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Why do we call it Ruby and Rails Magic?

There is good and bad magic, enchanting and destructive. But do we need the "magic" term at all? Why do we use it and what mindset does it create?

7 min read Jun 1, 2022

Ruby public

How does yield work in application.html.erb

Rich Steinmetz

You'll encounter this in new Rails apps inside your application.html.erb: <body> <main> <%= yield…

5 min read May 25, 2022

Success Stories public

Things you can and cannot do

Rich Steinmetz

Recently, my new company WebinarGeek forced me to do a webinar about myself. Actually, you could choose any topic, but…

2 min read Feb 13, 2022

Ruby public

Ruby Open Source Projects For Beginners

Rich Steinmetz

Open-source is the greatest opportunity to gather real-world experience while you are still on your journey of getting into the industry.

5 min read Nov 26, 2021

Career Tips public

3 Phases For How To Get A Job As A Web Developer By REAL Example

Rich Steinmetz

We'll see 3 phases that I just made up while looking back and recalling his journey. They are intertwined, but the time investment usually crucially shifts in one direction once a new phase really starts.

8 min read Nov 21, 2021

Coding Challenges public

Crush Your Coding Challenges With REAL Test-Driven Development

Rich Steinmetz

Most coding challenges exercise more your coding/syntax and problem-solving skills and less your analytical and anticipation skills, not to mention your ability to do Test-Driven Development as a discipline. Let's see how to change that!

3 min read Nov 7, 2021

Live Stream Coding public

Why Live Streaming Coding & Writing Small Programs!?

Rich Steinmetz

In my prior life as a professional live poker player, game streams, online and offline, were some of the most powerful learning opportunities that I had. The same is true for programming...

3 min read Nov 6, 2021

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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

Ruby public

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!

6 min read Apr 10, 2021