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Adding Rails API Error Handling with Tests

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Development is a dangerous game. Things you don't expect, things you do. Systems fail, the cloud is not infallible.

Unlocking the Secrets of Rails Secrets and Credentials

If you are like many (most?) of us, you have encountered Rails Credentials/Secrets and secret_key_base and may have been left a bit (or more) confused.

This post is an attempt to remove some of that confusion by

Representing Email Addresses in Rails

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Dealing with and representing email addresses is very common in Ruby on Rails and other web applications. This is especially true when representing and implementing an

Adding Rack-Based Health Checks Without curl or wget

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You can not address a problem without first knowing that there is a problem. Having health checks in your application allows you to easily determine and monitor the status of your critical application

Disabling Selenium Chrome Automation Banner, Save address?, Save card?, Save password?, and Change your password Pop-Ups

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This shows you how to disable those Chrome Save address?, Save card?, Save Password?, and Change your password pop-up windows in

Add an SSH Key on a Mac

Add and configure an SSH Key to connect to remote source code repositories (like GitHub) and servers.

⚙️ You can use an automated script to add an SSH Key to your Mac.

I use a GitHub repository mac-setup for my basic Mac setup scripts including one to add a new SSH Key.

Mac Clean Install of an Operating System

This guides you through installing your existing or new macOS operating system (e.g. Sequoia‌) and removing all existing data and configuration, thus providing a "clean" installation like on a new machine. This type of clean installation ensures that there is no previous configuration that can cause issues.

Mac Update the System

You can either update the system software using just the System Settings application or start with the terminal and command line. But you will still need to use the System Settings application to complete the update.

It is easier to just use System Settings, but you do you.

Customize Your Mac

Once you are at the latest system software, customize your Mac.

These are some of my preferred settings.

Add Your Bluetooth Accessories Like Mouse and Keyboard

If you have a have bluetooth mouse or trackpad or keyboard, turn on bluetooth and connect them through...

System Settings > Bluetooth

	# --- Base Image ---
	FROM ruby:3.1.2-slim-bullseye AS ruby-base

	# --- Base Builder Stage ---
	FROM ruby-base AS base-builder

	# Update to match version in app Gemfile.lock
	ARG BUNDLER_VER=2.3.21

	# Static config