Richard Schneeman

Richard is obsessed with saving memory, though he can't remember why. He is responsible for the Ruby experience on Heroku, and helps run Keep Ruby Weird in Austin, Tx.

Ruby
Richard SchneemanDecember 21st, 2016
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Writing a Rails Feature – Blow by Blow
My favorite part of seeing someone live code is all the mistakes they make, but not because I’m a mean…
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Ruby
Richard SchneemanMay 30th, 2016
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The Straight Dope on Deprecations
The road to stability is paved with good deprecations. A deprecation is a warning message that tells a user they’re…
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Web Dev
Richard SchneemanApril 19th, 2016
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The Optimist’s Guide to Pessimistic Library Versioning
Upgrading software is much harder than it could be. Modern versioning schemes and package managers have the ability to help…
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Ruby
Richard SchneemanFebruary 19th, 2016
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Do You Believe in Programming Magic?
Unlike pulling a rabbit out of a hat, “magic” in programming is often performed under the guise of productivity. In…
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Ruby
Richard SchneemanDecember 14th, 2015
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The Definitive Guide to Ruby Heap Dumps, Part II
Hopefully, from the first post in this two-part series, you’ve got a good sense of the type of information included…
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Ruby
Richard SchneemanDecember 9th, 2015
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The Definitive Guide to Ruby Heap Dumps, Part I
In my last post, we looked at how you can dig into memory “leaks” on Heroku. These techniques all work…
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Ruby
Richard SchneemanOctober 26th, 2015
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Debugging a Memory Leak on Heroku
This is one of the most frequent questions I’m asked by Heroku Ruby customers: “How do I debug a memory…
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