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May 22, 2020

Full Server Set Up Guide Using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS With SSH, Docker, Nginx, Firewall, Fail2ban, etc.

When it comes time to deploy an application, website, or a cluster of websites, DevOps begins to rear its ugly head. Let's face it, for many developers, DevOps is a nightmare. And not all of us have an IT and DevOps team to help us out of this nightmare.

This guide is a step-by-step guide designed to get you from a bare VPS on a service such as DigitalOcean to a fully-functioning and production-ready web server as quickly as possible.

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June 15, 2020

Cloud 66 First Impressions

Cloud 66 is a platform for quickly and easily deploying and maintinging Rails and Node software. This article covers my first impressions while using this service for the first time.

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June 6, 2020

Rails Strong Parameters Shortcut for Scoping current_user to Record

This post covers a tip I learned for elegantly scoping the current user to the strong parameters in a rails controller.

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June 4, 2020

Rendering a Partial Outside of a View or Controller in Rails 6

Normally, rendering a partial in Rails is straightforward. Sometimes, however, you need to render a partial in unusual ways. I recently had this problem when trying to render a partial (as a string) for a library called cable_ready. I was unable to render the partial in the normal way from within a Stimulus Reflex file. Here is how I solved this problem.

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May 26, 2020

Rails Starter config/database.rb with PostgreSQL

If you're like me, you likely forget the exact format of the Rails config/database.rb file. This always has me hunting through the docs or old projects whenever I need to configure my database after starting a new project. This post will give you a very basic starter to help you get up and running a bit quicker.

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May 20, 2020

JSONB in PostgreSQL with Rails

JSONB is a PostgreSQL data type allowing you to store data as a real JSON object. It is stored in binary format and can be queried using special PostgreSQL JSONB query operators.

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May 20, 2020

Website Images for SEO and CRO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) require special tactics for optimizing images.

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May 20, 2020

Dear Manager Obsessed with SEO, the Simplest Case for Search Engine Ads

SEO is great. But too many business people focus too much on SEO. Search engine ads should absolutely not be ignored as a great advertising option.

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May 20, 2020

What is Copywriting?

Copywriting isn't just any form of writing. It's a special writing technique designed to help you sell more product.

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