"Async" Slack channels are one of our secret weapons at On Deck now ODF After using them for ~18 months, I can't imagine Slack without them. Particularly now— operating 100% remote with 62 teammates in 14 timezones. Here's the "how it works" post I use to open each new 1:1 channel 👇

Lotsa hype about AI right now. Still haven't found anything to top this guy though.

As is tradition, the wonderful Ruby core team puts a present under our tree structures: Ruby 3.2 is out at ruby-lang.org/en/news/2022/1… - I do think they are too humble to really drive home the massive performance gains in the YJIT engine, though!

Web TIL: In case you've been out of the loop like me and are still using `Element.scrollLeft` to scroll a container til it shows an element, check out `Element.scrollIntoView`. Super simple API compatible with all modern browsers. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web…

A post on how I set up recurring subscriptions on mailgrip.io using Gumroad: alexplescan.com/posts/2022/12/…

Elixir Radar issue 389 is out! 📣 You can read it here: buff.ly/44nuPUc This issue comes with content from Berenice Medel Alex Plescan John Elm Labs Zé Diogo Sean Moriarity Sapan Diwakar . Thank you! #MyElixirStatus

Homebrew package spring cleaning time. `$ brew leaves` will list all the ones you've installed (and not the ones installed as dependencies of others). Combine with `$ brew leaves | xargs brew desc --eval-all` for prettier output.

I've been using iStat Menus by Bjango to put clocks I refer to often (e.g. UTC) in my menu bar. Time saving and second to none! Puns intended... guess it's time for me to clock out.

In Ruby, pattern matching a regexp sets global variables containing the last match results. $1 for the first capture, $2 for the second, etc. Makes for a neat way to use regex in case statements and access their captures.

YouTube ads are really messing with the efficacy of my rick rolls.

New post! alexplescan.com/posts/2024/08/…