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Ruby String Modification Performance

Having used many programming languages over the years; when I began using Ruby I expected to find that string interpolation performance would be slow and similar to other languages. I was surprised!

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Mask Your IP Address For Fun And Profit

Why would anyone want to mask or change their IP address? There are many possible reasons, but here are a few:

Update ActiveRecord Instance With Validation Context

Validation contexts are really useful, however only the methods valid? and save allow you to pass a custom validation context. What about update?

Why Not Google Chrome?

Why you should not use the Google Chrome browser