Rob Whittaker

I've joined the exodus and created a Mastodon account. I'm not sure what to expect right now, but if you want to follow me, I'm sure to follow back. It'll be exciting to see what happens next. @purinkle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ruby.social/@purinkle

This is a fantastic tutorial from @julian_rubisch on how to add a dynamic table editor to your Rails apps. They've managed to get Trix and Turbo Frames to work together. I'd love to see if there was a way to do this with less custom JavaScript. blog.appsignal.com/2022/10/26/bui…

My @thoughtbot friend, Rami, has added a new template to the Miroverse, and he wants to tell you all about it. This blog post sparked a chat about a project that's been under construction for a while. I'm hoping that'll see the light of day soon. thoughtbot.com/blog/red-light…

I continue to see people talking about Ruby web frameworks that aren't Rails. It's setting some wheels in motion in my mind. This little screencast from @sebwilgosz shows a pagination option available to us. Are we on the verge of another Merb moment? hanamimastery.com/episodes/32-ro…

I've been a Rails developer for longer than I can remember now, and generators have always been magick to me. @_williamkennedy has done a fantastic job of making them more accessible. Now I'm thinking of ways to use them in the future. honeybadger.io/blog/build-a-r…

A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away), @eightbitraptor introduced me to the importance of the `Set` class. Here @domhnallmurphy gives a refresher to why they are good to keep in your back pocket. vector-logic.com/blog/posts/usi…

Seeing people try to take apart Rails and reuse it with other frameworks is fantastic. It's such a shame that there are so many hoops that we have to jump through. @jankomarohnic takes a good crack at getting Rodauth and Rails to play together. janko.io/what-it-took-t…

I had to check that I had no cameras looking over my shoulder. @andycroll keeps publishing blog posts about things I've been doing, and I don't know how! @sidane7 showed me how to use time ranges in this way the other day, and it blew my mind. andycroll.com/ruby/time-rang…

I've been pairing with @sidane7 on a recent project, and he has been using Page Objects in his test suite. It's something I've glanced at before, but this @upcase video from @thoughtbot has convinced me to have another look. thoughtbot.com/upcase/videos/…

Thank you to @ogirginc and @yasarcelepp from @ruby_turkiye for being such great hosts. They took some of our @thoughtbot team out and about in Istanbul last night. We hope that we get to see you again soon.

@andycroll Haha! I'm not going to lie; that post may be why it was so fresh in my head the other day. I knew I had seen `before?` somewhere recently, and I didn't understand why it was popping into my head. I should say "thank you" twice!

@purinkle Did two weeks before 😉 andycroll.com/ruby/use-befor…

I've seen some controversy around time extensions recently. Beyond that, they are very readable. One thing @andycroll doesn't mention is the comparison methods. The other day I wrote `end_date.before?(start_date)` in a validation. That is beautiful. andycroll.com/ruby/date-and-…

I'm a big fan of using plain old Ruby objects (POROs) for my presenters. They are super powerful and allow you to tidy up your views in a big way. @_pawurb has written a great introduction to the pattern. pawelurbanek.com/rails-presente…

This is a lovely puma-dev tutorial from @lewispb. I used Pow a few years ago; it was super helpful in a multi-app environment. I can see it being beneficial for different client projects. I'll be giving it a try this week. world.hey.com/lewis/run-mult…

This is an excellent little article by @liran_tal on installing Ruby on macOS for local development. There are plenty of options available to you. (I prefer `asdf`.) The most important thing is not to use the system Ruby. snyk.io/blog/how-to-in…

Next week, I'll be in Istanbul with most of @thoughtbot's Europe, Middle East, and Africa team. It would be great if we could meet with some of our Ruby friends while we are out there.

I'm so excited for @rhannequin to join @thoughtbot's Europe, Middle East, and Africa team. We have hired nine developers on the team this year, and none are from the UK. This has been a big step for us.

I have been hassling my @thoughtbot pal, @rakeshpetit, for years to write this blog post. I'm so excited that it's finally seeing the light of day. You should check out his excellent write-up of automating React Native deployments. thoughtbot.com/blog/continuou…

Phlex from @joeldrapper seems pretty cool. It's interesting to see all the new approaches to writing views starting to circulate. I'm always a big fan of pulling what I can out of the view layer. Check it out! phlex.fun

I have been in a fortunate position over the last 15 years of never having to use Docker for development. Even so, Dean's approach seems the most sustainable way I would approach the problem if I faced it.