June 21, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Ruby Refinements – Not quite ready for production

I recently looked for a method on Array for a boolean response on its uniqueness.  As Ruby currently doesn’t have one I figured it’s easy enough to write one.  Now Ruby’s refinements are fairly new and a nice feature to have around.  So I decided to write a benchmark for different ways to test the…

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May 16, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Switching From Unicorn to Puma on Heroku is Easy!

I’ve had my project running on Heroku with Unicorn for some time now.  Not that long ago Heroku put out a notice advising people to switch over to Puma as Unicorn doesn’t do well with low latency connections.  And you know that with the internet you’re always going to have people with slow connections accessing…

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June 6, 2014 by Daniel P. Clark

Characteristics That Attract

Every person should seek to become the best they can be. One fairly obvious trait that is attractive is confidence.  We people love to see confidence; so much so that we seek to follow it.  Why is that do you suppose?  What does the image of confidence exude?  Confidence seems to be an indicator of…

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