Adam CookeinMusings by AdamRunning Ruby apps in productionOver the last few months, I’ve been working on a number of Ruby applications which have a requirement to run a few different types of…Oct 16, 20165Oct 16, 20165
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamCreating an IPv6 network with an EdgeRouterWe’ve been using IPv6 for quite a while now on the aTech and Viaduct networks however my home ISP doesn’t support IPv6 natively. As you can…Dec 18, 20156Dec 18, 20156
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamPaying invoices on time is not optionalWhenever we work on projects for clients, we often complete the work, raise an invoice and then give them 14 days to pay. Pretty standard…Dec 8, 2015Dec 8, 2015
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamMemoization in RubyMemoization is a technique employed in many languages which allows you to cache the results of slow or expensive operations and return the…Jul 22, 2015Jul 22, 2015
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamLocal gems for local appsIf you’re a keen gem developer like myself and you regularly use them in your other applications, you may find it useful to know of this…Jul 20, 2015Jul 20, 2015
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamAuto Permitted Attributes in Rails FormsI’m sitting here at PHP South Coast, surrounded by PHP developers and I’m writing some Ruby. I’ve come up with a nice little gem to avoid…Jul 18, 2015Jul 18, 2015
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamStaytus — an open source status siteStaytus is another open source project I got off the ground a few months ago. It provides a content management system for managing service…Jul 14, 2015Jul 14, 2015
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamBudgetsA couple of weekends ago, I found myself needing some sort of application to manage the annual budget for aTech but manage my personal…Jul 4, 2015Jul 4, 2015
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamString Interpolation in RailsA while ago I wrote a small library to handle string interpolation in a Rails application. The library allows you to safely allow users to…Jul 4, 2015Jul 4, 2015
Adam CookeinMusings by AdamPreparing a new MacI decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my trusty Macbook Pro from Mavericks to Yosemite and taken the opportunity to give the machine a…Apr 9, 2015Apr 9, 2015