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FizzBuzz in Elixir

What is FizzBuzz? FizzBuzz is one of the most popular code challenges and one I usually solve very early on while learning a new language, however I also solve it from time to time to see how far I have come. It's also common challenge for interviews. I personally have

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How to Canonicalize a Domain in Elixir/Phoenix

What is a cannonical domain? A cannonical domain name is a single source of truth for your website's domain. Canonicalization of a domain includes picking a www or non-www, and https or http version of your root domain. This is because web crawlers treat each version of your domain as

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Intro to Elixir & Phoenix

Here is the slides for a presentation on Elixir and Phoenix I gave at my local ruby meetup. Intro to elixir and phoenix from Jared Smith

ruby

Fun With Gsub

During a recent ruby meetup we touched on some finer points of ruby's global substitution method. That's right gsub, likely you have used it in your every day ruby code and never knew all the things it could do. The most common usage of gsub is for simple pattern match

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My Experience at RailsConf 2015

My trip started off like any other cross country trip I’ve taken: I packed my bags and headed for the airport. I was super excited for the upcoming conference and my very first RailsConf. I’ve been to many software engineering conferences, but none with a ruby and rails

podcasts

Learn by Listening

Pull a rabbit out of your hat One my close friends made the comment "You're usually able to pull a rabbit out of your hat", after I just offered a solution to a problem he has been trying to solve. The reason I am able do this really

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Don't Comment Your Code - Rewrite It

Commenting is a topic I have have changed my mind about as I have matured as a software engineer. When I first started out I thought you should comment in every single nook and cranny of your code. These days I have swung the other way and for a good

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Making Time to Learn

Making time to learn is one of the most important things we can do as software engineers. It can be a daunting task, especially with family, friends, TV, books (reading for pleasure), and any number of one hundred other things we could be doing with time not spent at work.

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Software Craftsmanship

Software craftsmanship is a skill, and like any other skill it takes time to learn and even greater time to master. Mastering your craft is something you should strive for. It's not something that is easy or just comes with time. You will need to actively seek to be a

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Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2014 Afterthoughts

Another year comes to a close and Adobe's second annual ColdFusion Summit has come and gone. The conference was good, but not quite as good as it was last year. The venue was definitively nicer, however, the talks were not all gems. I understand it can be challenging to put

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Ruby vs ColdFusion: Why I chose to switch

I get asked quite frequently "What made you switch from ColdFusion to Ruby?". The truth is, ColdFusion is kind of a dead end. I'm not saying its a dying language, in fact far from it. The language is used by many large companies and its growing according to

debugging

Debugging: An Exercise in Thinking

One of the most important skills to learn as a programmer is how to debug an issue. More often then not your day will be spent debugging issues from small syntax errors you wrote while typing too quickly, to larger errors that do not fail critically and actully preform a

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Programming is Terrible

If you have not already seen this video, and you are a programmer, you should! Tef is great speaker and gives a great talk filled with tons of quips and very well thought out rants, about a life spent as a programmer. Enjoy!