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OSX Terminal – Tab and window shortcuts 19 Jul 2013 | 06:03 pm
In a previous post, I shared a tip on Naming your Terminal tabs in OSX Lion. I’ve been meaning to share some additional shortcuts that I use day-to-day for opening new tabs and renaming them via the c...
Git add -A and git commit one liner 15 Jul 2013 | 06:56 pm
When working with Git, I often find myself typing: This stages any changes including new files (which "git commit -am" doesn’t), marks any files that have been deleted from the working copy as remove...
Quickly pushing your public SSH key to a server 21 Jan 2013 | 07:34 pm
I find myself needing to do this on a regular basis, so here’s a handy snippet for adding your public SSH key to a server’s authorized_keys file, assuming your public key is at “~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub” (th...
Renaming a Git branch 21 Jan 2013 | 04:03 pm
Renaming a Git branch can be achieved with: git branch -m old-name new-name
Announcing Tache – Just enough Mustache for end users 2 Jan 2013 | 04:57 am
I’ve finally found some time (thanks to the xmas break) to have a crack at a ‘safe’ Mustache implementation in Ruby. By this, I mean an implementation that allows for templates to be edited by end use...
Embracing perfectionism as a long term goal 19 Dec 2012 | 09:56 pm
I’ve suffered for a long time with a condition known as perfectionism. It’s a debilitating disorder that hampers productivity through a constant search for idealism. There are many problems that come ...
A few notes on Responsive Design 16 Nov 2012 | 10:29 pm
I’ve been working on a few responsive design projects recently and an old friend of mine asked what I had leaned on my journey, below is my response (pardon the pun) subject. Basically, it’s seen as b...
Pow, meet rbenv 11 Oct 2012 | 05:05 pm
I just ran into a problem with Pow when using rbenv for Ruby version management whereby Rails apps were not launching properly, giving the the following error message: Error starting application Your ...
Using both Pow and Apache on OSX Lion 12 Mar 2012 | 07:33 am
I have written previously about using Pow for Ruby/Rails development. Pow is great if you are purely developing in Ruby, however I’ve recently found myself needing to edit a WordPress site. Pow inter...
Loving MongoDB but Missing Transactions 27 Jan 2012 | 03:52 am
I’ve been venturing into the world of MongoDB via Mongoid in a Rails app. On one hand it’s a breath of fresh air (no migrations, flexible schemas etc.) but on the other hand I really, really miss tran...
