Walther H Diechmann

Walther H Diechmann

Got on the train just about when the IBM PC 5150 got introduced and never really got off again - switched to macOS about 2006 though, and never looked back. It's been such a ride!

Building Mortimer, Day 7

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Day 7 I was a full week into building the next volume of Mortimer and I was so deep into building, with day 6 being a huge day, that I did not see
How to get paid

How to get paid

4 min read rails
Using Stripe to collect subscription fees from your customers is incredibly easy -- Stripe did such a good job documenting the process, and holding your hand along the way with their setup guide!
Locker::Room

Locker::Room

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Traditional data modelling has it that there are two patterns - the optimistic and the pessimistic locking. The optimistic is the Rails default; one in which "we get away with it - if

Building Mortimer, day 6

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We left the project last night in a state of alarm, full of questions - was I going down with a bug, would the world rise to a new day, how about the

Building Mortimer, day 5

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"I hate Mondays" is what Garfield has been expressing for 46 years (it has an anniversary in two days from now 😄) or to put it somewhat more civic – I don't like Mondays Suffice