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Neovim+Vscode fix nargs bug

VSCode+Neovim wasn’t working for me today and I took the time to debug and find the patched issue.

When starting VSCode with Neovim plugin, my VSCode displayed an error code:

line   34:
E1208: -complete used without -nargs
line   10:
E1208: -complete used without -nargs

Which led me to first finding an bug report in vim-ripgrep and I assumed the problem was in vim-ack due to similarity of purpose.

I removed that plugin from my plugged directory and restarted VSCode, but not luck.

Next I discovered a vscode-neovim bug and manually patched the two files per diff:

# Note prefix directory will depend on your choice of nvim
# package manager. I'm using plug.
~/.vim/plugged/vim/vscode-file-commands.vim:34
~/.vim/plugged/vim/vscode-tab-commands.vim:10

VSCode worked on the next start and once a new release of vscode-neovim is released, it will auto-update 😊.

Awesome Bundler Feature: Inline Gemfiles

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Ruby’s Bundler introduced a feature that I’m loving for prototypes and quick scripting

Inline Gemfiles

Introduced in v1.10, these avoid needing a separate declaration of a Gemfile and you write it directly into the script you’re creating.

It fixes the following ergonomic issues:

Writing a separate Gemfile when your program is a single Ruby script is overkill
Packaging your Gemfile to accompany aforementioned script is a hassle
For single file scripts you can now rely on Gems!

How To Use It

require 'bundler/inline'

# Declare Gemfile in ruby script
gemfile do
  source 'https://rubygems.org'
  gem 'mongo'
  gem 'pry'
end

client = Mongo::Client.new(ENV.fetch('MONGO_URL'))

PS

I’m not writing much Ruby these days because I work leading engineers, but when I hack on things in my spare time I’m prototyping and want to iterate on an idea before converting it to Golang. I did this recently when iterating on how to speed up controlled MongoDB failovers and when spiking out a terraform-like system for MongoDB configuration management.

Bundler-inline is great for these situations because they’re a single Ruby script but require installing Gems :).

The Power of Saying No

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As an engineering leader, saying no is a superpower.

Counter: Saying yes and imagining what’s possible is a superpower.

Honorable mention: Avoiding becoming a gatekeeper or single point of failure is a superpower

TLDR: Build distributed and fault tolerant human systems. Reject what needs to be rejected and say yes to ambitious things you can’t yet conceive.

Rails Security Practices Summary

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A good summary and collection of Rails security/anonymizing practices:

https://ankane.org/sensitive-data-rails

Starting in a new environment