Tom de Bruijn

Organizer @amsrb @RailsGirls_NL #NoRuKo. Cola connoisseur. Gundam 🤖 pilot. he/him

Amsterdam, The Netherlands Joined on Sep 8, 2017 https://tomdebruijn.com

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AppSignal

Ruby, Rust, Elixir, JavaScript, git, documentation.

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Tom de Bruijn

Jun 16 '22

Calculating String length and width – Fun with Unicode

#rust #unicode #ruby #programming

9 min read

Tom de Bruijn for AppSignal

Jul 16 '20

Git is About Communication

#git #productivity #beginners #management

7 min read

Tom de Bruijn for AppSignal

Jul 4 '23

Expand Your Monitoring Capabilities with AppSignal's Standalone Agent Docker Image

#docker #elixir #ruby #node

2 min read

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Tom de Bruijn

Feb 6 '23

Write your own Domain Specific Language in Ruby

#ruby #dsl #metaprogramming #tutorial

12 min read

Tom de Bruijn

Feb 2 '21

When not to use instance variables in RSpec

#ruby #rails #rspec #testing

8 min read

Tom de Bruijn

Oct 26 '20

Git: Review changes before committing

#git #github #programming #code

7 min read

Tom de Bruijn

Sep 2 '20

Retry brittle tests until they fail

#testing #bash #ruby #productivity

3 min read

Tom de Bruijn for AppSignal

Sep 25 '18

#to_s or #to_str? Explicitly casting vs. implicitly coercing types in Ruby

#ruby #beginners #programming #learning

6 min read

Tom de Bruijn for AppSignal

Aug 14 '18

Rails Collection Caching

#ruby #rails #caching #beginners

5 min read

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Calculating String length and width – Fun with Unicode

Git is About Communication

Expand Your Monitoring Capabilities with AppSignal's Standalone Agent Docker Image

Want to connect with Tom de Bruijn?

Write your own Domain Specific Language in Ruby

When not to use instance variables in RSpec

Git: Review changes before committing

Retry brittle tests until they fail

#to_s or #to_str? Explicitly casting vs. implicitly coercing types in Ruby

Rails Collection Caching