gregnavis

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• Slopsquatting

  by gregnavis on 8/6/2025, 11:43 AM with 49 comments

• Companies You Didn't Know Were Using Rails in 2025

  by gregnavis on 8/6/2025, 11:36 AM with 1 comments

• We upgrade major Rails versions

  by gregnavis on 9/19/2024, 5:01 PM with 1 comments

• Ruby Science by Thoughtbot

  by gregnavis on 5/7/2024, 4:45 PM with 0 comments

• Why Rails Is a Great Choice for Startups in 2024

  by gregnavis on 3/6/2024, 12:24 PM with 0 comments

• Presence, Null, and Product Requirements in Rails

  by gregnavis on 2/17/2024, 6:53 PM with 0 comments

• Build the Framework You Need

  by gregnavis on 10/11/2023, 11:16 AM with 0 comments

• Lazy accessors in Ruby: exercises in thread-safe meta-programming

  by gregnavis on 4/24/2023, 10:41 AM with 0 comments

• Collection of Hotwire Examples by Thoughtbot

  by gregnavis on 4/18/2023, 11:12 AM with 0 comments

• Information-dense naming in Ruby by using full-spectrum UTF-8

  by gregnavis on 4/1/2023, 12:55 PM with 0 comments

• Elixir-style pipelines in Ruby

  by gregnavis on 12/10/2022, 2:47 PM with 16 comments

• A full online version of Object-Oriented Software Construction, 2nd edition

  by gregnavis on 9/4/2022, 7:27 PM with 0 comments

• How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020)

  by gregnavis on 8/24/2022, 10:38 AM with 290 comments

• API Integrations: Client Classes and Error Handling

  by gregnavis on 8/23/2022, 1:42 PM with 0 comments

• API Integrations: Building Client Classes

  by gregnavis on 7/20/2022, 11:28 AM with 0 comments

• Power Estimation: Balance Between Simplicity and Accuracy

  by gregnavis on 7/4/2022, 7:49 PM with 0 comments

• Our Solar System in True Color Is Something Else

  by gregnavis on 2/20/2022, 8:54 AM with 0 comments

• Database Performance: Redundant Indexes

  by gregnavis on 12/20/2021, 5:30 PM with 0 comments

• Database Performance: Redundant Indexes

  by gregnavis on 12/16/2021, 3:30 PM with 0 comments

• Database Performance: Indexing Foreign Keys

  by gregnavis on 12/3/2021, 5:39 PM with 0 comments

• Database Performance: Deletion Timestamps and Indexing

  by gregnavis on 11/30/2021, 4:48 PM with 0 comments

• How credit cards make money

  by gregnavis on 11/5/2021, 4:17 PM with 430 comments

• How to Protect Individual Resources with Passwords Using Vanilla Rails

  by gregnavis on 2/11/2019, 4:09 PM with 0 comments

• How to Reduce Test Interference in Minitest

  by gregnavis on 1/14/2019, 1:39 PM with 0 comments

• Numbering Model Copies in Rails Using Enumerators

  by gregnavis on 1/7/2019, 12:55 PM with 0 comments

• How to Reduce Memory Usage by Tuning Gemfile

  by gregnavis on 12/13/2018, 12:33 PM with 0 comments

• Active_record_doctor – identify database issues before they hit production

  by gregnavis on 10/30/2018, 6:00 PM with 0 comments

• The Architecture No One Needs

  by gregnavis on 10/29/2018, 2:14 PM with 0 comments

• How to Speed Up Your Tests Without Touching the Code

  by gregnavis on 10/8/2018, 6:54 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: bash-ctx – make switching between projects in a terminal a breeze

  by gregnavis on 2/24/2018, 12:15 AM with 1 comments

• Faster PostgreSQL Searches with Trigrams

  by gregnavis on 7/13/2016, 10:26 AM with 0 comments

• 3 pleasantly surprising PostgreSQL Indexing tricks

  by gregnavis on 6/3/2016, 11:42 AM with 0 comments

• Heroku tip: How to move expensive queries to a cheaper follower

  by gregnavis on 5/4/2016, 12:45 PM with 0 comments

• Active_record_doctor – fix unindexed foreign keys in Rails

  by gregnavis on 4/21/2016, 12:25 PM with 0 comments

• Ask HN: How to get part-time consulting work?

