Matthew Ford :bitzesty:

:bitzesty: Co-founder - Bit Zesty - software design, development, support agency - Ruby on Rails, JS, Python, Elixir/Phoenix and ReactNative.

👨🏽‍💻 Fractional CTO and technical advisor
🎮 Part-time gamer
🪴 Amateur gardener
🍺 Brewer of kombucha
He/him | Dyslexic | #Indigenous (Atacameño) & British
📍London / Maderia

Work:
#cto #ruby #rubyonrails #elixir #phoenix #reactnative #servicedesign #ux #userresearch

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2025-06-19

At #brightonruby today, come say hi đź‘‹

Andy kicking off Brighton Ruby conf
Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2025-01-29

Has anyone seen this issue with AWS RDS Aurora MYSQL?

Under heavy loads, the database returns an incorrect response (the response was supposed to be delivered to a different connection for a distinct query)—mismatched responses to requests.

reddit.com/r/aws/comments/jhi0

Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
2024-10-08

Netscape turns 30 this October.
If you recognize this splash screen, you’re officially permitted to feel old.

Netscape Navigator Splash Screen
Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
2024-09-24

I have started sponsoring Servo on GitHub.

As Mozilla Mozillas harder than anyone has ever Mozilla'd before I am more excited by the idea of 4th browser engine instead of a 200th meme browser that puts bookmarks on the blockchain or whatever.

Will this pay off? Who knows!

Please don't tell me about your favorite meme browser.

Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
2024-09-13

I'm just gonna say what a lot of us have been noticing this year.

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-07-11

I migrated a client application from a single server to the Digital Ocean App platform, and it was straightforward. Nice to see more competition in this space #DevOps #webdev

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-07-01

Had an amazing time at #BrightonRuby!

Big thanks to @andycroll for another fantastic event with great talks and conversations. I loved every moment and can’t wait to see everyone again next year.

Kudos to all the speakers! #Ruby

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-06-28

Happy to be in Brighton today for #brightonruby come say hi 👋🏽

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-06-11

@ben sungod- I like that you can replace the lenses sungod.co/en-gb/

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-06-10

@nshki free hosting never lasts, I would still stick with Fly, but there is also Render

Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
2024-05-15

Whether in a data center or cloud, SaaS companies have lots of things that need to be managed. And patched. And upgraded.

Too often, these activities are treated as projects, instead of part of the lifecycle of software or infrastructure. It's as if security (or whomever) turns on the Check Engine light in the car which needs a response, instead of like a commercial aircraft, where parts are always just replaced, no warning lights needed.

blog.mangoteque.com/blog/2024/

#devops #saas

Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
Garrett Dimon :ruby:garrettdimon@ruby.social
2024-05-15

Started trying out @kaspth's Associated Object gem, and I'm really digging it as a way to organize model logic. I'm only scratching the surface of using it so far, but it's delivering as advertised. github.com/kaspth/active_recor

Was having so much fun, I started a rough generator to make it a little faster, and Kasper already polished it up and created a PR. github.com/kaspth/active_recor

#Rails #Generators

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Dare Obasanjocarnage4life@mas.to
2024-05-15

You laugh so you don’t cry

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-05-09

@esm omg

Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
2024-05-09

Sometimes I like to think of Tim Cook being startled awake in the middle of the night and shouting “Jesus Christ we forgot about the iPad mini again!”

#apple

Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
2024-05-07

Our final — yes, final — RailsConf in 2025 will be a special one focused on celebrating the Rails community. Read more about this, other big changes happening at Ruby Central and how you can get involved here: rubycentral.org/news/anewearfo

Matthew Ford :bitzesty: boosted:
2024-05-06

Hate LinkedIn all you want, but this is an S-tier shitpost.

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-05-02
Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-04-16

Anyone used GoodJob in place of Sidekiq? Any thoughts?

Matthew Ford :bitzesty:Matthewcford@ruby.social
2024-04-12

@fredbrooker @dansup @Mastodon do the same maths for web apps... 50% of the web are basic Wordpress websites. Ruby is used also more for apps.

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst