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First Mixed Thoughts Newsletter: Hi Alan, Let's talk Ruby APIs tomorrow, and much more

Rich Steinmetz

Some mixed thoughts about recent topics and future endeavors 🚀

2 min read Jun 6, 2021

Ruby public

Ruby multi-line string hell 1

Rich Steinmetz

Ruby developers don't usually hate things about Ruby. But there's one thing that seems to be more complicated at times…

2 min read Jun 3, 2021

Ruby public

[Part I] Ruby Freedom Stack Web App - Sinatra - MongoDB - Heroku - Minitest

Rich Steinmetz

Are you an (aspiring?) Ruby developer looking for some freedom for your web app or API ideas? Or maybe you…

17 min read May 22, 2021

Success Stories public

Junior Success Story - Ricardo DevOps Engineer

Rich Steinmetz

Ricardo got in touch with me because was on his way to be a part of the Software Engineering world. He didn't have a big portfolio of hard assets yet...

3 min read Apr 18, 2021

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How to start learning Ruby? (timeless resources and techniques)

Rich Steinmetz

It's a very short compilation of the resources I found most useful when I started to learn Ruby a year ago. Use them to start, continue, and get unstuck!

5 min read Apr 10, 2021

JavaScript public

How to understand JavaScript?

Rich Steinmetz

There is no way around acquiring knowledge about JavaScript and gaining experience in writing it. However, the more you think, eat, and sleep JavaScript...

1 min read Apr 9, 2021

JavaScript public

JavaScript Equality Operators Explained Visually

Rich Steinmetz

I still learn new things about equality in JS. There's plenty to keep in mind when you try to compare…

2 min read Apr 5, 2021

Ruby public

Ruby's map | collect methods explained visually 🎨

Rich Steinmetz

There's no way around the map method. Coming from functional programming it's an inevitable part of any developer's everyday life.…

4 min read Mar 29, 2021

Career Tips public

How to deal with recruiter ghosting as a developer

Rich Steinmetz

So, you have a call with a recruiter tomorrow. Congrats! But there's no reason to be happy just yet! The…

3 min read Mar 20, 2021

Ruby public

How To Install Ruby 3 With rbenv?

Rich Steinmetz

Naive as I am, I fired up my terminal and gave it a spontaneous shot: ~ rbenv install 3.0.0…

2 min read Feb 20, 2021

Ruby public

Ruby's not keyword is not not but ! (not)

Rich Steinmetz

The title is confusing enough, so I don't want to bore you you with words today, let's better listen to…

1 min read Feb 20, 2021

Career Tips public

Your Hidden Assets to Get Your First Developer Job

Rich Steinmetz

In August 2015 I decided to give programming a shot. In March 2016 I got into my first job in software development. I had no idea what software development is. But I was there. And you can do this too.

4 min read Feb 14, 2021

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