floehopper @floehopper@fosstodon.org

Someone made a Youtube video of about playing and modding a ZX Spectrum game I wrote 37 years ago when I was 16. I've written a bit about this fun reminder of my programming roots.

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2021-01-23-youtube-video-of-my-3d-maze-game-for-the-zx-spectrum

#zx81 #zxspectrum #z80

I've written about setting up a simple Rails development environment using nix-shell...

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2020-09-10-a-simple-rails-development-environment-using-nix-shell

#nix #ruby #rubyonrails

I've written about using Lambda@Edge with CloudFront to configure redirect rules for domains as a cheap way to keep URLs cool and avoid breaking the internet.

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2021-01-17-using-lambda-edge-with-cloudfront-to-configure-redirect-rules-for-domains

#awscdk #lambda

@IslandUsurper Thanks. I'm still relatively new to Nix and so while I'm learning I'm finding it useful to have the freedom to mess things up!

@IslandUsurper Vagrant is pretty irrelevant to what I'm trying to achieve. I'm just using it so I can try out the nix stuff out on a clean (Ubuntu) OS installation separate from my regular OS.

I now have multiple Rails apps each running in an isolated nix-shell with different versions of Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL & MySQL...

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2020-11-29-multiple-rails-development-environments-using-nix-shell

#nix #ruby #rubyonrails

> Without saying what year you started coding, Quote this tweet with something (an ide, a build/ deploy process) to signify how long you've been coding

From: https://twitter.com/yoruba_dev/status/1328987589391622151

How I've used https://webmention.app and https://actionsflow.github.io to automate sending Webmentions from my static website.

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2020-10-13-sending-webmentions-from-a-static-website

#indieweb

I've written up my latest adventures with Nix, Ruby, Rails and PostgreSQL...

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2020-10-12-generating-and-running-a-rails-app-with-postgresql-using-nix-on-ubuntu

#nix #ruby #rails

Kent Beck: "Software design is an exercise in human relationships, but that we as technologists have many tools at our disposal to do a better job of maintaining our part of those relationships."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFFY9Zor6zw

@consoleaccess I've been really impressed with dnsimple so far, and although I haven't actually used their API in anger, it looks great!

https://dnsimple.com/r/516e66f8370981 [link with referral code]

More fun with nix. I've written about modifying the existing GitHub Action workflow that builds my personal website to use cachix/install-nix-action and nix-shell.

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2020-08-07-using-nix-to-build-my-personal-website

#nix

git config --global init.defaultBranch main

https://github.blog/2020-07-27-highlights-from-git-2-28/

I've been playing with the nix package manager, mainly with the intention of using it to setup isolated development environments. I've written up how I used nix-shell to define a Ruby environment for building & serving my personal website locally...

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2020-07-26-a-simple-ruby-development-environment-using-nix-shell

#nix #ruby

Happy that GitHub have finally seen sense and changed the ordering of commits in pull requests...

https://github.blog/changelog/2020-07-14-pull-request-commits-now-ordered-chronologically/

#git

I've just realised my positively ancient blog RSS feed is still generated via FeedBurner.

http://feeds.jamesmead.org/floehopper-blog

What's the best #indieweb approach for providing a feed these days...?

Thanks in part to inspiration from people on fosstodon.org, I've done some work on indieweb-ifying my personal website.

https://jamesmead.org/blog/2020-06-27-indieweb-ifying-my-personal-website

#indieweb #webmention #ruby #middleman

@delriousDenizen @doug I think either language is fine for new developers - just a matter of personal taste really. And when you've got the hang of using one, you'll find it very easy to use the other! Good luck!