Justin Searls

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Programming is inherently difficult, but most innovations heralded by the industry attempt to paper over its complexity, inadvertently making it harder for people to understand how to build and maintain working software. My mission is to identify, explain, and mitigate this phenomenon.

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Agent 002
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Columbus, OH

  2. How to fake time in a Postgres database

    Mocking or freezing time when testing your application? Ruby and JavaScript make it easy … until your database is involved. Here's a way to time travel in Postgres!
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    April 19, 2022
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    Justin Searls
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    Testing

  7. How to build a search engine with Ruby on Rails

    Implementing search in your Rails app can be vexing. Here's a great pattern to use that combines the best parts of ActiveRecord and Postgres.
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    September 9, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Rails

  8. Benchmarking your Ruby with time_up

    time_up is a new Ruby gem for managing timers to measure your code's performance.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    July 19, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
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    Ruby

  10. Announcing Standard Ruby 1.0

    After two years of community feedback and 80 releases, Standard Ruby hit 1.0 this week. Find out what's new and why there's never been a better time to standardize your app!
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    March 4, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Justin Searls
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Ruby

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