265 posts

A Soiree into Symbols in Ruby

A Pythonista opens `irb` and looks at all the symbols in Ruby. Or so the joke begins.

November 3, 2025 · 11 min

Some Smalltalk about Ruby Loops

Sending a message about why you shouldn't write `for` loops in Ruby.

October 20, 2025 · 12 min  · Updated: October 21, 2025

Ruby Blocks

How to start really getting Ruby, especially blocks.

October 14, 2025 · 6 min  · Updated: October 20, 2025

Returning from Ruby Blocks, Procs and Lambdas

How does `return` work within blocks, procs and lambda?

September 29, 2025 · 3 min  · Updated: October 20, 2025

Ruby

How I started learning Ruby and Ruby on Rails in 2025 and what my experience has been like so far.

September 26, 2025 · 29 min  · Updated: October 20, 2025

OpenWRT

How I spent my week setting up multi-wan failover on OpenWRT on my Beelink EQI12

August 22, 2025 · 4 min
Linux and Claude collaboration for system debugging and optimization

My Linux Laptop Finally Works: How Claude Helped Me Fix Years of Annoyances

After years of living with Linux laptop quirks - battery surprises, broken suspend, useless gestures, and monitor chaos - I partnered with Claude to actually fix these problems instead of just accepting them as "the Linux experience."

August 21, 2025 · 20 min

TIL: Watchexec - Modern File Watching for Development Workflows

Today I learned about watchexec, a cross-platform file watcher that replaced entr in my development workflow with better defaults and intuitive usage patterns for Hugo, Rust, and Go projects.

August 19, 2025 · 6 min

A Less Busy Mind

Using Coding Assistants frees me up to do other things

August 7, 2025 · 4 min
GoForGo

GoForGo - Learn Go through live examples

Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Go code; Inspired by Rustlings

August 4, 2025 · 1 min

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