RailsConf 2024: a recap
I came back from RailsConf 2024 a couple days ago. The experience was amazing, and I feel both energized and socially exhausted, in a good way. Here’s a recap of my experience while it’s still fresh.
Rubber Ducky
Youssef Boulkaid's blog: Developer, rubyist, photographer and occasional writer.
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Hands-off eclipse photography with ruby and gphoto
For the 2024 eclipse, my wife and I decided to make the trip from Stockholm to Texas to get a chance to witness it. Being a photographer, I also wanted to try my hand at shooting the event.
I built a new tab page to look at my old pictures
Photography is my main hobby. I have been taking pictures for 17 years now, and while I do have a selection of my best work, 17 years worth of pictures is a lot more than that.
Photography assignment: Paraphrase
So, the assignment was to “paraphrase” a portrait, by drawing inspiration from another portrait (could be a photo, painting, sculpture etc) and make your version of it.
Principles and mental models from the Internet
This is a collection of principles and mental models I find useful or interesting. I might not 100% adhere to all of them and it serves mostly as a written document I can revisit to remind myself of those concepts.
When Moroccan music crosses borders
Crossovers between traditional Moroccan music and other genres
Silencing the Kinesis Advantage 2
After years of typing on thin Apple keyboards, my fingers started to hurt. First a little, then badly. Fearing for my career, I looked for solutions to fix that, and ended up splurging on a Kinesis Advantage 2.
My Software Engineering Values
Software should empower people
An ode to Ruby
A love letter to Ruby and Rails.
Letter to a junior web developer
The advice I wish I had when I started my carrer