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.6 min read·Nov 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…3 min read·Nov 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…6 min read·Aug 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.5 min read·Oct 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…7 min read·Jul 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…8 min read·Jun 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…5 min read·Jun 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.5 min read·Apr 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…5 min read·Apr 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…4 min read·Mar 28, 2020----