Giving Pi a Mobile Interface
Pi Remote gives me a private mobile interface for the Pi coding agents already running on my computer.
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Notes on Ruby, Rails, Hotwire Native, development tools, and software projects.
Edit Rails Credentials with Neovim
How to open, edit, save, and re-encrypt Rails credentials using Neovim.
Working with Hotwire Native # 4
iOS Push Notifications This went relatively smooth. I fought a bit with the .p8 file for the token and setting up the configuration for the connection, but that was likely because I it was 5:30am and…
Working with Hotwire Native # 3
Conditional Hotwire Tabs I wrote an override for HotwireTabController so that I can do a quick session check to determine which tabs should be showed. This seems to be working well enough that I…
Working with Hotwire Native # 2
I stepped away from the iOS app for a number of weeks to implement some other features for Missionbase. I particularly wanted to have Web Push Notifications working – which is now in place and…
Working with Hotwire Native # 1
Documenting my experience taking a new Rails app (Missionbase) to the iOS app store. Days 1-3 Saturday, May 17, 2025 to Monday, May 19, 2025 Progress * Set up Xcode project for Missionbase * Set up…
Date, DateTime, Time, and Time Zones in Ruby & Ruby on Rails
A practical reference for working with calendar dates, system time, application time zones, UTC, and date formatting in Ruby and Rails.
TypeError: Module specifier 'application' does not start with '/', './', or '../' in Rails with importmap-rails
How to fix an unresolved application module specifier in Rails applications using importmap-rails, including support for older Safari and iOS versions.
Ruby indenting in Neovim
How to stop Neovim from resetting Ruby indentation when typing a period while keeping Tree-sitter parsing and highlighting enabled.
Measuring elapsed time with Ruby
How to measure elapsed time reliably in Ruby using the monotonic clock instead of wall-clock time.