Without a doubt, Sidekiq is one of the most popular Ruby gems. Next to Shoryuken and Resque its main purpose is processing background jobs. Almost every Ruby application I have worked with had sidekiq listed in its Gemfile. In this article, I would like to share some insights that I have learned about over time Read more…
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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.
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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?
Read more...Updating a single gem at a time
If you have `Gemfile` file in your repository you know what Bundler is.
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I did it again. I pushed my local changes directly into remote `master` branch, but it was the last time.
Read more...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.
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