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Using macOS Keychain to Secure MCP Secrets in Claude Code
Your Mac already has a solution for keeping API keys and database credentials out of your MCP configuration files — and you probably use it every day.
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Remote controlled Home Automation using Sinatra, Ruby and the LightwaveRF Wifi box
Build a Sinatra web server to control LightwaveRF devices over HTTP. Deploy on a Raspberry Pi for always-on home automation control.
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Home automation with Ruby using the LightwaveRF Wifi Link box
Control LightwaveRF lights and devices using Ruby. A gem for communicating with the Wifi Link box via UDP to turn on, off, and dim devices.
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Converting a github issue into a pull request
Use the GitHub API with curl to convert an existing issue into a pull request, preserving the discussion history.
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Installing Rails 3.2 on ArchLinux Raspberry Pi
Step-by-step guide to installing Ruby on Rails 3.2 on a Raspberry Pi running ArchLinux using pacman and Capistrano for deployment.
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Logging into a Rasberry Pi using Public/Private Keys
Set up SSH key-based authentication on your Raspberry Pi for passwordless login and improved security.
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Enabling SSH on Debian Raspberry Pi
Enable SSH on Debian Raspberry Pi for remote management. Find the IP address and connect from another computer.
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Controlling access to Routes and Rack apps in Rails 3 with Devise and Warden
Protect mounted Rack apps like Split or Resque with Devise authentication using Warden constraints in Rails routes.
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Display error_messages_for for a single flash error using a helper
A Rails helper to display flash error messages using the same styling as Active Model's error_messages_for.
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Language List Gem - a list of languages (ISO-639-1 or ISO-639-3) for Ruby
A Ruby gem providing a comprehensive list of languages with ISO-639-1 and ISO-639-3 codes for use in Rails apps.
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Some really quick git helpers
Useful git commands for deleting remote branches and tags, finding commits, and cleaning up merged branches.
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Using factory girl in a Rake task - uninitialized class variable @@configuration in Rails
Fix the uninitialized class variable @@configuration error when using Factory Girl in a Rails rake task by requiring it inside the task block.
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Receiving and Saving Incoming Email Images and Attachments with Paperclip and Rails 3
Extract email attachments and save them with Paperclip in Rails 3 using a Tempfile or StringIO approach.
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Receiving Test Driven Incoming Email for Rails 3
Develop and test incoming email handling in Rails 3 offline using TDD with controllers and ActionMailer receive methods.
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A Step by Step Guide to Receiving Email in your Web Application with CloudMailin
Configure CloudMailin to receive incoming emails via HTTP POST in any web application with custom domain support.
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Multipart Body - A gem for working with multipart data
A Ruby gem for creating multipart/form-data content for HTTP requests with file upload support.
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Receiving Incoming Email in Rails 3 - choosing the right approach
Compare approaches for receiving email in Rails 3: script/rails runner, cURL, IMAP polling, and service providers like CloudMailin.
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Thoughts on Google Priority Inbox, The How and the Why
How Google Priority Inbox uses Bayesian filtering to determine email importance, and alternatives like OtherInbox.
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MySQL, Snow Leopard and Rails 2.2.x, where has my Gem gone?
Install the MySQL gem on Snow Leopard with the correct architecture flags to fix native extension build errors.
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Automatically prepending url's with http://
A Ruby mixin to automatically prepend http:// to URLs stored in ActiveRecord models if the protocol is missing.
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Rails 3, Rake and url_for
How to use url_for and named routes in Rails 3 rake tasks by including the correct ActionDispatch modules.
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Render 'Rails Style' Partials in Sinatra
A Sinatra helper to render partials using Rails-style syntax with render :partial for easier migration between frameworks.
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Rounded Corners with an arrow on a UIView with the iPhone SDK 3.0
Draw a UIView with rounded corners and a speech bubble arrow using Core Graphics paths in iPhone SDK 3.0.
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Rounded Corners on a UIView with the iPhone SDK 3.0
Add rounded corners to UIViews programmatically using CALayer's cornerRadius property in iPhone SDK 3.0.
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Using Rack::Rewrite to remove the www
Use Rack::Rewrite middleware for server-agnostic 301 redirects to remove www from your Rails app URLs.
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ID free pretty permalink based URL's in Rails
Create SEO-friendly URLs in Rails without IDs using the slugs_are_bad plugin to override default finder methods.
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Using the new Rails 3.0 Gem bundler with Passenger, Mongrel and Heroku
Configure Bundler to work with both Passenger and Mongrel by splitting the setup between preinitializer.rb and boot.rb.
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Random, Previous and Next entries from Active Record models using offset
Efficient methods for getting random, previous, and next ActiveRecord entries using SQL offset instead of ORDER BY RAND().
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Ruby Gems and OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Fix native extension errors after upgrading to Snow Leopard by reinstalling gems like sys-uname that require rebuilding.
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Fragment Cache Expiration in Ruby on Rails
Use expires_in with fragment caching in Rails by specifying a custom cache key along with the options hash.
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