How to Code Review a Repository with GitHub
Recently I was asked to do a code review on an entire repository. Normally I review a pull request where I can leave a comment on a specific line.
Getting Started with Tmux
I started learning tmux and highly recommend the book tmux: Productive Mouse-Free Development 1 as a guide. My tmux.conf 2 configuration file is available as well. tmux: Productive Mouse-Free Development by Brian P. Hogan The Pragmatic Programmers ↩ tmux.conf configuration file ↩...
Edit the Filename of the Current Buffer in Vim
This blog is generated from text files that are comprised of a section of YAML code then markdown-formatted text. To convert the text files for use with new blog software I had to edit each filename and put the date...
Cropping an Image Programmatically
ImageMagick is an image manipulation library that supports the ability to crop an image programmatically. There is a creative aspect to making a crop from an original image. A photo producer may be unhappy with a crop that was chosen...
Working with Large Amounts of Data using MySQL
MySQL LOAD DATA INFILE can be used to load thousands or millions of records very quickly. Each row in a CSV text file will be created as a record in the database.
Ship It Quicker
Shipped software can provide A/B test results and behavior data, which can help clarify whether a feature is worth enhancing or abandoning. It is important for the team to embrace shipping software (without hurting quality) to keep planning meetings short...
Facebook Timeline JS API Development Tips
Facebook has a JS SDK and “open graph” which allow applications to post to users’ newsfeeds (and more) with permission from the user. Timeline was announced at the Facebook developer conference in the summer of 2011, which is basically a...
10 iOS Open Source Projects
Working independently on personal iOS projects, I’d used a couple of Objective-C open source libraries and wanted to share what they are.
Bundler In Practice
We recently deployed a Rails 3 application that uses Bundler to manage dependencies. We freeze the gems in the application so it can be deployed on the same boxes as other applications that have different gems. It is best to...
A/B Testing with Vanity
Vanity is an A/B Testing framework for Ruby on Rails applications. I covered A/Bingo previously which is a similar framework. We have moved to Vanity at work as our A/B testing tool for a number of reasons. We are using...