10. May 2017
Popping errors out from ruby threads using a Queue
I had an issue at work where some database writes were throwing errors within a thread, and the error was being silently eaten when the thread died.
01. May 2017
Intro to Bayesian Classifiers
Bayes’ theorem is a way of determining the likelihood of an event A given that another event B has occurred. It’s a way of making an educated guess without much information to go on.
28. March 2017
Adding Database Constraints Using the `rein` Gem
rein is a gem for adding database constraints in rails migrations. It’s always been possible to set these up using execute calls in the migration, but rein makes it look rails-y.