Tip for mac users: Make a shell script of `defaults write` commands to set up macOS the way you like it. Then just run the script when setting up a new system. (see macos-defaults.com for possible commands)

Git tip: I like to keep a clean git history on my local branch. I often run `gcn!` to amend the staged changes to the previous commit. This is an alias I stole from oh-my-zsh. alias gcn!='git commit --verbose --no-edit --amend'

Git tip: What if you want to amend an earlier commit? I have this function in my dotfiles. gfix() { git commit --fixup $1 && git rebase -i --autosquash $1^ } Stage changes and run `gfix <commit-sha>`. This will open interactive rebase in your editor so you can review.

Anyone participating in Advent of Code this year? I’m doing it in Gleam: github.com/ryanb/advent-2…

I wonder why more functional languages don't support local mutability within the scope of a function. It is convenient and still keeps the function pure.

After working with Roc and Gleam for a while, full type inference is amazing. Now I want a procedural language with full type inference.

I love how Ruby handles keyword arguments. I miss them in just about every other language.

Ruby’s metaprogramming is like a forbidden fruit. Always there tempting me, and I almost always regret using it.

What’s everyone using these days to cross-post between Bluesky/Mastodon/X?

Anyone else find GitHub code diffs near impossible to use in Safari lately? Slows to a crawl and/or doesn’t render.

I Googled “capybara drag_to” and the results caught me by surprise.

Whenever you’re tempted to reuse a method that *almost* does what you want: Stop, duplicate the method, make the modifications, and then refactor the actual duplication.

90% of the Ruby code I’ve written the past few years has been class methods without shared state. The code has clearer dependencies and is easier to read, test and maintain. OOP has its place, but I don’t think it fits the majority of web-app logic.

Ryan Bates Service objects are not much better. A great read by Dave Thomas about this. articles.pragdave.me/p/stop-abusing…

What an awesome little game Replicube is. It’s like Picross 3D meets shader programming. The puzzles are a fun challenge and the interface is charming. Thanks Walaber! walaber.com/replicube