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I needed to add the Trix Editor to my React application and couldn’t find a simple solution. Since having an actual <input /> node in the DOM isn’t required, I opted to have the value bound directly the editor’s built in input node. Usage import React, { useState } from 'react' const Form = ()...
Github Actions were recently made widely available and this workflow has been awesome. It runs Postgres in a docker container and installs the libpq-dev package for the pg gem. Enjoy! It’s important to note that this configuration runs Postgres inside a docker container with the port forwarded to a random, available port within the build’s...
I’m often looking for a flexible solution for determining if I’m on the current route. I say flexible because sometimes a link is bound to a single controller, or sometimes multiple controllers, or multiple controllers with specific actions. Rails Helper Matcher Class Usage Spec Rails Helper # app/helpers/active_link_helper.rb # frozen_string_literal: true require_relative "../../lib/active_link_path" module ActiveLinkHelper...
A few years ago I had the opportunity to help build a social media platform designed to connect professionals with various connections. The idea being to index users based on companies or individuals they had previously mentioned having a connection to. While this is a problem I still don’t fully understand it was especially difficult...
I’ve recently been tasked with applying machine learning and neural networks to classify documents at my day job. Everyday while working to solve this problem I have new realizations about this field which was completely foreign to me only a few months ago. I took what is called a top-down approach, which basically means diving...