# stained (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover stained. Page: Feed: --- ## [A tour of Hereford Cathedral - Part 1](https://incola.substack.com/p/a-tour-of-hereford-cathedral-part) _2026-08-19 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ St Ethelbert, a medieval painted screen and some medieval stained glass ## [The Medieval Church Ale House](https://incola.substack.com/p/the-medieval-church-ale-house) _2026-08-12 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ An exploration of this central part of the church and rural economy before it was crushed by the Reformation ## [The St Laurence Window at Ludlow](https://incola.substack.com/p/the-st-laurence-window-at-ludlow) _2026-08-10 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ St Laurence, whose feast day is 10th August, was an immensely popular saint in the medieval period and if you look carefully, pretty much every medieval church which still has stained glass has an image of him. ## [Monasticism in Britain - The Synod of Whitby and its Aftermath](https://incola.substack.com/p/monasticism-in-britain-the-synod) _2026-08-05 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ 660 AD - c. 800 AD ## [The Arma Christi Manuscript MS89792 - August](https://incola.substack.com/p/the-arma-christi-manuscript-ms89792-dab) _2026-08-01 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ a 15th century Middle English manuscript, month by month ## [The Rood Screen of St Margarets, Herefordshire](https://incola.substack.com/p/the-rood-screen-of-st-margarets-herefordshire) _2026-07-29 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ In my recent visit to Herefordshire, I wanted to go to a little church called St Margarets which contained a rood screen, described by Pevsner as “one of the wonders of Herefordshire.” ## [St James of Compostela](https://incola.substack.com/p/st-james-of-compostela) _2026-07-25 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ Feast Day 25th July ## [St Mary Magdalen](https://incola.substack.com/p/st-mary-magdalen) _2026-07-22 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ Today is the feast day of St Mary Magdalen, one of my holy patrons, so I thought I would post about her and some of the images I have seen of her. ## [The Delights of Scripture](https://incola.substack.com/p/the-delights-of-scripture) _2026-07-17 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ From St Gregory the Great ## [Sellack St Tysilio - A Curious Mix](https://incola.substack.com/p/sellack-st-tysilio-a-curious-mix) _2026-07-15 · A Catholic Pilgrim · Incola ego sum in terra_ Victorian wreckovation, unique 17th century glass and medieval remnants ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dtMSYOpxp2fw) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [Let's talk about tools (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #04)](https://remimercier.com/ruby-stained-glass-notes-04/) _2026-07-08 · Rémi Mercier_ This is episode #04 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I talk about tools! ## [Square? Or freeform? (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #03)](https://remimercier.com/ruby-stained-glass-notes-03/) _2026-06-26 · Rémi Mercier_ This is episode #03 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I riff on the drawing and ask you which version you prefer! ## [Ideas are cheap. But glass? Not so much. (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #02)](https://remimercier.com/ruby-stained-glass-notes-02/) _2026-06-15 · Rémi Mercier_ This is episode #02 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained-glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, we talk about how to choose glass, and how stained glass windows should follow the open-closed principle too. ## [This idea cost me an ice cream (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #01)](https://remimercier.com/this-idea-cost-me-an-ice-cream/) _2026-06-09 · Rémi Mercier_ This is episode #01 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained-glass panel celebrating Ruby. ## [I'm making a collectible limited-edition Ruby stained glass panel](https://remimercier.com/ruby-stained-glass/) _2026-06-01 · Rémi Mercier_ After talking with Jeremy Smith and Jess Brown on the IndieRails podcast about stained glass and how I transitioned to programming in Ruby, I’ve had this crazy idea that I could tie the two together in a weird project. Well, here goes nothing! ## [An impromptu lightning talk at Rubycon](https://remimercier.com/what-about-the-juniors/) _2026-05-12 · Rémi Mercier_ Last week, I spent an extended weekend in Rimini, Italy, for the first edition of Rubycon where I gave a lightning talk connecting my reconversion story with the current trend of throwing junior developers under the bus for the sake of (AI) productivity. ## [IndieRails Podcast Interview](https://remimercier.com/indierails-pocast-interview/) _2026-03-10 · Rémi Mercier_ I joined Jeremy Smith and Jess Brown on the IndieRails podcast to talk about how I managed the transition from stained-glass master to freelance software engineer. ## [Plausible Deniability: Audio Presentation](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/plausible-deniability-audio-presentation) _2026-03-06 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ Comics, Embodiment Fantasies and the Rhetorical Fetishization of Transness ## [Plausible Deniability](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/plausible-deniability) _2026-03-05 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ Comics, Embodiment Fantasies and the Rhetorical Fetishization of Transness ## [Using Minitest::Spec in Rails? Watch out for the lifecycle hooks!](https://remimercier.com/minitest-spec-and-rails-hooks/) _2026-03-03 · Rémi Mercier_ A small mistake sent me on an overly long investigation into Minitest hooks, and how Rails integrates with these. ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uR483ljh5IUz) _2026-03-02 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [Fire and Lightning](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/fire-and-lightning) _2026-02-16 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ Everything you need to know about permanent hair removal ## [Announcing: Nameless](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/announcing-nameless) _2026-02-02 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ A sample from my first novel! ## [Reflecting on 2025](https://remimercier.com/reflecting-on-2025/) _2026-01-30 · Rémi Mercier_ Time to recap a good year. ## [Kaleidoscope: Branding Iron](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/kaleidoscope-branding-iron) _2026-01-19 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ Making your own Stained Glass Woman, Part 2 ## [Panel Lines](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/panel-lines) _2026-01-05 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ On being altersex, some assembly required ## [Compulsion](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/compulsion) _2025-12-08 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ Understanding the difference between intrusive thoughts and trans OCD ## [Kaleidoscope: Safety Gear](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/kaleidoscope-safety-gear) _2025-11-16 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ Making your own Stained Glass Woman, Part 1 ## [The Other Recovery](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/the-other-recovery) _2025-11-03 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ Handling post-surgical depression ## [More Minitest::Spec shenanigans](https://remimercier.com/more-minitest-spec/) _2025-10-19 · Rémi Mercier_ While I already covered the basics of \`Minitest::Spec\`, I forgot to discuss a few aspects of the spec flavor. This post serves as a complement to the previous one and digs a bit deeper into some extra \`Minitest::Spec\` shenanigans. ## [What is Minitest::Spec?](https://remimercier.com/minitest-spec/) _2025-10-13 · Rémi Mercier_ In my previous post, I talked a lot about how Minitest comes in various syntax flavors. One flavor I did not cover much is Minitest's spec extension. ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/abuvRYHikGG7) _2025-10-12 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [Substack Recommends Nazis](https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/substack-recommends-nazis) _2025-10-09 · Doc Impossible · Stained Glass Woman_ A brief history of publishing and how Neo-Nazis—and queer people—went mainstream ## [Marketing Haikus](https://remimercier.com/marketing-haikus/) _2025-10-09 · Rémi Mercier_ Just a list of haikus, mostly written when I was working (and being bored out of my wits) in marketing. Making fun as a tool to push through. ## [Lost in Minitest? Start here!](https://remimercier.com/introduction-to-minitest/) _2025-10-07 · Rémi Mercier_ I have a confession to make: I have never used Minitest in the seven years I've been a professional programmer. Lured by the promise of speed and wide adoption, I decided to try Minitest. Then I hit an unexpected roadblock. ## [Finally learning a new language](https://remimercier.com/learning-logo) _2025-09-12 · Rémi Mercier_ For years, people around me have been telling me to learn new programming languages—that I shouldn’t corner myself with Ruby (and Rails). And for years, I couldn’t muster the mental energy to do it. ## [Build a minimal decorator with Ruby in 30 minutes](https://remimercier.com/minimal-decorator-ruby/) _2025-06-12 · Rémi Mercier_ A while ago, I needed to add some view-related instance methods to a model. Decorators are my go-to pattern to handle this kind of logic. So, I built a minimal decorator from scratch, added a bunch of extra behaviors, only to end up abstracting all of that away. Follow along! ## [The stained glass store](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/the-stained-glass-store) _2025-05-01 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ Second monthly weekend organizing ## [The Golden Boy of the clubs](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/the-golden-boy-of-the-clubs) _2025-04-17 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ Club life in the 80's & 90's ## [That stained glass adventure](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/that-stained-glass-adventure) _2025-04-01 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ It was a doozy ## [A stained glass adventure](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/a-stained-glass-adventure) _2025-03-14 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ Another opportunity to help good people ## [Speed up RSpec tests: understand lifecycle and execution](https://remimercier.com/aggregate-rspec-expectations/) _2025-03-10 · Rémi Mercier_ One of RSpec's strengths is the legibility of its behavior-based DSL. The other side of this coin is that the proliferation of small example blocks introduces a performance overhead. ## [Karen Yvonne](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/karen-yvonne) _2025-02-26 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ The Peoria Illinois OG trans woman ## [Six year old me](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/six-year-old-me) _2025-02-19 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ Momma's little stinker ## [How to be a real man](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-real-man) _2025-02-19 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ A how to guide ## [Bluesky #BlueWall](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/bluesky-bluewall) _2025-02-15 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ Elimination of maga hate on Bluesky ## [The dumbest thing I ever did](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/the-dumbest-thing-i-ever-did) _2025-02-13 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ Spending my life hiding something ## [Haters gonna hate](https://squirrelturd.substack.com/p/haters-gonna-hate) _2025-02-12 · Squirrelturd · Squirrelturd’s Substack_ Jealousy, hat red & paranoia goes nowhere fast ## [How I use git add --patch for reviewing my work](https://remimercier.com/git-add-patch/) _2025-02-10 · Rémi Mercier_ When working on features, I strive to preserve my flow, which means, that after a few hours, I'll have a bunch of untracked files waiting for me in git. I use \`git add --patch\` to effectively bundling my work into separate commits. ## [Poking around PostgreSQL full-text search: a beginners primer](https://remimercier.com/postgresql-full-text-search-for-beginners/) _2024-11-05 · Rémi Mercier_ Today, I want to share a different type of post. Nothing polished. Just me goofing around with PostgreSQL's full-text search capabilities. ## [Interfacing with external APIs: the facade pattern in Ruby](https://remimercier.com/facade-pattern/) _2024-10-14 · Rémi Mercier_ Interacting with third-party APIs is common practice in applications. This is where the structural design pattern called facade comes into play. ## [What if your private method was a public method? A practical tip to identify bad design](https://remimercier.com/private-methods-public-methods/) _2024-09-16 · Rémi Mercier_ Where I share a badly designed piece of code, think about what process I can use to reveal its flaws, and how to make it better.