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So today, I was implementing a Stripe Webhook for a Firebase application. The webhook would be implemented as a cloud function and I wanted to implement the code to verify that the request was securely coming from the…
Ever try setting up Ruby on Rails to use Namecheap's private e-mail to no avail. Me too. Finally figured out some settings that made things work. First off, for your smtp settings: config.action_mailer.delivery_method =…
After about 5 years of doing Ruby on Rails development, there is one aspect that for the longest time never seemed to sit well with me: TDD. It wasn't that I didn't understand the benefits, and it wasn't that I didn't…
Hey everyone, this will be a quick one. I'm finally coding a Swift iOS app to interface with my Rails app and I'm now at the point where I'm starting to implement PUT or PATCH requests for my record updates. For my…
So we've been using CarrierWave for a long time now for our Ruby on Rails projects. Even when we converted to direct upload, we were still using CarrierWave for image processing. It has stood the test of time and I've…
Update : The original posting of this article left out two key points that have to do with serving your videos over SSL and allowing your second Cloudfront instance to access your S3 MP4 bucket. Scroll down to the…
Alright, let's say your computer didn't shutdown properly, and you're running the PostgreSQL service (via homebrew or other mechanism). You may try to restart the server and it may tell you that there was no problem,…
This is going to be a quick one. I was working on a client project that uses Stripe Connect. We were using Stripe.js V2 to generate tokens for bank accounts. However, everytime I tried to use the test account numbers, I…
So recently one of our developers discovered an awesome service that Google Docs provides called the Google Docs Viewer. It's super powerful and super easy to use. Basically, it's a service that allows you to pass a URL…