Cody Norman @cnorm35 Twitter profile

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

See you in Detroit!

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

4 years

After having a rough go last year staying really consistent with some new habits I was trying to integrate, @JamesClear 's advice of not missing 2 days in a row has made a huge difference for me. I'm currently on a 65 day streak which ties my longest from last year

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

I somehow managed to keep this as a surprise until my @railsconf talk and would like to share the weirdest thing I’ve done with an inbound email

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

8 months

We deployed the Rails World Conference app to a $14 Digital Ocean droplet and it was written by 2 early career developers. I’ll think you’ll be fine rolling out stuff from the 37Signals crew 🤣.

Malte Ubl

@cramforce

8 months

We're all on the same page that running a sophisticated piece of business critical software with a database, exposure to the internet and stuff costs more than renting a single computer, right?

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

2 years

About a year ago, I had a basic version of SpotSquid ready to go using mostly React on the front end. After #Rails 7 was released, I decided to pivot and go all in on Rails + Hotwire and start over. After getting the hang of things, it really feels like I have superpowers

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

When searching routes added by gems or engines, I'm usually not sure what I'm looking for. Combining the rails routes task with FZF gives you a fuzzy finder for routes in your terminal. Here's the alias I use in my bash profile and a quick demo of what it looks like.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

So surreal seeing my ‘awkward senior portrait’ headshot on screen at #RailsWorld

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I've always been a hands-on learner and love to be able to leverage what's available in the Rails console. I put together a detailed post with some of my most useful tips and tricks for the Rails console.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

If you see a group of ruby people walking around, are referred to as a bundle?

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

3 years

Fellow #rails peeps. I'll be conducting some interviews for senior rails devs in the new year and have a lot of leeway in the process. My main rule is 'No Trivia' but I'd love to hear about some of people's best and worst interview experiences. RTs appreciated!

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

I've had the this weird idea to rent out an entire ranch in the mountains of Colorado to host a small ruby conference / retreat. If that sounds like something you'd like to see, please share and join the email list for updates! 🤠

Rawhide Ruby

rawhideruby.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Today’s the day! Getting myself hyped for my first @railsconf talk this morning 😤

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

It’s been amazing meeting so many people in person at #RailsWorld . Can’t believe the last day is almost over. I’d love to meet everyone I can so come and say hello

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Can't believe I'm flying out to #RailsWorld in a week 😳

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

5 years ago I was lucky enough to get married out in the woods.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Me sitting around my house decked out in #RailsWorld swag today

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

It finally happened, made it to Amsterdam. Even somehow ended up being seated right beside @robzolkos . Funny how things work sometimes

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

So many cold DMs asking me if I'd like to be featured in Forbes. Listen, if I'm going to be featured in Forbes, I'm going to do it on my own the old fashioned way... By committing fraud and financial crimes.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Using Concerns in Rails is a topic that's came up in a few of my sessions with @agencyoflearn developers. I put together some of my thoughts on the what, why and how for using Concerns.

Using Concerns with Ruby on Rails

Rails Concerns are a great way to keep your code DRY by making it easy to share code across Modules and Classes. The post will be going through some of the in-and-outs of Concerns, why they’re useful...

www.codynorman.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

#RailsWorld isn’t messing around. This venue is amazing 🤩

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

I'm happy to announce I've been working on a course for all things Action Mailbox Action Mailbox Pro Starting today, you can join the wait list for more information and updates!

Action Mailbox Pro

Welcome to ActionMailbox Pro, the perfect starting point for developers looking to incorporate email processing capabilities into their Rails applications. This practical, hands-on course will guide...

store.codynorman.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Our rule of thumb in Colorado is to keep your snow tires on until Mother’s Day. Woke up to a pretty good example why

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Landed and checked in for @railsconf !

