Running a Jekyll Blog Locally with Docker - A Zero‑Maintenance Approach

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Running a Jekyll blog locally often means dealing with Ruby, Bundler, and dependency mismatches. This post explains why I chose Docker for a zero‑maintenance local setup, the issues I faced along the way, and how I solved them to get a reliable, one‑command development workflow.

25 January 2026

The Story of Operating Systems — From Silent Machines to Modern Multicore Brains

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A storytelling‑style journey through the evolution of operating systems—exploring why they were invented, the problems they solved, and how modern systems came to life.

22 December 2025

How Structured, OOP, and Functional Thinking Shape Real‑World Rails Apps

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A practical, developer‑friendly exploration of how Structured, Object‑Oriented, and Functional thinking come together inside real‑world Rails applications—shaping workflows, domain design, and data transformation in ways that align naturally with Clean Architecture principles.

20 November 2025

The Invisible Decision That Decides Whether Your Software Lives or Dies

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Exploring the real purpose of software design, the hidden cost of ignoring structure, and why protecting architecture determines long‑term productivity - the first two chapters of Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin

15 October 2025

🧰 The Complete Code Review Checklist – A Practical, Reusable System

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A systematic, concrete checklist you can reuse to review *any* repo — big or small, old or new — to judge, document, and improve its coding standards.

31 May 2025

Modern Ruby on Rails 8 – Core Philosophies & Architectural Patterns (2025)

Ruby Rails Architecture QuickNotes

Discover how Rails 8 blends simplicity, developer joy, and powerful patterns like Hotwire & Solid adapters to build modern, scalable apps.

30 April 2025

🐙 Ruby’s Dynamic Single Dispatch Explained

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In Ruby, method calls are resolved dynamically at runtime** based on the receiver’s class — this is known as dynamic, single dispatch.

05 March 2024

Ruby Object Model Open Classes & Refinements

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Ruby’s power lies in its open object model — where classes can be reopened and modified at runtime — making it incredibly flexible for metaprogramming and DSLs.

03 March 2024

Software Architecture for Developers – Simplified Summary (By Simon Brown)

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This summary breaks down Simon Brown’s “Software Architecture for Developers” in a simple, blog-friendly format, focusing on the core concepts, practical advice, and real-world relevance.

22 January 2024

Design Patterns in Ruby – Simplified with Real-World Scenarios (By Russ Olsen)

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Design patterns are time-tested solutions to common problems in software design. This book simplifies classic patterns using Ruby’s expressive features like blocks, mixins, metaprogramming, and open classes. The goal is not just to learn patterns, but to understand how to apply them elegantly.

01 March 2022

🧠 How to Think Like a Problem Solver – A Practical, Step‑by‑Step System

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Discover how to think like a programmer beyond just writing code.

20 February 2021

Mastering the Art of Problem-Solving - Thinking Like a Programmer

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Learn effective problem-solving techniques to think like a programmer and excel in software development.

12 January 2020

ECMAScript 2015 A Modern JavaScript Revolution

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Exploring ECMAScript 6 (ES6) / ECMAScript 2015 A Modern JavaScript Revolution.

10 September 2019

Digital Minimalism

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Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It’s the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world.

20 February 2019

Learn React.js in 5 minutes

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A quick introduction to the popular JavaScript library.

15 February 2019

Clean Coding

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These four “clean code” tips will dramatically improve your engineering team’s productivity

10 December 2018

Delegates in Rails with simple example

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In Rails, delegates allow you to forward method calls from one object to another.

03 December 2018

What the heck is a Callback?

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Learn and understand the basics of callbacks in just 6 minutes with easy examples.

01 December 2018

Rails routes

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In Rails, routers are responsible for mapping incoming requests to controller actions. Here are the main features of Rails routers

05 September 2018

4 Lessons After 11 Years in Silicon Valley

On the realities of opportunity, success, reputation, and relationships in tech.

09 May 2018

Manage multiple GitHub accounts on a single machine

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Most developers work life needs to manage multiple GitHub accounts on the same machine. Also, It could simply be a desire to have separate GitHub read more...

11 March 2018

Algolia search for Jekyll

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Algolia is the most reliable platform for building search into your business.

Algolia Jekyll Plugin

Jekyll plugin to automatically index your Jekyll posts and read more...

19 August 2017

GitHub Flow

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GitHub Flow is a lightweight, branch-based workflow that supports teams and projects where deployments are made regularly. This guide explains how and why GitHub Flow works.

01 January 2017

A better Hello World

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A different “hello world” to demonstrate language features better.

23 July 2016

Do not go gentle into that good night

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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying read more...

17 April 2016

Getting Started with Passenger and Nginx for Ruby on Rails Development

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We'll explore how to set up and configure Passenger with Nginx, providing you with a straightforward and efficient solution for deploying your web apps.

03 April 2016

What is version control?

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Benefits of version control and version control systems.

09 February 2016

How to undo your git failure?

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Using `git reflog` and `git reset` to save your code.

25 September 2015

Ruby Class vs Module

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Ruby modules allow you to create groups of methods that you can then include or mix into any number of classes. `Modules only hold behaviour, unlike classes, which hold both behaviour and state.`

21 March 2014

Guide to Installing Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu

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Sublime Text is a highly advanced text editor designed for coding, markup, and writing.

To install Sublime Text using apt-get, follow these steps:

Open the read more...

12 February 2014

Installing Git on Ubuntu A Quick Guide

Github

GitHub is a powerful distributed version control system that enables efficient collaboration on software development projects. To get started with Git on Ubuntu, follow these read more...

28 January 2014

Crafting A Guide for Developers

HTML

As developers, the architecture of our HTML pages plays a pivotal role in creating not only functional but also elegant and maintainable web applications. Let’s read more...

12 March 2013

What's Jekyll?

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Jekyll • Simple, blog-aware, static sites | Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.

06 February 2009