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13 articles about tutorial - lessons from building and scaling real software.
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Build Efficient MCP Servers: Three Design Principles
Three design principles for context-efficient MCP servers: filter at source, pre-aggregate data, work creatively. Real reductions: 746k→262 tokens.
model-context-protocolmcp-developmentai-tools - ArticleRead more4 min read
The AI Prompt I Wish I Had While Documenting SaMD Systems in Rails
How AI could have helped me generate FDA audit-ready SDS documentation faster while building regulated software.
product-strategysamdregulatory-compliance - ArticleRead more4 min read
Acceptance Tests with Subdomains
How to use subdomains in your feature specs.
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Getting Started with iOS Development
Complete beginner's guide to iOS development with Swift. Learn Xcode setup, iOS development fundamentals, and start building iPhone apps with practical examples.
ios-developmentswiftxcode - ArticleRead more3 min read
Take Control of Your HTTP Caching in Rails
Get more control over HTTP caching in Rails.
web-developmentrailsruby - ArticleRead more7 min read
Introduction to Conditional HTTP Caching with Rails
Learn how to implement HTTP conditional caching in Rails using fresh_when.
web-developmentrailsruby - ArticleRead more3 min read
Scaling JSON APIs in Rails using ActiveModel::Serializers, Key-Based Caching, and Rack::Cache
Learn proven strategies for scaling JSON APIs in Rails applications. Performance optimization techniques using ActiveModel::Serializers, key-based caching, and Rack::Cache with real-world examples.
web-developmentrailsruby - ArticleRead more6 min read
CSS3 Transition Idiom
Exploring the use of CSS3 transitions, including browser feature detection, graceful degradation, and a simple idiom for applying transitions with fallbacks to JavaScript animations. Discusses the benefits of CSS transitions and methods for detecting browser support.
web-developmentcssjavascript - ArticleRead more4 min read
Bringing back the image map
A look at using image maps in modern web development, including a case study on creating clickable triangular areas, handling multiple instances of the same image map, and using JavaScript to determine which image was clicked.
web-developmentcssjavascript - ArticleRead more1 min read
CSS Gradient Definitions
An update to the CSS3 Gradient Generator that changes how the code sample is generated, moving from the 'background' property to 'background-image' to resolve issues with default values for other background properties.
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Using Uploadify with Rails 3 - Part 2 - Controller Example
A follow-up post on using Uploadify with Rails 3, focusing on setting up the controller to work with file uploads. This part covers handling content types and provides a full code sample for a Paperclip-based model and controller method.
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Using Uploadify with Rails 3
I recently worked on a couple of Rails projects which both implemented the ability to upload photos to the server. One of these projects required the ability t…
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About iPhone Web Applications
Let me start by this post by specifying that it actually originated from another post that I’m working on right now, but while writing it I went off on quite a…
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