https://amalrik.github.io/My minimal experiment on technical writing. 2026-04-14T01:28:30+00:00 Amalrik Maia https://amalrik.github.io/ Jekyll © 2026 Amalrik Maia /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-04-11T10:00:00+00:00 2026-04-14T01:27:34+00:00 https://amalrik.github.io/posts/ruby-yield/ Amalrik Maia

yield, honestly, is a word that translates poorly to other languages. The closest translation I could think in my native language (Portuguese) was “Ceder” (to yield) or “Desistir” (to give up), which doesn’t convey the concept well. Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work with programmers of different seniority levels, and I’ve been surprised how often Ruby blocks aren’t used pro...

2026-04-11T10:00:00+00:00 2026-04-14T01:27:34+00:00 https://amalrik.github.io/posts/ruby-yield-pt/ Amalrik Maia

yield convenhamos é uma palavra que traduz de forma pobre para outras linguas. A tradução mais proxima que eu consegui pensar foi “ceder” o que não passa uma ideia boa do conceito. Na minha carreira eu ja tive oportunidade de trabalhar com programadores de diferentes niveis de senioridade e algo que me impressionou foi que o uso de blocos em ruby nem sempre é aplicado em todo o seu potencial. E...

2026-04-07T13:40:00+00:00 2026-04-11T20:03:59+00:00 https://amalrik.github.io/posts/having-the-cake-and-eating-it-too/ Amalrik Maia

lang: en Imagine you work for Connection CRM a vital tool for your sales and support team. Your boss asks you to develop an easy way to visualize different events in a single screen. The event types involve PurchaseActivities, CommentActivities and many more. # db/migrate/..._create_accounts.rb create_table :accounts do |t| t.string :name t.timestamps end # db/migrate/..._create_comment_...

2026-03-31T13:00:00+00:00 2026-04-11T20:03:59+00:00 https://amalrik.github.io/posts/stacked-branches-ai-agents/ Amalrik Maia

lang: en You’ve just finished explaining a feature to your AI coding assistant. After a few minutes of typing, it proudly announces: “Done! I’ve made changes to 12 files across 4 different subsystems.” You open the pull request and your heart sinks. 847 lines changed. A mix of bug fixes, refactoring, and the actual feature you asked for—all lumped together in a single massive PR. This scenar...

2025-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 2026-04-11T20:03:59+00:00 https://amalrik.github.io/posts/rubygems-bundler-docker/ Amalrik Maia

lang: en Have you ever faced a situation where bundle install runs perfectly in CI or inside a Docker container, but fails miserably on your local machine with a Bad username or password error? I recently encountered this exact scenario while configuring a private repository (JFrog/Artifactory). I learned some valuable lessons about how Ruby manages configurations and realized that to have a ...