https://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mumdxhc3bn26I think this one is underrated.03 Sep 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumdxhc3bn26https://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mtelmlkxag25"Hi there, just giving you a call about your AWS usage at your business" "That's weird, we don't use it" "Azure?" "Nope" <stunned silence>18 Aug 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtelmlkxag25https://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mskxm6zy762pThis morning's two hour discovery: I am bad at soldering and should have gone to eBay first to sell a busted joypad for parts.08 Aug 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskxm6zy762phttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mokissx5ph2kLook at these lovely folks, wouldn't it be great to shake their hands in a week's time? https://thoughtbot.com/blog/meet-thoughtbot-at-brighton-ruby-202618 Jun 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokissx5ph2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mnmas327lt2mToday is Raffa's final day after nearly sixteen years. He's been in heart failure for a few weeks, and reached the point where we'd be keeping him around for us and not for him. Having, loving & losing a dog feels both ridiculous & deeply profound. Lots of tears at my place today.06 Jun 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmas327lt2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mkzjfc7x2722Designed a Brighton Ruby t-shirt for 2026! https://rubytshirts.com/collections/brighton-ruby04 May 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzjfc7x2722https://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mjhkmgafqy2sFact [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhkmgafqy2shttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mibj2vow632vThe inflection trilogy ends. (Much less cool than it sounds, but still useful) https://andycroll.com/ruby/teach-rails-irregular-plurals-with-inflections/30 Mar 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibj2vow632vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mhpz5une5m2jThe dive into inflections continues. https://andycroll.com/ruby/handle-uncountable-words-in-rails-inflections/23 Mar 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhpz5une5m2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mg3q4itlfp2kIn a world of AI there's one father-figure 90s robot we can believe in. https://rubytshirts.com/products/thumbs-up02 Mar 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3q4itlfp2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mg37dzjstl2wNow Heroku is drifting away... running your own servers is fine right? https://rubytshirts.com/products/servers-dont-bite02 Mar 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg37dzjstl2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3mg2z5qc3d52wto_param lets you customize your URLs https://andycroll.com/ruby/to-param-seo-friendly-urls/02 Mar 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2z5qc3d52whttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3meivzqqbbb2wWrote again on a nice little Rails-enabled inquiry pattern. https://andycroll.com/ruby/use-stringinquirer-for-readable-predicate-methods/10 Feb 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3meivzqqbbb2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andycroll.bsky.social/post/3me2dymyycv2sAlso I published this on a readable Rails-ism https://andycroll.com/ruby/prefer-in-over-include-for-readable-conditions/04 Feb 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:uoaziyn27dbkvippon6gor2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2dymyycv2s