I've been thinking a lot about how we as a community and industry can make sure open-source projects keep getting the love they deserve. It's no secret that the traditional funding model of donations and sponsorships is more than a little shaky. Coder Radio listeners...
I was recently browsing the Rails sub-Reddit and was surprised to see how much flak Minitest was getting from the community; the stated favorite seemed to be RSpec by a wide margin. While RSpec has enjoyed widespread adoption and has a substantial ecosystem, I believe...
Ruby Gems are the default way to share code among Ruby projects and developers. While public Gems can be found and used via RubyGems.org, there are occasions when you might need to create a private gem, perhaps for proprietary tools or internal use within your...
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) have been a topic of keen interest and heated debate for years now and indeed a frequent topic of discussion on Coder Radio. Overall the development of technologies that enable richer apps to be developed as PWAs has continued at a brisk...
There's never been an easier time to get your application up and running on world-class level hosting providers and there a number of great providers available. Today, we're diving into a comparative analysis of three of my preferred hosting solutions: Fly.io, Render,...
Ruby on Rails has consistently set the standard for web application frameworks or put in a way that doesn't make me sound like a half-dead suit, it's awesome and a pleasure to code in. As a seasoned Rails 8 is about a third (according to their Github issues) of the...
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Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
