Dave Copeland :ruby: / is on Nostr

Author of Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on Rails, The Senior Software Engineer and more. CTO @ Mood Health. Former Stitch Fix, LivingSocial. Posts about Ruby, Tech, Maybe Cats

Website: https://naildrivin5.com
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Pronouns: He/Him

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2024-10-10 18:38:46

Simplest explanation and example I could come up with to demonstrate why you should always use #Postgres' TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE:
https://naildrivin5.com/blog/2024/10/10/a-simple-explanation-of-postgres-timestamp-with-time-zone.html

2024-10-10 18:38:46

2024-08-26 15:42:29

Using External IDs in addition to primary keys (this was a clarification of a discussioin with @npub1rxq…6zwy on Lobsters about his "cool_id” library, which looks…cool :)
https://naildrivin5.com/blog/2024/08/26/create-public-facing-unique-keys-alongside-your-primary-keys.html
https://cdn.masto.host/rubysocial/media_attachments/files/113/029/083/621/265/688/original/d2162b918e8fd618.png

2024-08-26 15:42:29

2024-06-10 17:18:32

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This control center thing is neat, but there is just so much swiping to do stuff that results in being completely lost as how you got where.
I'm REALLY glad I've moved my parents to flip phones. This would be a nightmare.
#WWDC

2024-06-10 17:17:03

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I hope that IRL Craig is a cool guy - he comes off like that and I'd hate if it was really a jerk.
His outfit is on brand with rich older guy that is coolish and kinda dorky.
I will probably style with color and live my green terminal dreams on the phone lol
#WWDC

2024-06-10 17:13:03

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"Vimeo App" is strong mom energy: “we have YouTube at home”
#WWDC

2024-06-10 17:12:27

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I feel like Apple wants us to do work inside the Vision Pro and this is almost the same fantasy that Meta has with thinking we will do work inside the "metaverse”. It's tiring enough to just have headphones on all day. I don't see this happening.
Also LOL @ "powerful brand stories”. GTFO
#WWDC

2024-06-10 17:09:33

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Missed this guy's name. Dig his sneakers. Much better than Tim’s.
Haley Allen finally breaks out of the dull dude getup. Also, looks like people are getting last names this year!
Anyway, fake magical 3d photos doesn't seem that great TBH. Vibes of "Apple Music is playing the wrong version of my favorite song”
#WWDC

2024-06-10 17:07:21

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Vision Pro updates should be content. FFS put a camera on someone scuba diving or skydiving or whatever. It cannot be that hard to make compelling content.
Hell, remaster Stargate SG-1 with 3d wormhole shots and that's it. Gold.
#WWDC

2024-06-10 17:05:41

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I didn't think Silo was being renewed, so that's nice.
I'm not seeing Foundation - wtf
#WWDC

2024-06-10 17:03:46

#WWDC live stream thoughts coming. Feel free to mute me.
Tim is out in black shirt and jeans that do not have enough contrast.
And we'll get Apple TV+ out of the way first. I don't watch much on that platform but I will say that they have no created a bunch of shitty star wars shows, so there is that.

2024-05-17 15:45:17

CS Researchers: Here're some programming languages mathematically proven to make the computer do exactly what you say.
Programmers: «create vast complexity that no one person could comprehend in order to render a web page»
Also Programmers: What if we made the programming language English, required that the compiler run on a monstrously huge array of GPUs, and set it up so it only did what we ask sometimes, and other times just do nonsense, but we don't know which is which?
Hacker News: Neat!

2024-05-13 15:50:11

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yes! That’s it. Super weird.

2024-05-13 13:51:53

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I can't remember the term, but there's a way to put random stuff at the end of an .rb file and read that stuff in. from the script.

2024-05-13 13:51:53

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I can't remember the term, but there's a way to put random stuff at the end of an .rb file and read that stuff in. from the script.