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Just got my @railsconf headshots back and for the last one, asked the photographer to pose me like I'm taking an awkward senior photo for the yearbook and they nailed it 🤣

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

@excid3 and @DRBragg getting my hyped before my talk this morning

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

Excited to announce I’m now offering paid mentoring and career coaching! By offering paid services I’ll be able to tailor guidance to the individual and spend more time than the occasional question or bug fix.

Mentorship Opportunities

Personal website for Cody Norman - Independent Ruby on Rails Consultant.

www.codynorman.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

It's been a wild couple of months. Happy to announce I'm now working as an independent Rails consultant! I'm really looking forward to some new challenges and spending more time on @SpotSquid Wrote a fun post on luck that goes into some more detail

Lucky Me

Something interesting I’ve noticed is that what you consider lucky can change as time goes on.

www.codynorman.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

8 months

Mentorship is a two-way street. Working with newer developers reminds me of so much stuff that's been tucked away in my brain that I haven't thought about in years. Today we were talking about Rack and remembered there's a rake task that lists the order of your middleware 💡

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

4 months

Talking about Action Mailbox or holding an invisible log?

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

2 hours of white knuckle driving but I’m home safe. 😆 just barely made it up my driveway after a couple of tries. Here’s a frame from a video I look pulling into my driveway. Just look at all that snow packed in my wheel. Looks like I’m staying put for a while.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Working with early career Rails developers almost daily has been such a boost for my motivation and energy. I wanted to put together and share some of advice I have to help newer developers start to level up

5 tips for new Rails developers

5 tips for new Rails developers to be more productive and confident.

www.codynorman.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

8 months

I've really been enjoying working with Action Mailbox lately and put together an in depth look at Action Mailbox and how you can use it for your inbound emails.

In-Depth look at Action Mailbox

Email is a powerful and flexible way to extend the capabilities of your Rails application. It’s a familiar and low friction way for users to interact with your app.

www.codynorman.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

4 months

I started working on this post about a month ago and wasn't sure if I'd publish it or not. It's been a long road and a lot of work leading up to my first conference talk and decided I had to talk about how I got there and what went into it.

The Road To Rails Conf 2024

Paths to important milestones are rarely straight lines. Here’s a look at the winding road I took to my first conference talk at Rails Conf 2024.

www.codynorman.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

8 months

@gxespino I think this is related to some of the changes from Ruby 3. adding `IRB.conf[:ECHO_ON_ASSIGNMENT] = true` to your .irbrc file or setting that value manually in the Rails console should get those objects expanding by default.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

So many great things to say about yesterday but really happy I had the unique @railsconf experience where an author of one of the gems from the code examples is in the audience. Thanks for HTTParty @jnunemaker , couldn’t think of a better way to start a truck via email!

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

I’ll still probably try running spring stop to see if it fixes an issue just in case.

DHH

@dhh

5 months

End of an era for spring. You served us well for a while, good friend. But progress waits for no complication. The spoils of faster silicon should be simpler stacks. (This is already the default for new Rails apps!).

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Friends, I need some help. If I reach out and ask if you'd like to see this cool thing I just finished for my talk, please just tell me "No thanks". I'm trying to keep things a surprise but ya boy is excited and has low self-control.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Found a nice pub in Amsterdam to post up and watch the Liverpool game.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Such a great time getting to hang out with this group in person

Dave Paola

@dpaola2

1 year

Shout out tot his crew. Big things have small beginnings.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

3 months

Pumped to be able to share my @railsconf talk! Now I can also start catching up on some of the other talks I missed.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Kicking off my journey to #RailsWorld today! Hanging out in the lounge trying not to think about how the next time I get to step outside, it'll be on a different day and on a different continent. 😅

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

11 months

Just looking through all of the Rails World photos and getting a burst of that post conference hype all over again remember what a great time I had😤

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Let’s gooooooo! @railsconf

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

2 years

I was able to deploy a working Rails app via @hatchboxio in the time it takes to not watch a single episode of The Office playing in the background. I literally did it with one hand. The other wasn't tied behind my back, it was shoveling Cheezits into my mouth #noshame

