“...I've been working since 2008 with Ruby / Ruby on Rails, love a bit of Elixir / Phoenix and learning Rust. I also poke through other people's code and make PRs for OpenSource Ruby projects that sometimes make it. Currently working for InPay who are based in Denmark...”

Rob Lacey
Senior Software Engineer, UK

Docker yet again

I still haven’t got to grips with Docker, I need to sort out our CI environment as it’s a bit weird and stuff is missing so….let’s give Docker a whirl. I’ve already got it installed so.

Robs-MacBook-Pro:rostering rl$ docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           19.03.12
 API version:       1.40
 Go version:        go1.13.10
 Git commit:        48a66213fe
 Built:             Mon Jun 22 15:41:33 2020
 OS/Arch:           darwin/amd64
 Experimental:      false

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          19.03.12
  API version:      1.40 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.13.10
  Git commit:       48a66213fe
  Built:            Mon Jun 22 15:49:27 2020
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v1.2.13
  GitCommit:        7ad184331fa3e55e52b890ea95e65ba581ae3429
 runc:
  Version:          1.0.0-rc10
  GitCommit:        dc9208a3303feef5b3839f4323d9beb36df0a9dd
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.18.0
  GitCommit:        fec3683

Run a Ruby command without that version of Ruby installed.

Robs-MacBook-Pro:rostering rl$ docker run ruby:2.7 ruby -e "puts :hello"
Unable to find image 'ruby:2.7' locally
2.7: Pulling from library/ruby
d6ff36c9ec48: Pull complete 
c958d65b3090: Pull complete 
edaf0a6b092f: Pull complete 
80931cf68816: Pull complete 
bc1b8aca3825: Pull complete 
e64edafe3f35: Pull complete 
5f7e31a225bc: Pull complete 
a7a2582e3a28: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:4cdd89e947cc52c78c273953e42a6e9d94ca4cd182875fd50745550580b772f4
Status: Downloaded newer image for ruby:2.7
hello

And now after

Robs-MacBook-Pro:rostering rl$ docker run ruby:2.7 ruby -e "puts :hello"
hello

Ok that’s pretty cool :)

Now if we want to mount an existing directory inside our Docker instance, and boot it with interactive mode

Robs-MacBook-Pro:rostering rl$ docker run -it -v ${PWD}:/apps/rostering  ruby:2.6.6 bash
Unable to find image 'ruby:2.6.6' locally
2.6.6: Pulling from library/ruby
d6ff36c9ec48: Already exists 
root@520c19cb27a6:/# cd apps/rostering/
root@520c19cb27a6:/apps/rostering# bundle install
Traceback (most recent call last):
	2: from /usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in `<main>'
	1: from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems.rb:302:in `activate_bin_path'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems.rb:283:in `find_spec_for_exe': Could not find 'bundler' (2.1.4) required by your /apps/rostering/Gemfile.lock. (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
To update to the latest version installed on your system, run `bundle update --bundler`.
To install the missing version, run `gem install bundler:2.1.4`
root@520c19cb27a6:/apps/rostering# gem install bundler:2.1.4
Fetching bundler-2.1.4.gem
Successfully installed bundler-2.1.4
1 gem installed

It’s effectively a new version of Ruby with no dependencies, so we need to install bundler, etc.

root@520c19cb27a6:/apps/rostering# gem install bundler:2.1.4
Fetching bundler-2.1.4.gem
Successfully installed bundler-2.1.4
1 gem installed
root@520c19cb27a6:/apps/rostering# bundle install
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.........
Fetching https://github.com/shorelabs/js-exception-notifier.git
Fetching rake 13.0.1
Installing rake 13.0.1
Fetching concurrent-ruby 1.1.6
Installing concurrent-ruby 1.1.6
Fetching aasm 5.1.0
Installing aasm 5.1.0
Fetching i18n 1.8.5
Installing i18n 1.8.5
Fetching minitest 5.14.1
.....

