Patrick Wendo articles - 39 total
Convention over configuration in the age of AI. ( Happy accident ? )
Convention over configuration is a dogma touted in the ruby and rails ecosystem. What does this...
Exploring elixir processes using merge sort
In this article, I use the word parallel and concurrent interchangeably. I need the readers to know...
Using regex named capture groups to process lines in a CSV file in ruby.
Imagine you are processing a CSV file with information from weather stations. single line might look...
Using meta-programming in Ruby to build a REST API from a JSON file
So I asked ChatGPT, as you do, for stuff I could do with meta-programming in Ruby. If you don't know...
Random VS Code finds
Code OSS, (or VS Code) as an IDE are both really powerful when you get to leverage their available...
What are some fun or scary vulnerabilities you heard about recently??
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Rails is Pretty Intuitive once you get used to it.
I am currently working with background jobs in Rails through Active Job. And I needed some code to...
Fly.io: Just 2 commands and the app is live.
I am a rails developer. I started out my developer life as a rails developer. I mention this because...
Convergent Evolution in Code.
Convergent evolution is when two different and separate organisms evolve the same mechanism to solve...
Resist the urge to push and move on immediately.
It never hurts to read through your code one more time. But how you read through it is fairly...
How much work should take home assignments constitute?
For instance, if you're applying for a backend role, should you be required to build an entire API?...
will_save_change_to_attribute?(attribute) in Rails
Everyday I learn about new methods in rails and it absolutely floors me how awesome this framework...
What if we had a site where you are required to solve duplicated production bugs that other developers have faced?
We know all about Leetcode and Codewars and how these tend to train developers in abstract problem...
N+1 and general query optimization
I now know that I suck at writing performant queries. I started this week off by my supervisor...
Let's learn together.
I propose a let's learn thread where you post a topic you consistently find hard and the guys in the...
I'm probably moving to vim
My mentor uses Emacs. And he is heavily into that ecosystem building his own plugins and such. I...
`Send` and `Public Send` in Ruby
These are methods I learned of when I was learning Ruby and I never understood why they exist or...
Remember to rest. There's more to life than code.
I experienced my first major case of burnout this week. All the signs were there but I didn't notice...
Elixir, First Impressions
I have often thought of going into a functional programming language. Elixir has been on my radar for...
Databases, Relation Algebra and Set Theory.
This will be a post covering the common ground between database systems, set theory and relational...
Why I enjoy conventional commits
If you don't know about conventional commits, I would ask you to check them out here, but the gist of...
Building Kadi. The Kenyan version of Poker. Part 1, The rules.
This I hope will be a multipart series of progress I make building Kadi. I didn't know how to play...
Today I learned about the splat operator in Ruby.
Background In my use case, I wanted to pass an array of fields into the .pluck operator...
Sell Me on Elixir
I am a ruby dev. I see a lot of ruby devs going to elixir and a lot of comparisons being drawn...
TIL you can specify the level of flattening of an array in Ruby
Flattening an Array is a common Leetcode and interview question. And for the most part I never...
Today I Learned about the tap method in Ruby
Tell me if this seems familiar user = User.find(1) user.age = 11 user.save Enter fullscreen...
Today I Learned about the tr in Unix
tr is a Unix command that is an abbreviation of translate or transliterate, indicating its operation...
Would you guys join me if I started streaming on Twitch
My content would mostly be doing Codewars Katas in Ruby and other code competitions with my friends...
Recruiters & Hiring Managers of Dev, how important is it for applicants to have a Blog?
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My mistakes & lessons for the Week
Everyone makes mistakes, everyone learns something new. I figured I would document mine. Probably...