Ted Whang

We all hear from social media and other outlets that we should strive to become the best versions of ourselves. The messages that they sent have great intentions however, they often forget a very crucial aspect of success: maintenance. Maintenence comes in many shapes: sleep, cleaning, exercise, oil changes, brushing

Being a software engineer often affords the privilege of working while traveling. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, developers could often set up from anywhere in the world as long as they got the work done and were available during core working hours (many require that you stay within certain

What is a Magic Link?Magic Links are links that provide instant sign-in without entering a password. You may have encountered a website that only asks for your email. They will send you an email with a link that you will use to authenticate and access the site. What solutions

"Beep beep beep" Your beauty sleep is rudely interrupted by the sound of your alarm clock. Instinctively, you press snooze before you even realize what happened. Deep inside you know you should get up right away. That you would live a better life if you got up right away and

When embarking on a new journey, it's really to be motivated. You may have hit a breaking point in your life and you decide that it's finally time to lose some weight. You may decide that you're tired of living paycheck to paycheck and you really want to acquire the

Here are some things that you should know before embarking on your software journey. The journey is going to be hard"Oh yeah I know, but I can handle it."This will likely be the most academically challenging thing you've ever done in your life. Furthermore, you will need to

As a Rails engineer, you inevitably have run across an issue with Nokogiri when running bundle install. Most of the issues are caused by compilation issues. Thankfully those have been fixed with Nokogiri now provides pre-compiled native gems. This means that we don't need to compile Nokogiri on our local

If you've been a Rails developer for at least a few years, you're definitely tired of hearing, "Is Ruby on Rails dead?" Long-time Rails engineers fully understand that Rails is not dead and is nowhere close to being dead. There are still massive tech companies like Airbnb, Github, Shopify, Zendesk,

And how you can too! Contributing to Ruby on Rails can often feel intimidating. You might think to yourself, "Wow there are all these smart people working on a great framework. What could I possibly contribute?" Yes Ruby on Rails is a wonderful framework. But at the end of the