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Using the 27" LG UltraFine 5k Display with Linux

December 7, 2023 8 min read

Getting the LG UltraFine 5K display working reliably with Linux, including Thunderbolt AIC compatibility notes.

Complex Unique Constraints with PostgreSQL Triggers in Ecto

February 16, 2020 4 min read

Handling complex multi-column unique constraints in Ecto by leveraging PostgreSQL triggers and custom changeset validations.

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Kookaburra 0.24.0 Released - Exorcised ActiveSupport

May 15, 2012 2 min read

Removing the ActiveSupport dependency from Kookaburra to improve compatibility across Rails versions.

tmux and the OSX Clipboard

April 12, 2012 1 min read

Fixing clipboard integration between tmux and macOS using reattach-to-user-namespace.

Kookaburra Rewrite for 0.15.1

March 10, 2012 2 min read

Lessons learned from treating early versions as a spike and rewriting Kookaburra from the ground up with proper tests.

Using Jeweler for Private Gems

January 25, 2012 1 min read

Configuring Jeweler to manage private Ruby gems without accidentally publishing them to rubygems.org.

Acceptance and Integration Testing with Kookaburra

January 21, 2012 8 min read

How we built Kookaburra to solve the fragility problem in Cucumber acceptance tests by isolating UI details from test specifications.

Capybara, Selenium and Firefox 3.5

April 30, 2011 2 min read

A quick fix for Capybara timeout errors when running Selenium tests against older Firefox versions in CI.

Apprenticeship Program at Renewable Funding - Thoughts?

March 4, 2011 2 min read

Designing an apprenticeship program to grow talent, contribute to open source, and build a stronger engineering community.

Production Release Workflow with Git

January 8, 2011 10 min read

Transforming a painful multi-hour release process into a five-minute, low-stress workflow using Git branching strategies.