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Eric Halverson

@elhalvers.bsky.social

Software Engineer- Ruby / Rails mostly I enjoy hiking, biking, birding, paddling, reading, writing, coding, chessing, fooding! : )

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I like it too! : )

11.01.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am very happy that Iyengar was my foundation in Yoga. It still informs any other style of yoga I explore as well as movement in general πŸ§˜πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜Š

11.01.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! : )

29.12.2024 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading Scott McCloud’s β€˜Understanding Comics’ got me into comics as an adult : )

07.12.2024 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s liberating! Feels like you are just coding! πŸ₯³

06.12.2024 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am enjoying going through it! πŸ₯³

06.12.2024 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like the paper origami time folding metaphor! 😊

27.11.2024 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ„πŸ₯³

27.11.2024 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yea, you can use the good one while you play with the other one : )

25.11.2024 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool! Thanks for the rec! Just added β€˜to read’ on @thestorygraph.com 😊

25.11.2024 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hacky is fun! : )

25.11.2024 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Joy of coding! πŸ₯³

22.11.2024 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really like the thinking regarding Jr. engineers and a longer view of a productive team! 😊πŸ₯³

22.11.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! πŸŽ‰πŸ˜ƒ

22.11.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Release 2.3.0 / 2024-11-20 Β· sparklemotion/sqlite3-ruby 2.3.0 / 2024-11-20 Added The SQLITE_DBPAGE extension is now enabled by default, which implements an eponymous-only virtual table that provides direct access to the underlying database file by inte...

Rubyists! sqlite3 gem v2.3.0 is released, introducing `Database#optimize`, some new compile-time features enabled, and an eight-year-old encoding bug fixed!

github.com/sparklemotio...

#ruby #sqlite

21.11.2024 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rack for Ruby: Socket Hijacking | AppSignal Blog Rack is the foundation for every popular Ruby web framework in existence. In part two of this three-part series, we'll run through socket hijacking.

The second part of my 3-part blog series on Rack is out now!

This one covers socket hijacking ... something you probably shouldn't do, but here's how to do it anyway πŸ™ˆ

#Ruby #Rack

blog.appsignal.com/2024/11/20/r...

20.11.2024 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
zine sale! coming november 29

50% off PDF zines with code β€œWIZARDPDF”

30% off print zines with code β€œWIZARDPRINT”

zine sale! coming november 29 50% off PDF zines with code β€œWIZARDPDF” 30% off print zines with code β€œWIZARDPRINT”

Wizard Zines is doing another Big Zine Sale again this year on **Friday, November 29th**! One day only.

here’s a google calendar link for the duration of the sale if you want a reminder: wzrd.page/cal

21.11.2024 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 9
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GitHub - adam12/ruby-lsp.nvim Contribute to adam12/ruby-lsp.nvim development by creating an account on GitHub.

Just released it this morning so it's fairly new. github.com/adam12/ruby-...

21.11.2024 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition) Programming Ruby is the most complete book on Ruby, covering both the language itself and the standard library as well as commonly used third-party tools.

Also -- and I'll try not to say this every day --

Pragmatic's Turkey day sale is 40% off with code "turkeysale2024".

Programming Ruby 3.3 is available at pragprog.com/titles/ruby5....

I don't have a coupon code for the print version, but Amazon has it at about a 20% discount at amzn.to/3CDZMuB.

21.11.2024 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Brandon! : )

21.11.2024 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Picked up β€˜Agile Web Development with Rails 8’ today at 40% off! πŸ₯³

21.11.2024 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just posted my first little #gamedev devlog for it: afomera.itch.io/rockshaw-mea...

21.11.2024 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are we gifting this account to Aaron when he's ready to enjoy a kinder and less cynical social media experience?

If so, let's get this on all the starter packs and start building his audience to sweeten the deal. πŸ™‚

20.11.2024 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Migrations in Rails 8: Using the New Not Null Shortcut In the latest version of Ruby on Rails (Rails 8), developers have been given a handy new shortcut for adding a NOT NULL constraint to database columns. This small but powerful enhancement simplifies t...

Created a new Rails 8 app. Wanted #postgresql not null constraints in generated migrations, w/o editing each migration.

Turns out it's now possible. With a bang! πŸ’₯

rails generate scaffold Account name:string!

www.mintbit.com/blog/migrati...

@siaw23.bsky.social @winsletts.bsky.social

20.11.2024 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Thanks Harry! I’ll check it out! : )

21.11.2024 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Recently, I have been writing/editing emails and find myself trying to use and missing Vim! πŸ˜„ Haven’t started investigating a solution yet.

20.11.2024 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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19.11.2024 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Help Make RailsConf 2025 Happen RailsConf is the longest-running gathering of Rails developers, dedicated to building, managing, and testing Rails applications. After almost 20 years, RailsConf 2025 will be our final conference β€” a ...

Now that my time as a #RubyConf 2024 Co-chair is up I better understand all that goes on behind the scenes. Let's set up the next event to be more successful.

You can help by registering interest in attending and/or sponsoring with @rubycentral.org at the link below.
rubycentral.org/news/make-ra...

18.11.2024 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you Josh! : )

17.11.2024 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve added lots of new Ruby folks to my Ruby and Rails starter packβ€”one of the oldest and most used starter packs on Bluesky!

Go check it out again and follow more Rubyists!

go.bsky.app/HD2Ty2o

#RubyConf #RubyConf2024 #Ruby

13.11.2024 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

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