January 2016
The Late Train by Alex Becerra is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Painless Activity Streams in Rails
There’s a better way to implement business logic, and track events in Rails.
WISP Trials: Waiting For the Balloons
I used to think Google’s plan to give the world Internet via balloon was kind of looney. Then I moved to Texas and started a small hobby wireless ISP (WISP). Here are some things I learned about why American broadband is a fiasco, a fiasco that’s about to get way worse.
Let's Encrypt with a Rails app on Heroku
I needed to renew an SSL certificate today, so I used it as an excuse to try Let’s Encrypt for a free certificate for a Rails app hosted on Heroku.
PostgreSQL 9.5 Upgrade with Homebrew
PostgreSQL 9.5 was released yesterday and has a lot of cool new features. If you’re on Mac OS X and using Homebrew, you can upgrade with the steps below.
