Saturday MP Show 2: Struggling to get the RubyMine Debugger Working

Chris fights to get the debugger working in RubyMine and does not make any progress on Standard. It was frustrating but overall Chris enjoys working with RubyMine so thank you JetBrains for creating it.

If you have any questions you would like answered in a future show or have constructive feedback please DM me or send an email to ask@saturdaymp.com.

Saturday MP Show #1: Creating a Docker Development Environment for Standard (Ruby Linter)

Chris creates a Docker environment for Standard which is a Ruby linter. Thank you to Test Double for creating Standard.

If you have any questions you would like answered or constructive feedback please send an email to ask@saturdaymp.com.

You can find my fork of the Standard repo here. Ideally all the files in the video would be in the repo but since we ignored the Docker files at a local level, they are listed below.

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Rate Limiting Using Nginx and Fail2Ban - BSides Edmonton 2022

I’m honored to be presenting at BSides Edmonton on November 25, 2022. I’ll be demoing rate limiting using nginx and Fail2Ban. You can find the demo here in-case you want to follow along during the demo or you want a preview/spoiler.

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While I’m honored to be presenting, my hope is to learn more than I impart. I’m looking forward to chatting and learning from you, my fellow BSides Edmonton 2022 speakers and attendees. I enjoy discussing securing small to medium sized business, legacy code, software development best practices, games, or anything remotely technology or software related.

Generate a Todo List in Standard (Rubocop)

The older I get the more I appreciate code linters. Something that can detect and often correct my formatting errors? Great! One less thing I have to worry about. Then I can spend my time on more important tasks such fixing the bug, adding a new feature, or uniting/conquering the world.

The default linter for Ruby is Rubocop. It works great but I find it’s default rules to restrictive. You can change the defaults but that is time consuming and confusing. At least confusing to me. While searching for a Rubocop config that I liked I came across Standard.

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