27 January 2019 by Igor Springer on Ruby, Tips & Tricks

Not-so-private constants in Ruby

Using constants is idiomatic for Ruby. We use them to store something meaningful (a well-suited name is very important), connected with a class that holds it. Consequently, we make our code easier to reason about, avoid duplication and, very often, more performant.

16 August 2018 by Igor Springer on Git, Tips & Tricks

Find out when a file was removed from GitHub repo

I was looking for a file in GitHub repo, but didn’t manage to find it. How to check if a file was in a repository and/or when it was removed?

26 October 2017 by Igor Springer on Ruby, Tips & Tricks

Updating a single gem at a time

If you have Gemfile file in your repository you know what Bundler is.

30 May 2016 by Igor Springer on Tips & Tricks

Prevent direct commits to master

I did it again. I pushed my local changes directly into remote master branch, but it was the last time.

21 April 2015 by Igor Springer on Tips & Tricks

dotfiles. Why you should use them.

A few weeks ago I even did not know what dotfiles are and how they can make my day-to-day work more efficient.