Exciting New Tools for Designers, July 2024

July 01, 2024 Welcome to this July’s collection of tools, gathered from around the web over the past month. We hope you’ll find something here to make work just that little bit easier. Enjoy! Sometimes inspiration is slow in coming...

July 1, 2024

How to Scale an Existing Ruby on Rails Product from x to 10x

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How to Scale an Existing Ruby on Rails Product from x to 10x

Scaling a Ruby on Rails product, especially one with a messy codebase, is a challenging yet rewarding journey. The key lies in methodically refactoring your codebase, implementing best practices, and optimizing performance. Here’s a roadmap to guide you through this...

June 30, 2024

Using my new Raspberry Pi to run an existing GitHub Action

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Using my new Raspberry Pi to run an existing GitHub Action

Recently, I mentioned how I refactored the script that kept my GitHub profile up-to-date. Since Geecon Prague, I’m also a happy owner of a Raspberry Pi: Though the current setup works flawlessly – and is free, I wanted to experiment...

March 14, 2024

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Watch: The first test of magnetic levitation on an existing train track

Floating trains have glided closer to Europe after a pioneering trial of magnetic levitation — aka maglev. Italian firm IronLev, which developed the tech, claims to have completed the first-ever maglev test on an existing train track — and has...

March 13, 2024

How to convert existing nodejs/expressjs app from javascript to typescript, the painless way

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How to convert existing nodejs/expressjs app from javascript to typescript, the painless way

Converting a large Express.js application from JavaScript to TypeScript can be a challenging task. For many applications, this represents a significant portion of their technical debt, as the process may span many days, if not months, and new changes are...

March 11, 2024

10 Optimistic Podcast to Make You Feel Less Bad About Existing in 2024

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10 Optimistic Podcast to Make You Feel Less Bad About Existing in 2024

We’re only a few months into 2024 and it’s going…bad. Horrific wars, mass civilian casualties, the ever worsening specter of climate change, and lots more to feel justifiably hopeless and helpless about (and we’re not even in the thick of...

March 9, 2024

Refactoring Legacy Code: Can We Trust Existing Tests?

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Refactoring Legacy Code: Can We Trust Existing Tests?

Recently, I saw an interesting question on LinkedIn: “When making a moderately large refactor, should we trust the tests we already have, or should we drive our refactor with new tests?” As an independent consultant who is bringing legacy systems...

March 1, 2024