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How to Unhide Desktop Icons on macOS

If your desktop icons dissapear, you may need to toggle the desktop on via the command line.

How to install Ruby on Rails 6.1 with asdf on macOS Big Sur

Ruby and Ruby on Rails have an outdated reputation of being difficult to set up, and some jump on thi...

Automating Ruby Gem Releases with GitHub Actions

Whether you are a gem maintaining machine or new to the world of authoring gems, this tutorial is for...

Redesigning my website

My personal website - andrewm.codes has gone through many iterations over the years. Some may view my...

Webpacker 6: Image Asset Guide

In order to use your images and SVG files with Webpacker 6, you need to put them in the correct place...

Webpacker 6: Troubleshooting Guide

A (growing) collection of tools and techniques for debugging your Webpack(er) setup. I highly recom...

Webpacker 6: SCSS/Sass Loaders

In order to process .scss and .sass files with Webpacker 6, you need to add sass-loader and sass. N...

Webpacker 6: PostCSS Loaders

In order to process .pcss files with Webpacker 6, you need to add postcss-loader. I am also going to...

Webpacker 6: CSS Loaders

This page has changed since first posted, refer to the changelog at the bottom. In order to proces...

Webpacker 6: Tailwind CSS 2.0 Integration

In order to add Tailwind CSS 2.0 to your Rails 6 + Webpacker 6 application, you need PostCSS set up,...

Webpacker 6: Upgrade Guide

This page has changed since first posted, refer to the changelog at the bottom. In this article, w...

Webpacker 6: Tutorial Setup

Before we start the upgrade process for Webpacker 6, we are going to create a small demo application...

gem install mysql2

I've come across this error several times throughout my development career so I figured it was finall...

Ruby's Shovel Method: Digging Deeper

Heads up! This is not actually a deep dive 😬 With everything going on in the world, I almost forgo...

How I Use VSCode

I’m about to overhaul my settings and plugins in VSCode so this is my “before” shot. I recently upd...

15 Resources I Learned Something From This Weekend

I wanted to get a lot of writing done this weekend but unfortunately I had to take care of a cranky a...

8 Tailwind CSS resources to help your next project takeoff

Let's face it, no matter whether its our first or hundredth time, staring at a blank Tailwind CSS is...

How to inline SVG files in your Bridgetown site

This is a short tutorial to showcase how you can quickly integrate bridgetown-inline-svg into your Br...

Creating a blog with Bridgetown and Netlify CMS

This is a quick tutorial to showcase how you can quickly integrate Netlify CMS into your Bridgetown s...

Rails 6 Band-Aid for Webpacker::Manifest::MissingEntryError

At CodeFund, we try to keep our dependencies, including Rails, as up to date as possible. We upgraded...

Build and deploy a static site with Ruby, Bridgetown, TailwindCSS, and Netlify

Heads up! This post is a bit outdated. Demo Repository Demo Website What is Bridgetown...

Instantly speed up your Rails application by self-hosting your fonts

Instantly speed up your Rails application by self-hosting your fonts A font can make or br...

Rails Coverage Tools: CodeFactor

CodeFactor According to their documentation: CodeFactor instantly performs Code Review w...

A11Y in Rails: Automated Linting with AccessLint🎉

Accessibility (A11Y) testing cannot be fully automated, and requires special attention in order to ge...

Rails Coverage Tools: Coverband

Coverband According to their documentation, Coverband is: A gem to measure production co...

Stopping a runaway Rails server

Many of us have been there. You hit ctrl-c on you Ruby on Rails server, but nothing happens. No matte...

Hiding Ruby 2.7 Deprecation Warnings in Rails 6

Hiding Ruby 2.7 Deprecation Warnings in Rails 6 If you have upgraded your Rails app to Rub...

How to set up Ruby on Rails 6 and TailwindCSS 1.1.4

Tutorial For the purpose of this tutorial, we will assume you have Ruby and the Rails gem...

CI for Ruby on Rails: GitHub Actions vs. CircleCI

CI for Ruby on Rails: GitHub Actions vs. CircleCI This is part of a three part series wher...

CI for Ruby on Rails: CircleCI

CI for Ruby on Rails: GitHub Actions vs. CircleCI This is part of a three part series wher...

Use Tailwind CSS 1.1 in your Rails App

How to install Tailwind CSS 1.1 in a Ruby on Rails app.