Tech Stack Toby uses most often
Right now Toby is most interested in the following languages;
- Ruby
- Ruby on Rails
- JavaScript
- CSS
He has a firm grounding in HTML, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Git, Jekyll, and more. He can turn his hand to most things.
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Toby's latest articles
- Forcing a Rails database column to be not null How you can force a table column to always have something in it with Rails
- We've deleted an article's worth of unhelpful words We've improved several pages across our site by removing words that add no value, and often detract from the article.
- Configure VS code to only format changed lines I used to format an entire file on save, but now I just format my changes, VS Code makes this easy.
- Why we have ads We run ads on the site, this article talks about how we try and make them not terrible and why we monetise in the first place
- Writing accessible hashtags Write accessible hashtags by camel casing them. Because ThisReadsBetter thanthisdoes.
- Database Consistency Gem The database consistency gem was new to me but it is fast becoming a must-install tool
- What are Rails Migrations A beginner friendly guide to Ruby on Rails migrations. What they are and why they are awesome, complete with examples and explanations.
- We've removed the reading time from articles We've removed the reading time from all our articles, this is why
- My Experience with the Disneyland Paris Priority Card The Disneyland Paris Priority Card helps people with accessibility considerations get the most out of Disneyland Paris. Here are my experiences with it.
- Iterate over indexed params in Rails When your API isn't Rails-shaped, sometimes you need to handle input differently