Deleting Remote Git Branches
This post is mostly a note to myself, since I constantly forget how to delete remote Git branches. The classic way to do so (introduced in Git 1.5) would be: $ git push origin :branch-to-delete ...
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From Linux to OS X: Meet Your New Apps
Prelude It’s time I resume what I started in my previous article documenting my first year as an OS X user a few months ago. In this article I’ll focus primarily on the applications I’ve adopted ...
Dealing with SSL certificate validation errors in Rails
I often see this question asked - “I’m getting the following error OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: hostname was not match with the server certificate when trying to deliver an email with Rails 3. How ca...
Emacs Tip #7: Remap Return to Control in OS X
One of the major problems when using Emacs on OS X is not related to OS X itself - the problem has to do with the Mac’s hardware. Recent Mac keyboards(both laptop and desktop, with the exception of...
Emacs Tip #6: Remove variable & function definitions
From time to time you might want to void (unbind) a variable or a function definition in Emacs. Most often you’ll probably be dealing with variables created with defvar whose values you’ll want to ...
Emacs on OS X
Prelude In this article I’ll share with you a few tips and tricks about running Emacs under the Mac OS X operating system. Installation While Emacs is available for installation from various sou...
Rails Tip #1: Use Pry Instead of irb for the Rails Console
This tip is going to be a really short one. Hopefully by now you’ve heard about pry - a fantastic irb replacement, that somewhat reminds me of the mighty Lisp REPLs. What you might not know is how ...
Ruby Tip #3: Matching on an Object's Class in a Case Expression
From time to time you might want to take different actions depending on an object’s class. One handy way to do so is with a case expression: case object when Fixnum then puts 'Object is an integer...
Setting up fallback locale(s) in Rails 3
I18n(internationalization) and l10n(localization) are topics that are covered superbly by the Rails Guides. The one thing that’s left out is the setup of fallback locales in case something is missi...
From Linux to OS X: 1 Year Later
Prelude A little more than an year ago I wrote my rant post The Linux Desktop Experience is Killing Linux on the Desktop and for the first time in 8 years I wasn’t a desktop Linux user anymore. I ...