Adam Hooper·Follow1 min read·Apr 2, 2019--ShareThank you for updating the benchmarks! Indeed, it’s much less expensive nowadays to make code async.
Adam HooperIn MySQL, never use “utf8”. Use “utf8mb4”.Today’s bug: I tried to store a UTF-8 string in a MariaDB “utf8”-encoded database, and Rails raised a bizarre error:5 min read·May 13, 2016--35
Adam HooperIn Ruby, don’t use timeout()Ruby has a method called timeout(). It supposedly avoids long-running code. Don’t use it.4 min read·Jul 31, 2016--2
Adam HooperRails developers: avoid has_oneI’ve been struggling with Other People’s Code and Other People’s Guidance.3 min read·Apr 1, 2016--2
Adam HooperFonts in node-canvasDo you use node-canvas to draw images from JavaScript using Cairo?3 min read·Mar 14, 2017--2
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