Keeping API Keys Secret in Ruby on Rails

Spoiler: Use Environment Variables!

When writing web applications we often interact with 3rd party APIs using private authentication credentials. Instead of committing our private API keys to our codebase…

The Art of Writing User Stories

Moral of this Story: Use both sides of the pencil.

A program is not built; it is grown. -Chris Pine

This quote has resonated with me since I began my learn-to-program journey. I liked the…

Low Level Caching

How to use Low Level caching in Rails.

No API? No Problem.

How I Used Nokogiri To Get (Scrape) The Information I needed

Everyone knows that finding an apartment in New York City can be a nightmare, but I consider the discovery part of the process one of the most fascinating of living in…

The SODA API 

Using the Socrata Open Data API to access open data resources with Ruby

What is the SODA API?

The SODA API (Socrata Open Data API) allows users to access open data resources. It hosts over…

Dr. StrangeLovett: How I learned to Stop While Looping and Love .Map

or How I Found the Joy in Refactoring

Over the past six weeks I’d heard one of my instructors say some variation of “refactoring is the most satisfying part of…

Deploying Moneta with Heroku

Heroku is a handy service. Though most domains will only run you a ten-spot, provided you pick one obtuse enough, or at least forego the “.com” suffix (which increasingly faces stiff competition anyway), uploading a custom made web app is a little more involved than getting a…