The Five Secret Heroku Slug Cleaning Commands
This is to fix build, slug, and caching problems related to asset compilation during slug compilation. Everyone needs a little…
How to get your Heroku app to optimize your images for you automagically using Paperclip, image_optim and special buildpacks
Site speed can be said to be the number one issue facing web developers today. Whether it’s this KISS Metrics…
Nondestructive Migrations Versions 1.1.5 and 1.2
I am pleased to announce Versions 1.1.5 and 1.2 of my gem nondestructive-migrations. With these updates, nondestructive-migrations is ready for…
How to Delete the Google Trusted Store Preview Link
In your Google Trusted Store set-up, there is a process where you need to use a special link to validate…
A Module and View Helper
My colleagueReid Cooper and I discovered a nice little trick of controller concerns, something we sometimes call “behaviors” in our…
Encrypt Your Email With GPG
For Mac OS X users using the “Mail” app: https://gpgtools.org Check your Gmail on the web: Mailvelope Chrome plug-in If…
Paperclip, Rails and Heroku: How do I make my images look better
First, on Heroku, you’ll need to add a special buildpack to your slug: (note that all of the following commands…
Announcing nondestructive_migrations Version 1.1
I am pleased to announce the release of my gem nondestructive_migrations Version 1.1. Version 1.1 now supports Rails 4.0, 4.1,…