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A little advice from my encounter with the LinkedIn Skill Assessment Test for Ruby on Rails. It is an easy test and any Rails developer could easily land on a new shiny badge.

Not every model/database table requires an auto-increment integer field as the primary key. Ruby on Rails allows us to specify the primary key in the migration field and configuration in the model.

Ruby on Rails doesn't add model field details to the model and related files such as specs and factories. The annotate library automatically adds field definitions to relevant files.

The popular Ruby on Rails library ActsAsTaggableOn wrongfully selects the parent class in STI resulting empty #tagged_with method output. The solution would be to use a custom query.

Every developer has his preference. I love recursion, many others love iterations. You could use either most of the time. But if your task's complexity is high, it might be better to use iteration.

In-page links known as anchors will cause content to hide under a floating element like a navigation bar. This article discusses CSS you could use to prevent content from hiding under floating elements on jump links.

UPS is a prominent logistics company providing fast shipping across the globe. I recently ordered some items through Banggood which in turn shipped through UPS. The experience was great but there is room for improvement.

Bring life to your Rails application by using Toastr alerts with Turbo and Stimulus JS. This blog post details the steps with code samples to show Toastr flash messages.

Tourism is a primary source of foreign exchange to Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, the industry is negatively affected by fuel, electricity and LPG shortages. These risk denting our reputation as a tourism destination.

I had a few clogged air stones from my aquarium. As I was too tired to shop, I decided to use H₂O₂ to clean clogged air stones in my fish tank. They are good as new.

Due to bottlenecks resulting from the COVID19 pandemic, the Government of Sri Lanka extended the validity of drivers licenses. However, some have been presented with fines renewing in this period.

Fix port 5432 connection refused error in macOS caused by Homebrew failure to start PostgreSQL database engine.

Instructions on how to uninstall applications installed through Homebrew, the popular package manager for macOS.

Understanding the technical specifications of a lead-acid battery is vital for your safety and battery longevity in any DIY project. This article discusses typical attributes of a technical specification sheet of a lead-acid battery.

Data is the basis of accurate predictions and good designs. I compiled a table of power readings for my iMac 2019 to make a battery backup that will last 6 hours. I hope this will be helpful for you too.

Metropolitan Engineering is the dealer of the Italian generator brand Pramac in Sri Lanka. This is my experience purchasing a Pramac WX6200 (5.3KW - 5.8KW max) petrol generator from them.

The software world evolves rapidly, and it is essential to track outdated libraries to update them. This blog post discusses identifying and listing libraries that could be updated using Bundler (Ruby) and Yarn (Node), as many web projects include Node dependencies.

Petrol-powered backup generators are my main source of backup power during prolonged power cuts. Today I replaced my 22-year-old Briggs & Stratton generator with a Pramac WX6200 from Metropolitan Engineering.

Opening a file to read its contents is common in any application. The introduction of the method "existence" enables us to use Ruby Safe Navigation Operator to check for existence and safely read file.

Religious extremism is one of the main destabilizing factors in the world. Letting it go rampant resulted in the brutal torture, murder and set alight of General Manager Eng Priyantha Kumara on fire.

The static declaration of width and height makes YouTube video embed links not mobile responsive. This blog post describes a JS solution to make videos mobile responsive.

Enable Tailwind CSS with JIT in your Ruby on Rails project using the new `cssbundling-rails` ruby gem. Includes advice for Trailblazer configuration.

A collection of test cards for the popular card processor USAePay as their official support page is out of date (expiring 0921). These cards and their details are valid through 2023.

Instructions to install Apache Solr, the popular search framework powering medium to large scale internet sites, in an Ubuntu 20.04 server. Includes helpful commands to manage the service.

Kadugannawa is the best part of the journey when you are cruising along with the A1. Instabilities in the cliffs above the road forced the road to close.

Redis is an essential component in modern web application development. This blog post describes how you can install Redis on a macOS system.

In a time cost of living is on the rise, rather than increasing the cashflow to pensioners, the government introduced them to an insurance program costing up to LKR 600/mo. Instructions to opt out.

Some rumors have been going around that Ruby on Rails is dead. Rails are doing better than I expected and I would definitely recommend new developers and clients to look at Rails.

The resque-scheduler is an integral part of most legacy Ruby on Rails applications that use Resque. When upgrading such projects you might experience an error related to rufus-scheduler.