Aug
09
Ruby’s secret file
Ruby has a secret input stream hidden in every source file
1 min read
TIL
Jun
20
XOR Magic Trick
Swapping values with no intermediate variable
May
04
Method parameters and constructing defaults in Ruby
Under shoulda known but didn't
1 min read
Jan
19
TIL: Ruby string substitution with hashes
gsub values from a hash
Dec
04
Catching and throwing in Ruby
Nothing to do with exceptions, ruby's catch and throw
1 min read
Oct
01
Is it an Integer?
Casting strings to integers without exceptions
1 min read
Aug
27
Parsing a Gemfile
Parsing a Gemfile programmatically to find out what it contains
Jun
29
Open3
Ruby's has lots of ways of forking a process, the obsure one is the best
1 min read
Jun
14
Clean Monkey Patching in Ruby
I have a library and I want to change some of its behaviours. I could straighout monkey patch, or I could be a lot cleaner
1 min read
Apr
24
Ruby #itself
Ruby’s unusual Kernel#itself method
1 min read