This post is part 3 of 3 describing how Semantic Version strings can be converted to sortable integers for easier and faster sorting.

This post is part 2 of 3 describing how Semantic Version strings can be converted to sortable integers for easier and faster sorting.

Sometimes we need to sort string values that aren’t lexicographically sortable. For example, a list of Semantic Version strings like 1.0.0-rc1, 1.2.4, 1.1.0-beta and 2.0.0.

In the pilot episode of my new “Cursed Code” series, I dive into the depths of Ruby code submissions to refactor and discuss best practices. This test-run episode tackles the age-old dilemma of naming abstract base classes. The Cursed Code The code in question features an abstract base class aptly...

Recently, I’ve noticed that more and more people seem to be using JSONB columns with PostgreSQL in Rails apps—specifically to create a flexible place to define model attributes in a way that’s cheap and easily modifiable. A sort of pseudo-attribute, created on the fly, without having to create DB migrations...