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• My Red Hot ADHD Programming 'Affliction'

  Sorry, Dave, ADHD is real, and (not acknowledging it) can hurt you. Hi. I’m Richard. I’m a Ruby Core Contributor. I also code in Rust, and enjoy giving talks and writing books about How to (Contribute to) Open Source. I was diagnosed with ADHD in my late 30’s. What does it mean that I was “diagnosed” with ADHD? Am I simply a speed junkie? What even is ADHD, and why is there so much misinformation and misunderstanding about it? Keep reading to find out.

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• RubyConf 2024: Cloud Native Buildpack Hackday (and other Ruby deploy tools, too!)

  I’ve spent the last decade+ working on Ruby deploy tooling, including (but not limited to) the Heroku classic and upcoming Cloud Native Buildpack. If you want to contribute to a Ruby deployment or packaging tool (even if it’s not one I maintain), I can help. If you want to learn more about Cloud Native Buildpacks (CNBs) and maybe get a green square on GitHub (or TWO!), keep reading for more resources.

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• Docker without Dockerfile: Build a Ruby on Rails application image in 5 minutes with Cloud Native Buildpacks (CNB)

  I love the power of containers, but I’ve never loved Dockerfile. In this post we’ll build a working OCI image of a Ruby on Rails application that can run locally without the need to write or maintain a Dockerfile. You will learn about the Cloud Native Buildpack (CNB) ecosystem, and how to utilize the pack CLI to build images. Let’s get to it!

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• It's dangerous to go alone, `pub` `mod` `use` this.rs

  What exactly does use and mod do in Rust? And how exactly do I “require” that other file I just made? This article is what I wish I could have given a younger me.

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• What is github.com/zombocom and why most of my Ruby libraries there?

  The other day I got another question about the zombocom org on GitHub that prompted me to write this post. This org, github.com/zombocom, holds most all of my popular libraries). Why put them in a custom GitHub org, and why name it zombocom? Let’s find out.

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