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Speed up bundle install with this one trick

Did you know bundler can download and install gems in parallel?

Always install Bundler alongside Ruby with rbenv

Here’s a quick tip for anyone who uses rbenv and ruby-build to manage installing and switching Ruby versions.

The web share API

Recently I implemented the web share API for my site as a means of testing it out. If you are using version 55 or above of Chrome on Android then you can see it in action by clicking “share it” at the bottom of this post.

Doing things wrong

I wrote a blog post last week and bits of it were wrong. This is not a retraction of that blog post, I just wanted to share the feedback that I got, the things I changed and some lessons that I learned.

A toast to ES2015 destructuring

I think the ES2015 destructuring syntax is pretty cool. It might not grab the headlines like Promises, Generators or the class syntax, but I find it really useful. It’s also surprisingly detailed when you read into it.

On fixing a favicon

Sometimes open source work is just fixing one tiny thing that bugs you. However, rolling up your sleeves and delving into even the smallest amount of code can lead to surprising results.