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Rails 6.1 with ActionCable and Stimulus2 – Real-Time Programming Tutorial
Back again with another Rails talk! Today I do a quick run through of getting Rails 6.1 working with ActionCable and Stimulus (or Stimulus JS, if you prefer). And no, I’m not doing a messaging app, I am doing an app that pushes out object updates to a webpage. I am using the new Stimulus…
January 5, 2021
First Look: Sharding in Rails 6.1
Rails 6.1 was released as a stable build not so long ago. One of the features I was interested in is the support for sharding. In this video I take my first look at it. 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Setup 02:30 What is Sharding? 06:00 Configure and Create the DBs 08:35 Put data in the database…
December 28, 2020
What is a Tech Entrepreneur and ARE YOU ONE???
I am back with a vengeance – talking about my passion: Tech Entrepreneurship In today’s video I cover the basic questions – what is a Tech Entrepreneur, and are YOU ONE? What are the traits of a Tech Entrepreneur and what should you know going in? Watch to find out! 🔔 Subscribe for more straight…
September 20, 2020
20 Years A Tech Entrepreneur
It’s time to get back on track! I’m coming up to 20 years as a tech entrepreneur. That means founding or co-founding startups. Some worked, some didn’t. Watch this into to me and subscribe to get new videos where I will go over the entrepreneurs journey and how you can create your own successful business!…
September 20, 2020
Your Mother or Your Life
I have been a ‘Permanent Resident’ (at least that’s what my visa says) of Japan for 7 years. I pay tax here, I pay social security here. This is the only country on earth where I have a home and health care. My business is here. But in the eyes of the Japanese government, I…
August 21, 2020
Why the death of Anthony Bourdain should mean something to you
The last article I wrote on here was about how the death of Anthony Bourdain should mean nothing to you. In a sense I was wrong. The article was written as a (perhaps knee-jerk) reaction to all the posts I was reading about how the death of the TV Chef would leave a hole in…
December 9, 2018
Why the death of Anthony Bourdain should mean nothing to you
Use others as inspiration but never use them as a measuring stick to decide if your own life measured up.
June 9, 2018
Customer Service – How to infuriate your customers
A great way to infuriate your customers is to send them form letters that hint that you could answer them, but really you can’t be bothered and that they are just generic “actors” you meet along the way to making lots of money. We only, usually, contact customer service when something goes wrong. It is…
January 26, 2018
My Year In Crypto #2 – Crypto Confusion
In this episode, you can literally watch my brain spinning as I try to understand a fundamental concept – what is the relationship between the “white paper” of a cryptocurrency and the “coin” of that currency that you buy on an exchange. The white paper I refer to is the one for “EOS” a supposedly…
January 10, 2018
My Year in Crypto #1 – What is Crypto Currency?
I’d heard about it. I’d ignored it. I looked into BitCoin in 2010! I’d even mined, but thought it was too slow and at the time it was worth nothing. It was like doing SETI. Even as late as last year friends asked me if it was a good investment and I had to honestly…
January 4, 2018

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