Web application developer, consultancy owner, and dad joke appreciator. š¦jakobs.bsky.social
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Jun 12
I have just released version 0.3 of flowbite-components; the most downloaded ViewComponent-based implementation of Flowbite for Rails.
flowbite-components.substancā¦
This release adds Badges, Sidebar, improved documentation, and a few bugfixes.
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Feb 21
Weāre open sourcing our Flowbite component library, a set of view components, weāre using in Front Lobby, Skrift, and...
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Jan 24
Ever needed to run some maintenance task in your production environment? For me this always triggers a bunch of quest...
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16 Oct 2025
Every so often you have a small script that needs to be run on your staging or production server, but committing and ...
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24 Jan 2025
#TIL #rails When using STI you probably want to explicitly load the full inheritance hierarchy...
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20 Dec 2024
ActiveRecord has a `saved_changes` method that returns the attribute changes that were saved last #TIL #ruby #rails
api.rubyonrails.org/v7.2.2/cā¦
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16 Dec 2024
Rails has a method that returns a correctly formatted string for the name attribute on input elements. I've been doing this manually for years whenever I needed to manually build fields!
See api.rubyonrails.org/v7.2.2/cā¦
#TIL #ruby #rails
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12 Dec 2024
There have been many interpretations of the anatomy of Minecrafts probably most iconic mob, the Creeper. This is my interpretation rendered in LEGO. 1900 bricks, standing 42 cm tall, this harbinger of boom will sneak up on when you least expect it. #lego #afol #moc #minecraft
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5 Nov 2024
What is the best, preferably written, tutorial to get someone into building their first Rails app when they have programming experience but limited Ruby experience?
Iāve had good success with the one from Rails Girls, but I fear it might be getting dated.
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1 Nov 2024
Could/should an ESP check and verify DMARC before sending an email campaign - what's the point of sending if the recipient is going to reject it? š¤
@jessethanley This feels like something you might have thoughts about?
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29 Oct 2024
Already in alpha-release, Rails 8.0 is great. The Solid-* stuff, asset pipeline simplification, Hotwire goodness, and SQLite embrace all play so well into the One Person Framework idea. These are exiting times!
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Jakob Skjerning retweeted
25 Oct 2024
8 rapid-fire truths about being a bootstrapped founder š
1. You don't need to be an expert.
2. Most of your ideas will fail (so come up with many).
3. Building a great product is the easy part.
4. Marketing is where most founders struggle.
5. No, AI won't replace you. It'll help you.
6. You don't need VC money.
7. It's not as hard as you think.
8. But it takes longer than you think.
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Jakob Skjerning retweeted
4 Oct 2024
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4 Oct 2024
I think I need an app to help manage my Gmail filters, I have too many š°
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27 Sep 2024
8-bit, LEGO, stop motion, demoscene - I am here for it š
youtube.com/watch?v=4qsWFFuYā¦
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27 Sep 2024
If you ever think to yourself "building UI widgets is easy", remember flatpickr has almost 3000 commits from 246 contributors and still has 600 open issues... github.com/flatpickr/flatpicā¦
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20 Sep 2024
Yet another rubocop release, yet another bunch of false positives š
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18 Sep 2024
Det er skole-foto tid og samtidig min Ć„rlige reminder om at nogen burde lave en foto-bestillings-lĆøsning, der ikke er skod š
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