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Apps that use `Module#prepend` on a method that the Ruby agent later puts an `alias_method` on can generate `stack level too deep` errors. Here’s what to do about it.
Continue ReadingWe’ve been tracking Rails 5 development and bumping our test environments with each new beta to ensure we’re ready for Rails 5.0.0 when you are.
Continue ReadingRedMonk analyzes New Relic’s data on which programming languages are being used with Docker, its uptake patterns, and the growth of the Docker community.
Continue ReadingMany New Relic employees contributed to Open Source Bridge, a volunteer-run event for open source developers in Portland.
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Continue ReadingWelcome back for the fourth installment in the Weird Ruby series. This time we’re going to talk about closures in Ruby, specifically when and why you would want to select a specific type of closure for your magical code adventures.
Continue ReadingHave you ever longed for a way to execute part of a loop part of the time? Then the flip-flop operator is perfect for you!
Continue ReadingAbout the simplest thing you can do with a relational database is tell it to delete some data: delete from accounts where accounts.cancelled = true You don’t have to be a DBA to figure out what that does. If only everything was that simple! If you’re using MySQL, as you begin collecting more and more…
Continue ReadingIn part two of our series on unexpected code behavior in Ruby, we cover using begin-else blocks with clauses to handle exceptions.
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