  by gregnavis on 4/27/2015, 8:09 PM with 1 comments

• Show HN: Bash-ctx – context-aware bash

  by gregnavis on 4/22/2015, 8:09 PM with 0 comments

• How to Implement a Type Checker in Python 3

  by gregnavis on 4/15/2015, 8:21 PM with 0 comments

• Decrease Coupling and Increase Cohesion with Publisher-Subscriber

  by gregnavis on 3/25/2015, 4:09 PM with 0 comments

• How to Fix “toplevel Constant Foo Referenced by Bar::Baz:Foo” in Rails

  by gregnavis on 2/19/2015, 4:02 PM with 0 comments

• Why Methods Are Sometimes Better Than Constants

  by gregnavis on 2/14/2015, 3:47 PM with 0 comments

• 6 Gems to Make Rails Development Easier

  by gregnavis on 1/30/2015, 11:52 AM with 0 comments

• Simplified Markdown Parser in Python

  by gregnavis on 1/15/2015, 8:56 PM with 0 comments

• PluginBase – a module for building plugin systems in Python

  by gregnavis on 6/30/2014, 9:58 PM with 0 comments

• Click – Python library for command-line interfaces

  by gregnavis on 4/24/2014, 10:14 AM with 102 comments

• Codebrag - code reviews app

  by gregnavis on 12/11/2013, 4:31 PM with 0 comments

• The Deep Synergy Between Testability and Good Design by Michael Feathers

  by gregnavis on 11/13/2013, 7:54 PM with 0 comments

• Linux Kernel Documentation - serious low level stuff, videos and books

  by gregnavis on 10/11/2013, 10:31 AM with 0 comments

• MALLET - Machine Learning for Language Toolkit

  by gregnavis on 9/27/2013, 1:20 PM with 0 comments

• Ruby Object Mapper

  by gregnavis on 9/23/2013, 8:17 AM with 0 comments

• Buildout - Python-based build system

  by gregnavis on 8/1/2013, 10:03 PM with 0 comments

• DreamPie - a graphical Python shell

  by gregnavis on 7/12/2013, 8:58 AM with 0 comments

• Experiment: onClick vs onMouseDown Event Tracking in Google Analytics

  by gregnavis on 7/11/2013, 7:01 AM with 0 comments

• The Java Language: A White Paper Overview

  by gregnavis on 6/30/2013, 2:04 PM with 0 comments

• How does database indexing work?

  by gregnavis on 6/28/2013, 8:12 PM with 0 comments

• Simple Validation, Testing and Deployment in Python

  by gregnavis on 6/27/2013, 4:15 PM with 0 comments

• Bubbles - processing, auditing and inspecting data in Python

  by gregnavis on 6/27/2013, 3:56 PM with 0 comments

• SSL/TLS Deployment Best Practices [pdf]

  by gregnavis on 6/27/2013, 6:50 AM with 0 comments

• On the role of scientific thought

  by gregnavis on 6/24/2013, 10:16 PM with 0 comments

• Thoughtbot's programming guide

  by gregnavis on 6/24/2013, 1:01 PM with 0 comments

• Evidence Based Scheduling [2007]

  by gregnavis on 6/15/2013, 8:26 PM with 0 comments

• Code Smells: Your Refactoring Cheat Codes

  by gregnavis on 6/6/2013, 11:49 AM with 0 comments

• As Math Grows More Complex, Will Computers Reign?

  by gregnavis on 6/5/2013, 5:30 PM with 0 comments

• Tourist.js - Simple, flexible tours for your app

  by gregnavis on 6/2/2013, 5:19 PM with 0 comments

• On Lisp by Paul Graham

  by gregnavis on 5/29/2013, 7:50 AM with 0 comments

• DoIt - a Python task automation tool

  by gregnavis on 5/23/2013, 11:32 AM with 0 comments

• Show HN: careless rm - revertible removals

  by gregnavis on 5/20/2013, 4:47 PM with 0 comments

• 94 C++ idioms

  by gregnavis on 5/17/2013, 9:24 PM with 0 comments

• European startup scenes compared

  by gregnavis on 5/16/2013, 7:48 AM with 45 comments

• TargetProcess - Agile Project Management Software for Scrum or Kanban

  by gregnavis on 3/27/2013, 7:47 AM with 0 comments

• How Fast is Your Web Site?

