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Posts

• Sep 15, 2019

  Squongo - How to build a document store in SQLite and Ruby

  Squongo is a ruby gem encapsulating WAL mode sqlite3 databases to provide an alternative to large document stores utilizing the JSON1 extension. It’s migrationless and provides the user with the ability to have many readers without locking the database while providing a save method that will simply enque on the writer process. It was born out of a need in a personal project and decided to extract it for public release. It’s not my best code I’ve ever written and it still needs comprehensive RSpecs but it’s worth publishing in my opinion.

• Sep 3, 2019

  What OSS Consumers Owe You

  TL;DR at the bottom

• Aug 24, 2019

  How to query sqlcipher encrypted databases with Ruby

  Last year I added support for building the sqlite3 ruby gem against sqlcipher allowing ruby apps to access and query sqlcipher encrypted databases.

• Aug 23, 2019

  Ruby rest-client Gem Hijacked

  We stand on the shoulders of giants, but the giants don’t use two factor auth.

• Jul 20, 2019

  Toolless Frontend Starter

  I was so sick of needing so many dependencies, build tools, and various things to simply have a frontend project with JavaScript code. Looking at the landscape of supported technologies in current browsers and realized you can use CSS variables, ES Modules, and even change light/dark styles based on the user’s operating system theme preferences without build tools.

• Jul 6, 2019

  Ducati Monster 821

  Finally finished all the mods to my 821 Monster.

• Apr 30, 2019

  Lookout Mountain Sunset

  Sunset from the Lookout Mountain Hang Gliding edge.

• Apr 10, 2019

  Defining American Fascism

  An excerpt from Vice President Henry Wallace defining American Fascism:

• Apr 9, 2019

  Are more expensive helmets safer?

  Surprisingly there’s not too much correlation between price and safety though you should clearly not just buy the cheapest thing on Amazon.

• Apr 8, 2019

  Motorcycle Riding Tips for Beginners

  These are just a few tips I’ve picked up from other more experienced riders and personal experience as a beginner.