Umar GhouseThe Problem of Polarisation (Part 2): ToolsThis post is Part 2 of a 2-part series. If you haven’t yet read Part 1, you can check it out here.Nov 21, 2023Nov 21, 2023
Umar GhouseThe Problem of Polarisation (Part 1)The last few years have made it abundantly clear that we live in a polarised world. We’ve seen a lot of “us vs. them” rhetoric flying…Nov 19, 2023Nov 19, 2023
Umar GhouseFrom Safe Spaces to Empathic SpacesI’d recently read about the controversial workplace policy changes that Basecamp had made to it’s workspaces and that got me thinking a bit…Aug 23, 2021Aug 23, 2021
Umar GhouseThe Gift and Curse of WSLI’ve been using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for a while now and let me tell ya, for Ruby development, it’s a life-saver.Oct 24, 2020Oct 24, 2020
Umar GhouseStop using EnumsFirst things first, was that title clickbait? Yes. But, it was a lot catchier than “Stop using enums where they aren’t the best choice and…Jul 28, 2020Jul 28, 2020
Umar GhouseThe Ups and Downs of Rails MagicI love using Ruby on Rails to code websites — being a well-established web framework, it makes the process quick and easy. Not to mention…Jun 21, 2020Jun 21, 2020
Umar GhouseHow I stay calmThe company I work for recently started an education programme for our corporate clients and my boss posed this question to me as a…Jun 1, 2020Jun 1, 2020
Umar GhouseI moved my Rails 6 blog to production! Here’s the stuff that brokeI decided to create my blog using Ruby on Rails 6 — the latest version of Rails. Why Rails 6? Because of ActionText and ActiveStorage.Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020
Umar GhouseProductive Energy and your EnvironmentI’ve been working from home everyday for the past 2–3 weeks. While working from home isn’t new to me (I used to do it an average of 2 days…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Umar GhouseFulfilling downtimeOK, so I have a confession to make. I have an addiction to a certain red pill. I’ve thrown away hours because of this pill and never felt…Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
