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Quick Tip: Bash Script for Running RSpec Tests Under Rails

Tue October 11, 2011

This will be specific to our particular setup but could easily be adapted for other similar use cases. Basically, I got tired of typing: $ rake spec SPEC=spec/acceptance/path/to/file.rb SPEC_OPTS=’–line 42′ …in order to re-run a single test after attempting to fix it. The rspec output gives a stack trace that shows the file/line number the [...]

Bootstrapping an Ubuntu Server on Rackspace Using Cloud-Init and Fog

Fri August 19, 2011

Recently at work I needed to figure out how to bootstrap a server image on Rackspace, preferably using Ubuntu’s Cloud-Init package since we already had that working on EC2. I couldn’t find a single person who had done this before, so after struggling for a day or two and finally figuring out that it does [...]

»Featured Work

RisQue Gear

RisQue Gear

I was contracted to build a custom WordPress theme and integrate an e-commerce solution for this T-Shirt company.  This is [...]

PROMPTT/TrigPoint

PROMPTT/TrigPoint

During my time at TrigPoint Solutions, I designed and implemented the UIs for several important screens of the Promppt system [...]