I'm a bit Rust(y), thought I'd learn summat new

use std::io::stdin;

struct Visitor {
    name: String,
    greeting: String
}

impl Visitor {
    fn new(name: &str, greeting: &str) -> Self {
        Self {
            name: name.to_lowercase(),
            greeting: greeting.to_string(),
        }
    }

    fn greet_visitor(&self) {
        println!("{}", self.greeting);
    }
}

fn main() {
    println!("Hello, what's your name?");
    let your_name = what_is_your_name();

    if your_name == "bert" {
        println!("Hello, {:?}", your_name);
    } else {
        println!("No, {}, Just no", your_name)
    }

    let visitor_list: [&str; 2] = ["bert", "ernie"];

    for i in 0..=10 {
        println!("{}", i);
    }

    let mut allow = false;

    for v in 0..visitor_list.len() {
        if visitor_list[v] == your_name {
            allow = true;
            println!("Yeah, whatever {}", your_name);
        }
    }

    if allow {
        println!("OK, {}. After much debate. You smell!", your_name)
    }
}

fn what_is_your_name() -> String {
    let mut your_name = String::new();
    stdin().read_line(&mut your_name).expect("FAAIIIILLLED!!!");
    your_name.trim().to_lowercase()
}

MySQL OpenSSL missing?

Ever had this one?

rails aborted!
LoadError: dlopen(/Users/b/.rbenv/versions/2.6.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle, 9): Library not loaded: libssl.1.1.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/b/.rbenv/versions/2.6.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle
  Reason: image not found - /Users/b/.rbenv/versions/2.6.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/mysql2.bundle
/Users/b/rails_projects/ring/config/application.rb:29:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/b/rails_projects/ring/Rakefile:4:in `require_relative'
/Users/b/rails_projects/ring/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
bin/rails:4:in `require'
bin/rails:4:in `<main>'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

I get the impression this is the solution.

gem install mysql2 -v 0.5.3 -- --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib

How many routes does my Rails app have?

Simple.

::Rails.application.routes.routes.size

I don't normally do Python, but...

Needs must, as all the best cool kids are making Constraints Solvers in Python. Shall I rewrite Practical Python AI Projects: Mathematical Models of Optimization Problems in Ruby? Might be funs.

Anyway, Chapter 1 introduced a simple solver, but this is even simpler.

A Whole Lotta Ruby

Trying to clean up this machine and it would appear I’ve got 21Gb of just Ruby.

I mean I like Ruby, sure. But I don’t need 4billion versions.

Styling broken images like a boss

Found this little gem for styling broken images so they don’t look all of the wrong.

I am not here. No really I am not.

Really liking this, the empty images default is just awful.

img {  
  position: relative;
}

/* style this to fit your needs */
/* and remove [alt] to apply to all images*/
img[alt]:after {  
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background-color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Helvetica';
  font-weight: 300;
  line-height: 2;  
  text-align: center;
  content: attr(alt);
}

The Big Learn - Elixir

1. Elixir is not Ruby

2. It’s not quite Erlang either, Elixir is different

3. Assignment is not assignment, it’s making sure stuff matches

iex(18)> a = 1
1
iex(19)> 1 = a
1
iex(20)> 2 = a
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: 1
    (stdlib) erl_eval.erl:453: :erl_eval.expr/5
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:257: IEx.Evaluator.handle_eval/5
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:237: IEx.Evaluator.do_eval/3
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:215: IEx.Evaluator.eval/3
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:103: IEx.Evaluator.loop/1
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:27: IEx.Evaluator.init/4
iex(20)> a = 2
2
iex(21)> 2 = a

_why this is the only book you ever need

If you’ve never heard of why the lucky stiff perhaps you’ve been living under a rock for the past 10 years and hitting your Ruby apps with a blunt tuna. They wrote a ton of stuff in Ruby such as Hpricot, Shoes, Syck, Camping, I could go on I won’t.

_why also wrote an online book called why’s (poignant) guide to ruby, it’s inspirational and funny and bat shit silly. You should read it. I managed to get a physical copy because someone decided to put lots of effort into making it so.

If you ever find this, buy it, read it, code till your fingers are a bit sore.

Copying S3 objects around, even between buckets.

Saved some bandwidth and moved stuff around to get our house in order. Need to remember this example.

source = 'downloads.bigblindmedia/download/files/files/000/000/929/original/Banded_Sandwich_by_Iain_Moran_Download.mp4'
target = 'download/videos/files/000/000/929/original/Banded_Sandwich_by_Iain_Moran_Download.mp4'

s3 = Aws::S3::Client.new(
  region: 'eu-west-2',
  access_key_id: '********',
  secret_access_key: '********'
)

s3.copy_object(
  copy_source: source, 
  bucket: 'downloads.bigblindmedia',
  key: target
)