  by gregnavis on 3/10/2013, 10:38 AM with 0 comments

• Kernel.org redesign

  by gregnavis on 3/3/2013, 8:44 AM with 1 comments

• Interruption of system calls when a signal is caught

  by gregnavis on 2/26/2013, 11:01 AM with 0 comments

• VfsStream - a virtual file system for PHP

  by gregnavis on 2/8/2013, 8:30 AM with 0 comments

• Aruba - command-line tools testing with RSpec

  by gregnavis on 1/4/2013, 3:52 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: simple packet analysis tools

  by gregnavis on 12/18/2012, 5:47 AM with 0 comments

• Distributed Management at GitHub (by Ryan Tomayko)

  by gregnavis on 11/20/2012, 2:18 PM with 0 comments

• A library of free computer science books and lectures

  by gregnavis on 10/30/2012, 9:05 AM with 0 comments

• Mathgen - random math paper generator

  by gregnavis on 10/19/2012, 7:37 PM with 0 comments

• Book: Seamless Object-oriented Software Architecture [pdf]

  by gregnavis on 10/4/2012, 6:06 AM with 0 comments

• Computer History Museum on YouTube

  by gregnavis on 9/28/2012, 2:54 PM with 0 comments

• Bill Atkinson HyperCard Presentation [1986]

  by gregnavis on 9/28/2012, 12:37 PM with 1 comments

• MIT Econ paper on welfare, capitalist states and innovation

  by gregnavis on 9/26/2012, 7:43 PM with 0 comments

• C++ Rvalue References Explained

  by gregnavis on 9/25/2012, 5:30 PM with 0 comments

• The Wolfram Functions Site

  by gregnavis on 9/23/2012, 12:06 PM with 0 comments

• The History and Future of Special Functions [2005]

  by gregnavis on 9/23/2012, 11:45 AM with 0 comments

• Python Method Resolution Order - how multiple inheritance works

  by gregnavis on 9/10/2012, 9:10 PM with 0 comments

• Marginal Revolution University - free online economics course

  by gregnavis on 9/6/2012, 3:57 AM with 0 comments

• Pouet.net - rich resource of demoscene productions

  by gregnavis on 9/2/2012, 10:25 AM with 0 comments

• SymPy - Python library for symbolic mathematics

  by gregnavis on 9/1/2012, 11:56 AM with 24 comments

• What have you learned as a police officer about life and society [...]?

  by gregnavis on 9/1/2012, 7:13 AM with 0 comments

• C++ sequence points and undefined behavior

  by gregnavis on 8/31/2012, 7:23 AM with 0 comments

• Joel Spolsky - My Style of Servant Leadership

  by gregnavis on 7/25/2012, 9:11 AM with 0 comments

• Building a secure password reset

  by gregnavis on 7/23/2012, 9:29 AM with 3 comments

• Apache Portable Runtime's Versioning Guidelines

  by gregnavis on 6/25/2012, 8:35 PM with 0 comments

• Designing TCP syncookies - a mailing list archive

  by gregnavis on 6/22/2012, 7:12 PM with 0 comments

• Watir - web application testing in Ruby

  by gregnavis on 6/16/2012, 5:09 PM with 0 comments

• Promises in JavaScript - q library design rationale

  by gregnavis on 6/2/2012, 5:36 PM with 1 comments

• Nginx 1.3 plans to support SPDY

  by gregnavis on 5/29/2012, 9:32 AM with 0 comments

• God and White Men at Yale

  by gregnavis on 5/27/2012, 7:17 PM with 0 comments

• TED-Ed Series

  by gregnavis on 5/23/2012, 10:11 AM with 0 comments

• Designing for Touch Screen

  by gregnavis on 5/22/2012, 7:53 AM with 0 comments

• TED: The mathematics of history

  by gregnavis on 5/21/2012, 8:37 AM with 0 comments

• Git coding guidelines

  by gregnavis on 5/16/2012, 6:03 AM with 0 comments

• RestMQ - Redis based message queue

  by gregnavis on 4/27/2012, 9:00 AM with 0 comments

• Rust - a new programming language from Mozilla

  by gregnavis on 4/3/2012, 11:11 AM with 126 comments

• Language Detection of Social Media Data

  by gregnavis on 4/3/2012, 8:14 AM with 0 comments

• Compass - an open-source CSS Authoring Framework

  by gregnavis on 3/27/2012, 12:21 PM with 0 comments

• The BCPL Reference Manual

  by gregnavis on 2/29/2012, 8:18 AM with 0 comments

• Intrusive data structures

  by gregnavis on 2/28/2012, 2:43 PM with 0 comments

• Visual elements periodic table

  by gregnavis on 2/20/2012, 3:18 PM with 0 comments

• Information Theory, Excess Entropy and Computational Mechanics [pdf]

  by gregnavis on 1/19/2012, 10:23 AM with 0 comments