Every small agency has some version of the same problem: the client says they sent the file, the project manager remembers seeing it, and nobody can find the approved copy. A client document portal makes a useful Ruby on Rails…
A job looks simple on a calendar. There is a date, a customer and something that needs doing. Open the email thread behind the job, though, and things become more complicated. For instance, someone wants to move the appointment. A…
Saving a link takes a moment. Recalling why you saved it can take considerably longer. You see a headline, so you keep the tab open. A few days later, dozens of tabs are in front of you and the detail…
A Ruby script that fetches one price is easy enough to leave in a single file. Add account balances, signed requests and a feed that stays open all afternoon, and that file starts getting awkward. The HTTP code needs one…
The order says paid, and the payment provider shows a completed transaction. Yet the bank deposit is smaller than the invoice. Someone has to explain the difference. This gives you a starting point for a Ruby on Rails project: a…