SaturdayMP Show 70: Migrate From Rails to Jekyll Part 3

I’m still not done migrating to Jekyll. In this video I struggle to get Bootstrap customizations working with Jekyll, and I figure out that GitHub Pages gem will use the Primer theme by default. I then break the build by trying to remove the Primer theme.

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SaturdayMP Show 69: Migrate From Rails to Jekyll (Part 2)

In this episode I start migrating my Rails website to Jekyll and get the home page mostly done with the help of Claude Code. I do run into an issue with Visual Studio Code not setup correctly for Windows Subsystem for Linux but get it sorted out.

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SaturdayMP Show 68: Migrate Website From Rails to Jekyll (Part 1)

In this episode I create an empty GitHub Pages Jekyll project with the long-term goal of moving the existing Rails SaturdayMP website to GitHub Pages. While creating the new GitHub Pages project, I play with the GitHub Copilot Agent and create a Docker container to test the new site locally.

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SaturdayMP Show 66: picoCTF Format String 2 (Solved in One Long Video)

In this episode I solve the picoCTF Format String 2 problem in my longest video yet. Jump right to the end if you want to see the solution which used pwntools. I think it gave me the knowledge to solve Format String 3, which I haven’t solved yet. That said, I’m still struggling to picture the layout of variables on the stack.

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SaturdayMP Show 65: Something's Rotten at the Gilded Rose: A Python Refactoring Tale

In this episode I tackle the famous Gilded Rose Kata as practice for my upcoming Dev Edmonton JavaScript, Python & Ruby Meetup presentation. One of the great things about the Gilded Rose Kata is the different ways to “solve” it. What would have done different than me?

I’m posting this video the day before the presentation. Thank you to the Dev Edmonton JavaScript, Python, & Ruby Meetup for asking me to present.

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