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Configuring Rails 6.0 with AWS S3 Bucket

Configuring Rails with an aws-sdk didn’t work the same for me as it did a few months ago. So here is an up-to-date guide on getting setup.


Setting Up Postgres on Windows with a Rails API

I recently tried to deploy an app on heruko and ran into the problem of switching my database to postgres. It was a bit complicated and I didn’t find all the answers I needed in any single place. I thought it would be worth it to organize the steps for myself and anyone else who is in need of help.


Amazon Polly in a Rails Web App

I built a language learning related web app and wanted to incorparate an AWS text-to-speech functionality to allow learners to hear how to pronounce specific words.


ActiveRecord Validations

If you’re like me you’re prone to diving into making code from scratch to solve a problem that already has prebuilt solutions available.


How to approach building a basic CLI scraper app

Starting a program from scratch can be intimidating. Here are the steps I followed to help me get started (and keep going). .

Start with the user interface.