Don't Panic! Fear, Uncertainty, and AI
AI presents real risks, but fear and uncertainty shouldn't convince us to embrace solutions to problems we don't yet understand.
October 9, 2026 • 4 min read
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DHH and the Expanding Developer Toolbox
David Heinemeier Hansson is more excited about AI than he is about Rails. Where does Rails fit into this new world?
September 28, 2026 • 3 min read
iOS Default Browser
For years, iOS has opened links with Safari with no way for you to change it. iOS 14 finally allows setting your default browser.
October 14, 2020 • 2 min read
Exponentials in Pandemics and Innovation
Whether inside a computer or real life, a linear system under exponential pressure crashes and fails.
April 16, 2020 • 7 min read
Tracking your AWS costs
Write yourself a daily, weekly, or monthly report with your AWS costs broken down more granularly than AWS’ monthly invoice.
January 17, 2020 • 3 min read
How hard would it be to …?
Identifying calibrated questions aimed at software developers
January 12, 2020 • 2 min read
Minimum Viable Test Suite
Ensure your test suite doesn’t have any important holes in coverage by enforcing a simple rule.
July 24, 2016 • 2 min read
Loading Buttons archived
Converting action buttons into loading buttons is a common way for AJAX applications indicate that it’s waiting on the server to verify an action and respond.
July 14, 2016 • 2 min read
Progress Bars archived
How to create a progress bar using Ruby on Rails, AJAX, and Twitter Bootstrap.
September 8, 2015 • 2 min read
A More Representative Democracy
An outline for how a simple website could solve many of the problems with our current legislative systems.
June 16, 2015 • 7 min read
f.label and errors.full_messages
Why you should never use the explicit “content” parameter of label_tag or the form builder’s label method.
May 18, 2015 • 1 min read
Time Zones and datetime_select
A simple fix for using datetime_select and time_zone_select together.
May 12, 2015 • 1 min read
views/mailers directory
Avoid cluttering up app/views by moving mailer directories underneath a single parent.
March 4, 2015 • 1 min read
Mailing Lists archived
Mailing lists remain an effective way for groups to communicate. We’ll explore how to implement them in your Rails application to improve its overall user-ex...
February 21, 2015 • 5 min read
The Communication Age
The explosion of the Internet and mobile devices shaped a new age where people across the globe are always connected and always communicating, irreversibly c...
November 4, 2014 • 7 min read