Nick Francisci – Medium

Nick Francisci

Pinned

Nick Francisci
in
Better Programming

Devise Auth Setup in Rails 7

Integrating Devise Auth with Rails 7 has some undocumented twists. Learn about them here or use the included template to bypass them

5 min readJan 9, 2022

--

6

Criss-crossing street car rails

--

6

Nick Francisci
in
Towards Dev

The best index scheme for polymorphic associations in Postgres

If you want a fast lookup on a database foreign-key, you index it. But when your key has an ID and a type, which should we index?

6 min readFeb 6, 2023

--

The best index scheme for polymorphic associations in Postgres

--

Nick Francisci

Why you, a software engineer, should sell pet drugs on the internet with me

18 months ago, I left my job at Amazon Pharmacy to help start an online pet pharmacy. It was a great decision. Would you like to join us?

6 min readAug 25, 2022

--

A joyous Pomeranian looks up at a man. The word ‘koala’ superimposed.

--

Nick Francisci
in
Better Programming

Ruby Tip: How to Finish a Method After an Interrupt, Before Exiting

A look at the flawed approach and the better solution

8 min readApr 7, 2022

--

Ruby Tip: How to Finish a Method After an Interrupt, Before Exiting

--

Nick Francisci

The Big Tech Dialect

Leverage the best words to move that needle up and to the right!

4 min readFeb 28, 2022

--

A suit, hung up against an unadorned white wall.

--

Nick Francisci
in
Better Programming

Show and Hide Elements With Rails 7’s Stimulus

Without thinking about Javascript, know to annotate elements

2 min readJan 27, 2022

--

1

A hand holds two lit sparklers on a dark, blurry background

--

1

Nick Francisci
in
Better Programming

Using “Belongs_to” to Write Better Rails Tests With (or Without) Associations

Belongs_to requires an association by default and that’s good, but painful for testing. Here’s how to write great tests regardless

4 min readJan 19, 2022

--

Using “Belongs_to” to Write Better Rails Tests With (or Without) Associations

--

Nick Francisci

Switching Character Control in Unity: Part II, Implementation

You need help. You’re building a game that requires a player to switch between characters. Here’s how you do it.

4 min readJan 15, 2022

--

An animated gif. The window is split. On the left, a camera looks at a tank as it first moves towards the camera. The tank then stops and the turret begins to rotate left and right. The animation finishes with the turret elevating towards the camera. On the right, the same scene is shown from the perspective of a camera following the tank. After the tank finishes moving, the camera switches to one looking just over the turret and rotates with the turret as it first trains, then elevates.

--

Nick Francisci

Switching Character Control in Unity: Part I, Design

You need help. You’re building a game that requires a player to switch between characters. Here’s how you do it.

4 min readJan 15, 2022

--

An animated gif. The window is split. On the left, a camera looks at a tank as it first moves towards the camera. The tank then stops and the turret begins to rotate left and right. The animation finishes with the turret elevating towards the camera. On the right, the same scene is shown from the perspective of a camera following the tank. After the tank finishes moving, the camera switches to one looking just over the turret and rotates with the turret as it first trains, then elevates.

--

Nick Francisci

Nick Francisci

Engineer motivated by helping folks access the fundamentals of life: wholesome food, education, and healthcare. I also make video games. Web: nickfrancisci.com

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams