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Aaron Sumner

@ruralocity

Senior software engineer @oreillymedia. Former D-list Ruby thought leader @everydayrails.

Joined August 2007
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I’m taking a little break from @everydayrails and other side projects. 👋 aaronsumner.com/posts/2021/11/…


Not sure if this’ll work, but I’m technically at @ruralocity@mastodon.social


I’m not on the Twitter much these days, but wanted to share I’ll be at @railsconf in Portland this year, looking forward to talking Ruby and TDD and whatever else in person! 👋


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A great system spec intro to get you started, by @ruralocity everydayrails.com/2018/01/08/rsp…


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Today more than ever, we see the need for an independent web, where we connect with each other & get information (and goof off!) on web apps & sites made by *regular people* instead of one or two giant companies. Your digital diet can’t just be all factory farmed fast food tech.


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Yeah. Go ahead and keep this dude in your networks.

mimismash's tweet image. Yeah. Go ahead and keep this dude in your networks.

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When somebody dies, people come out and publicly state how much that individual meant to them or how amazing they were. Yet we are often conditioned not to let others know as much while they are still alive. I think we need to normalize randomly expressing how much we care.


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Here's the front-end files that running `rails new` buys you in Rails 6.1.4: - Sprockets for CSS & images - Webpack via Webpacker - Babel - postcss - Yarn - 8 dependencies in package.json It's no wonder that Rails 7 is blowing all this up, even if import maps are early days.

searls's tweet image. Here's the front-end files that running `rails new` buys you in Rails 6.1.4:
- Sprockets for CSS & images
- Webpack via Webpacker
- Babel
- postcss
- Yarn
- 8 dependencies in package.json

It's no wonder that Rails 7 is blowing all this up, even if import maps are early days.

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Senior Software Engineers admitting they don't know something is so powerful. It breaks down the facade that we as Senior Engineers know it all & it makes the community more welcoming. Please don't belittle someone when they admit a mistake or gap in knowledge. What's the point?

I'm so sick of nonsense like this. I made a typo and the code didn't work. I knew why, but I'm talking to my readers so that they understand why. However, that doesn't matter! There are plenty "simple" things I don't know! This nonsense is so bad for the industry.

laurieontech's tweet image. I'm so sick of nonsense like this.

I made a typo and the code didn't work. I knew why, but I'm talking to my readers so that they understand why.

However, that doesn't matter! There are plenty "simple" things I don't know! 

This nonsense is so bad for the industry.


I picked a bad time to get caught up with the state of modern JavaScript in Rails. 😒


“Patterns in confusing explanations” by @b0rk is so good. Recommended reading for everyone working in tech, not just you writer/screencaster-types. jvns.ca/blog/confusing…


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Let’s refocus by going back to the accepted classics of poetry

hering_david's tweet image. Let’s refocus by going back to the accepted classics of poetry

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Friendly reminder that Early Bird pricing for #kcdc2021 in #KansasCity has TEN DAYS LEFT. You have until August 15 to secure reduced price admission. So if you haven't done it, the time is now. bit.ly/kcdc2021-tix


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KC tech people, Congress needs you. Apply! (@congressfellows) techcongress.io/apply


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Deprecating Code in a Rails Application: everydayrails.com/2021/07/31/rai…


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⚡️I wrote a new post! How to deprecate code in your Rails application (and why you might want to): buff.ly/3A3ynM1


I wrote a thing. On @everydayrails, a quick write-up on how (and why) to add deprecation warnings in a Rails app. everydayrails.com/2021/07/31/rai…


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