Posts by Sandbagger@ruby.social
(DIR) Post #APCw6V4od76EIp2R96 by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2022-11-02T17:44:32Z
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It’s #introduction time!I'm Will. I'm currently working at Ruby agency. In my spare time, I'm building a robot for our garden and also following Fastai's "Practical Deep Learning For Coders". I also like bouldering and star gazing.
(DIR) Post #APIQxoJDp89piJueTg by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2022-11-05T11:03:11Z
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I came to software development rather late in life. Starting off as a frontend engineer slinging javascript, working at different start-ups over time, I became more of a full stack developer. Cutting my teeth in the era of single-page apps, client-side rendering/routing was all I knew.It was only at my last start-up that began to open my eyes to a bigger world, and really only in my current gig, a fully-fledged Rails outfit, I feel I know how to put together a 'web application'.
(DIR) Post #APIQxoiOJYI4yNgki0 by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2022-11-05T11:13:51Z
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Not to say I haven't put together a web application before, nor that there is only one 'true way' to put together a web app. But only through hacking Rails apps I got the sense that making GET/POST/PATCH... requests is the thumping heartbeat of a web app.
(DIR) Post #APIQxp9gg47oL2SYFs by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2022-11-05T12:01:12Z
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This is where I quite like #Turbo, it allows you to add bits of interactivity that are specifically linked to action verbs that form the rhythm of a web app.What is unclear to me is if you are writing code for a different target i.e. mobile alongside web, there is still an advantage in writing javascript to target frontend/backend/mobile. On this point all 👀 are on #Strada
(DIR) Post #APIQxpi4cDdA3gY0qu by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2022-11-05T12:32:28Z
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What I still like about the #javascript ecosystem, is component composability i.e. in #react combing components is basically combing functions, and functions are first-class citizens in javascript land. The cross-cutting concerns of markup/styling/logic in a #react component is a boon to reusability, even more so when they are wrapped in a component library such as #storybook.I have founds partials to be a poor substitute for this.
(DIR) Post #APIQxqKMJsFtyQSaWm by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2022-11-05T12:38:03Z
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I am aware of View Components (https://viewcomponent.org/ ) for #rails, would anyone venture to share their experience with using View Components?
(DIR) Post #APMsJ3O1LiLVehAaqu by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2022-11-07T17:57:18Z
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@james I'm happy to take your lead since you are the one that has to go through the waiting list.I'm glad I managed to get in before the door shuts, cos #ruby folk have blown me away with how helpful they are!
(DIR) Post #AS99odG99CLbpmXP5E by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2023-01-29T20:38:22Z
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@simon I introduced #Datasette to a neighbour this evening and he was over the moon. He has a cool project but I've been sworn to secrecy. I'll spill the beans once the embargo is lifted.
(DIR) Post #AS9D6N8S8PuGtw5cqu by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2023-01-29T21:18:35Z
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@simon He really liked the cluster map plugin, but then he was like 'I want to show the boundaries of these administrative units'. I think that the plugin uses Leaflet.markercluster under the hood which accepts polygonOptions. Am I right in thinking that the plugin doesn't use it as an option? If so I am half tempted to have a stab at adding it to the plugin.
(DIR) Post #AS9EHUYOzd5p365r8a by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2023-01-29T21:30:17Z
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@simon Ace, thank you!
(DIR) Post #ASH4k0Hu9XxwJWrxbc by Sandbagger@ruby.social
2023-02-02T16:22:37Z
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@simon I am being queried for options for hosting. Personally, I like fly.io (they have a great CLI) and I see here that you have another great plugin https://github.com/simonw/datasette-publish-flyTo your knowledge, the free tier should be able to accommodate an app consisting of no more than 4000 records right?