinda of two minds on conferences - I've enjoyed a lot that I've attended/spoken at,...
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I know it was tried at RubyConf, but I would still love to know where the population of Ruby/Rails devs gets their content, info, training, etc. What tech are they using? What techniques? I wish/hope...
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Both of my books - 70 pages on Sidekiq and 450 (!) on Rails are 50% off this week!!!!https://techhub.social/@pragprog/112402124785696039
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