Rob Zolkos
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Rob Zolkos
@robzolkos.com
Ruby on Rails developer here to help solo devs and small teams amplify their impact. I upgrade Rails apps and keep old ones running. email: robzolkos@hey.com
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“.. the fact that the color values are subtly changing with each release could be problem for your users and the consistency of your application.”

www.zolkos.com/2024/11/30/b...
Beware Tailwind Color Changes
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December 1, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Upgrading Rails applications to Tailwind 4 www.zolkos.com/2024/11/30/u...
Upgrading Rails applications to Tailwind 4
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December 1, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Appreciate @flavorjon.es quick releases of the tailwindcss betas for ruby projects. github.com/flavorjones/...
GitHub - flavorjones/tailwindcss-ruby: A self-contained `tailwindcss` executable, wrapped up in a ruby gem.
A self-contained `tailwindcss` executable, wrapped up in a ruby gem. - flavorjones/tailwindcss-ruby
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November 29, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Found that is was faster to run my Rails test suite with a single core instead of all 16. I wrote a little script that runs the test suite with the same seed from 1 to x cores and then tabulate the result. (this is for 433 tests, 1250 assertions).
November 21, 2024 at 1:16 AM
imo config/environments/* files should be empty.

The only things in there should be overrides of default values.

eg if force_ssl is true by default in production then it should not be in the production.rb file *unless* I want to override it to false.
November 19, 2024 at 11:06 PM
I wish I had the motivation to execute app ideas of my own. But I don’t. But executing on a clients or employers project/vision I am 100% on board and motivated and delivering. Anyone else feel like this?
November 19, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Going to go down the ActiveSupport::Notifications rabbit hole today and see if I can improve the design of my app that has some callbacks that could be better by being event driven.
November 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Do y’all upgrade the ruby version to the latest in your apps as soon as it comes out? Or wait? Or some set cadence?
November 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Who wrote some Ruby today? 👋
November 11, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Rails 8 is out. Nothing relaxes me more than upgrading Rails versions. It has gotten so much easier over the years.
November 8, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I’d pay for screencasts of guests opening up their rails apps to pair on upgrades and refactorings.

Eg Here is one hour of replacing sidekiq with solid queue on this 7 year old app.
November 1, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Wow this is so cool. No politics.
November 1, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Howdy world
October 31, 2024 at 5:10 PM