Field Notes

My public notes collection — write-ups on topics I’ve been digging into, kept here for my own reference and in case they’re useful to anyone else.

Web Development

Frameworks and languages for building for the web.

Structure, conventions, and defaults for building Rails apps.

The minimal Rack-based DSL for small apps and APIs.

The dry-rb-based full-stack framework, and how it differs from Rails.

Frameworks and tools for testing code.

Ruby's standard-library test framework, and how it's used in Rails.

The behavior-driven testing DSL, matchers, doubles, and rspec-rails.

Driving a browser through your app in feature and system tests.

Software I use day to day.

Core commands and concepts for day-to-day version control.

Config, keybindings, and shell integration for the terminal.

Focus mode, templates, and the Markdown-first writing workflow.

Profiles, containers, privacy settings, and customization.

Modes, motions, and operators for modal editing.

Systems and methods, on paper and off.

Rapid logging, collections, and migration in a plain notebook.