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  1. Software Development

    Two Weird Characters You’ll See in Ruby Methods

    If you’re new to ruby, you’ll occasionally come across ampersands (&) and asterisks (*) in methods. I was confused by this at first. I learned what they mean after a little digging.  In the examples I use below ——> means “returns” – as in, whatever is typed in front of ——> will return what is typed to […]

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  2. Software Development

    Why Your First Heroku Rails App Loads So Slow

    If you are new to Ruby on Rails and you recently launched your first application on Heroku, you may be puzzled by how slowly your website loads at times.  Heroku has a built in power up/power down mechanism that automatically powers down your application if no one visits your website over a 5-15 minute period of […]

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