Caleb Hearth articles - 47 total
Tell GitHub to Render Markdown Pages with .gitattributes
Articles on Hearthside are written in Markdown (GitHub-flavored), but the file extension is .md.yaml...
Oxtail, and more Cooklang Exploration
After yesterday’s post, it was time to finally try to handle a blog post and Cooklang recipe in one...
How I Model SwiftUI Views
The approach I take to defining ViewModels for SwiftUI was heavily inspired by Paul Hudson’s post...
Truncate Date to Calendar.Component in Swift
I’m frequently wanting to work with truncated dates in Swift apps, especially when dealing with Swift...
Using Starship for the Same Prompt, but Faster
Starship is a highly-configurable, cross-shell prompt. I recently switched to using it and it sped up...
Send a From Header When You Crawl
Sending a From header is part of building a polite crawler, along with respecting Robots.txt and...
Search and Sync Your Shell History With Atuin
Atuin is a tool that runs in the background to capture commands you’ve entered. It stores these...
Decryption/CypherError on Rails 7.1 Apps with Encrypted Columns After Upgrading from Previous Versions
When upgrading to Rails 7.1 with any models using the encrypts macro from ActiveRecord::Encryption,...
I Use /uses
Back in 2023 I quietly published my /uses slashpage. Today I gave it a pass to update things that had...
How to Send a Webmention h-entry
Webmentions are a useful way to notify a website that you have linked to it. Microformats like...
Ask Git to Show a Method
If you enjoy this article on Git, also check these other Git tips: Stash only what git commit...
Highlighting Text in Links with Text Fragments
I’ve used URL text fragments in a few posts now and often use it outside of this blog to point...
Statistics for My Blog
When thinking about how to kick off NaBloPoMo 2024 this past weekend, instead of picking one of...
Using WidgetKit + SwiftData
Yesterday I was setting up my first widget, scratching an itch I’ve had for a while “empty states” in...
Write cleaner, self-documented tests by defining methods in RSpec
When we write clean Ruby code, we try to pull out methods with descriptive names that do small...
sensoryFeedback Samples App
SensoryFeedbackSamples is an Open Source multiplatform SwiftUI app that provides a testing palette...
Reading JSON from a Rails API in Swift
Swift’s Codable interface allows a Swift type to be converted to and from, among other things, JSON....
Drawing a Hex Grid in SwiftUI
Last time we put together a custom Hexagon Shape in SwiftUI. Now let’s see what it would take to make...
Avoid Services that Don't Make it Easy to Get Your Data
Like everyone, I use a lot of apps and services for various things. I’m writing this article into...
Reduce Rails' Boot Memory by Removing Mail
Rail’s actionmailbox and Ruby’s mail (used by both actionmailbox and actionmailer) gems create a lot...
How to Stash Everything git commit Wouldn't Commit
Sometimes I want to take some changes that I’ve made but haven’t yet committed yet and put the into...
See the History of a Method with git log -L
Git can “trace the evolution” of a specific method when passed -L using the :<funcname>...
Undo in assets:clobber What You Do in assets:precompile
As a best practice, when you enhance your Rails app’s assets:precompile task to build static assets...
I Built a Linklog
In the spirit of Daring Fireball and to fill a space between a social post or boost and a full blog...
The Decree Design Pattern
Majesties! Cease groveling before your codebase, and issue your applications Decrees! A Decree is a...
Work with Me
I’m a developer, conference speaker and organizer, technical blogger, and mentor with over 11 years...
This Gem is Mentionable
Mentionable is a gem that provides support for inbound Webmentions and microformats in Rails...
Read Ruby's Enumerable Docs
I’ve often been asked by developers how they can improve. One low-hanging fruit is to get to know the...
Painting and Proficiency With Your Tools
Painting models for board games is intricate work. It requires a strange mix of absolute focus and...
Chesterton's Fence
These blog posts were drafted by me, ChatGPT, and edited by Caleb Hearth. The ideas and prompts for...