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Load testing GraphQL with WRK

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For performance testing wrk is one of my favorite tools. Whether you are trying to get a quick benchmark or building a performance test suite - it is fairly ...

CLI OAuth in Ruby

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Have you ever used a command-line application that triggered an OAuth authentication flow to log you in and wondered how that works? For example, Google Clou...

Improve your Shell with FZF and Friends

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If you spend lots of time in the terminal fuzzy searching can be an absolute game changer - at least it was for me. Tools like FZF, FZY, or Selecta allow you...

Fabulous FactoryBot - A deep dive

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When you write automated tests you sooner or later need to worry about test data. Regardless of whether you write unit, integration or end to end tests, it’s...

A Year of Glumpat

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A year ago I made a post describing my workspace setup. A lot has happened in this past year, and so my setup changed a fair bit. In this post I’ll give you ...

An Introduction to IdeaVim

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I have been using Vim seriously™ for about a year now. As I have learned, and other Vim acolytes will probably tell you, learning Vim works best if you use i...

Mastering Vim Quickly - A Short Review

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I wrote about Practical Vim a while ago, and since then I have been trying to improve my Vim in a number of ways. One of which is, coincidentally, reading mo...

Impressions of CON.ECT Software Trends

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On the 20th of September 2018 I had the opportunity to attend and speak at a small event organized by CON.ECT Event Management.

Glumpat

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A colleague of mine recently said to me: “Hans, you know, you use so much stuff in your terminal. So many tools. Don’t you want to do a talk about it or some...