Rails 5.2.0 beta: Easier file uploads with Active Storage http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2017/11/27/Rails-5-2-Active-Storage-Redis-Cache-Store-HTTP2-Early-Hints-Credentials/
Cassette tapes make a comeback https://www.marketplace.org/2017/11/22/business/cassette-tapes-make-comeback
Three Days with Sandi Metz on Practical Object-Oriented Design - Sihui Huang http://www.sihui.io/sandi-metz-pood/
Bulma: a modern CSS framework based on Flexbox https://bulma.io/
Basscss: Low-Level CSS Toolkit http://basscss.com/
Spectre.css - a Lightweight, Responsive and Modern CSS Framework. https://picturepan2.github.io/spectre/
Skeleton: A dead simple, responsive boilerplate. http://getskeleton.com/
Cutestrap: A sassy, opinionated CSS Framework. A tiny alternative to Bootstrap. https://www.cutestrap.com/
Minimal CSS frameworks for coding demos (via Avdi Grimm's Virtuous Code) -- I am very interested in this. Who wants to code CSS from scratch? http://www.virtuouscode.com/2016/07/10/minimal-css-frameworks-for-coding-demos/
Hanami is a web framework for Ruby that isn't Rails or Sinatra. Getting started http://hanamirb.org/
The LA Times flirts with unionization, defying its history - Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/los-angeles-times-union.php
The most popular mobile applications built with React Native https://www.qualium-systems.com/blog/useful-it-articles-and-advices/the-most-popular-mobile-applications-built-with-react-native/
Here are three tools that help digital journalists save their work in case a site shuts down » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/here-are-three-tools-that-help-digital-journalists-save-their-work-in-case-a-site-shuts-down/
Review of Robert Sedgwick's Algorithms, Part I https://sumit-ghosh.com/articles/coursera-princeton-algorithms-data-structures-MOOC/
The Watch Guy watch repair blog is a great site http://watchguy.co.uk/
Extensions, API changes and Reader Mode in Firefox 58 https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/11/20/extensions-in-firefox-58/
Adding Notepad++ to my Windows path allows me to both run it from the Windows command prompt and to call it using the system command in Ruby
The Windows 10 terminal (aka command prompt) is a lot more forgiving than the Windows 7 version, especially when it comes to allowing users to copy/paste into it.
I am upgrading my ancient IBM Thinkpad R32 (circa 2002) from Lubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. When I booted it today, I didn't know what I would find (Xubuntu, Debian, OpenBSD?)
Virgin Mobile: You pay the taxes. MetroPCS and Boost Mobile: They pay the taxes
A great Vim cheat sheet http://vimsheet.com/
For the three thousand five hundred and thirty seventh time: Technical interviews are broken https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-thousand-five-hundred-thirty-seventh-time-technical-phil-tomson/
Racket is a general-purpose programming language as well as the world first ecosystem for developing and deploying new languages https://racket-lang.org/
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) vs. How to Design Programs (HTDP) http://www.teach-scheme.org https://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/fffk-htdp-vs-sicp/paper.pdf #Scheme #FunctionalProgramming
I love Strings by Mail -- they have a great inventory of strings (LOTS of flatwound and classical strings) and offer terrific customer service. Give them a try. https://www.stringsbymail.com/
How to count files in a directory using Ruby - Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6773413/how-to-get-files-count-in-a-directory-using-ruby
Are comments a code smell? Yes! No? It depends. https://pragtob.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/are-comments-a-code-smell-yes-no-it-depends/