Brian Kephart

I play guitar and bass. Sometimes I code.

Kansas City Joined on Sep 15, 2017

Work

Tech Manager at Music House School of Music

Brian Kephart

Aug 26

Rendering Views through Action Cable with Devise and CanCanCan

#ruby #rails #actioncable #websockets

3 min read

Recent Comments

re: 100th Anniversary of the Theremin Oct 23

I built a theremin from a kit once. A Moog Etherwave, actuall...

re: Coffee drinkers: Do you take breaks? Aug 31

Not really, but I sometimes skip it if I'm not feeling well o...

re: What new software libraries and tools etc. are you excited about? Jul 30

I’m excited/frustrated waiting for new versions of Stimulus a...

re: Introducing stimulus-shortcut Jul 26

I saw your post on the forum back at the time, and I agree wi...

re: Introducing stimulus-shortcut Jul 26

I keep seeing reference to upcoming versions of Stimulus and ...

re: What are your favorite cloud services? Jul 24

I'm the only dev where I work, and the only reason I get away...

re: My programmer friends, How are you drinking your coffee? Jul 11

Black, freshly ground with a burr grinder. Cold brew in the s...

re: Learn Ruby through Testing: Ruby Koans Jul 9

I used RubyKoans when I was first learning. I recommend them ...

Brian Kephart

Jun 26

Collection Caching in Rails with Local Variables

#discuss #rails #ruby #performance

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2 min read

Brian Kephart

Mar 23 '19

Mac users, recommend me a booklet printer!

#help

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1 min read

Brian Kephart

Feb 26 '19

75 people followed me yesterday. Why?

#meta

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1 min read

Brian Kephart

Feb 9 '19

Template design pattern in Ruby. Any reason not to use a module instead of a superclass?

#discuss #ruby #oop

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1 min read

Brian Kephart

Aug 29 '18

Dropdowns Without Javascript

#css #ui

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2 min read

Brian Kephart

Aug 15 '18

Adding Code Quality Checks To Your Ruby Test Suite

#ruby #rails #testing

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4 min read

Brian Kephart

Jun 10 '18

Explain Generics Like I'm Five

#explainlikeimfive #discuss #generics

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1 min read

Brian Kephart

Jun 8 '18

Passing Arguments to StimulusJS Controllers

#stimulusjs #stimulus #javascript #rails

4 min read

Brian Kephart

May 6 '18

What hobby/skill do you wish you pursued more regularly?

#discuss #hobbies #music

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1 min read

Brian Kephart

Apr 20 '18

My Experience as a RailsConf Opportunity Scholar

#rails #ruby #conference

9 min read

Brian Kephart

Mar 28 '18

Testing Bidirectional Associations in Rails

#ruby #rails #minitest

7 min read

Brian Kephart

Feb 18 '18

Redis is letting you down, but it doesn't have to

#redis #heroku #rails #ruby

3 min read

Brian Kephart

Feb 17 '18

Basic Concurrency in Ruby. Really Basic.

#ruby #concurrency #mri #cruby

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2 min read

Brian Kephart

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Rendering Views through Action Cable with Devise and CanCanCan

Recent Comments

Collection Caching in Rails with Local Variables

Mac users, recommend me a booklet printer!

75 people followed me yesterday. Why?

Template design pattern in Ruby. Any reason not to use a module instead of a superclass?

Dropdowns Without Javascript

Adding Code Quality Checks To Your Ruby Test Suite

Explain Generics Like I'm Five

Passing Arguments to StimulusJS Controllers

What hobby/skill do you wish you pursued more regularly?

My Experience as a RailsConf Opportunity Scholar

Testing Bidirectional Associations in Rails

Redis is letting you down, but it doesn't have to

Basic Concurrency in Ruby. Really Basic.

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