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

8 months

@IndieHackers Rails ❤️

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

3 months

Found this relic while cleaning out some stuff this weekend. Almost exactly 10 years ago, I booked 30 days at a hacker house on AirBnB, bought myself a one way ticket, and left Philly to head to a coding bootcamp in Mountain View. Can't believe it's been so long

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I’m finally seated on a plane to Amsterdam. This might actually work out

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Was able to get a private office for the day and give the new travel work setup a good test. Really happy with the setup

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

If you’d like a little more info on things you can do with inbound email besides starting a truck you can view my slides here

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

3 months

I’ve been playing around with branded QR codes in SpotSquid and really enjoyed getting it working. Just published a new post and in depth video for building a rails app to create custom QR codes

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Today is a pretty cool day in my mentorship journey. Exactly 1 year ago, I had my first call with @ItsKentastic through the @firstrubyfriend program and today our podcast episode talking about building the Rails World app has just been released.

therubyonrailspodcast

@therubyonrails

1 year

🎙️ @rails World needed a website! Did you want to be on the small team that helps build it? @shami941 and @elhalvers certainly did and so they came on to the show to talk about their experience backed by Daniel Rassiner and @cnorm35 .

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

I've started working on some videos to get more comfortable recording while finalizing the content for my Action Mailbox course. Today, I'm publishing my first one, a video version of my Rails & Tailwind Dark Mode Post.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

Made it to Vegas!

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I've been working with @jumpstartrails apps for a couple of years now and see some people run into issues keeping things updated after a long break. I just published some details on how I keep things updated and pull in upstream changes.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Doing some set up on a production server about to go live and needed to confirm email was working correctly. This is a super handy snippet to send out a quick email to confirm everything is set up correctly. It's nice not having to set any values or use the mailer views.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

In the summer of 2014, I did a coding bootcamp and the first couple of months at an internship on an 11” MacBook Air with a 60gb HD. Excited to get my first Air in over a decade 😻

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

3 months

Just confirmed I'll be speaking at @nyc_rb next month, on July 10th. Hope to see you there!

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

9 months

Back at it after a couple of weeks off to recharge. Instead of flexing an unbroken chain of commits, I'm happy I'm able to have a couple of weeks with little to no commits. Ready to hit the ground running in 2024

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

Had such a great time with @bjessbrown and @jeremysmithco on @IndieRails ! I love the episode title so much, it's literally tattooed on me.

IndieRails

@IndieRails

6 months

Episode 31 is saddled up! 🐴 Cody Norman ( @cnorm35 ) joins us to share about Rails consulting, mentorship, @SpotSquid , Rawhide Ruby, and his RailsConf talk on Action Mailbox (soon to be a course!) Thanks again for joining us, Cody! 🙌

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

I've been cranking away at some really fun stuff to include in my @railsconf talk. So much, that I'll probably have a whole blog post or video covering all the stuff I wasn't able to get working. Come see what I've been up to Thursday @ 11:00!

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

2 years

I've been working on a post detailing deploying Rails apps on Render with their blueprint. After using Render for a couple of weeks I think that post can be shorted to: Just use @hatchboxio

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

My jeans are darker and beard is grayer but couldn't be happier to be speaking at @phillyrb again. @phillyrb is the first meetup I ever spoke at and also the most recent one. Can't wait to see you all tonight!

philly.rb

@phillyrb

7 months

At tonight's meetup @cnorm35 will be giving a preview of his RailsConf talk "Attraction Mailbox - Why I Love Action Mailbox" Come join us at 8pm (EST) tonight! RSVP here:

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

I've been working on a few different things the past year and have been having some trouble articulating 'what I do'. Instead of trying to box myself into one thing, I've started channeling my inner Purple Cow for a new stage of my life and career.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

Cracking up at this oddly specific and terrifying billboard spotted in Vegas

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Catch my talk Attraction Mailbox - Why I Love Action Mailbox Thursday at 11:00!

RailsConf

@railsconf

5 months

Meet #speaker @cnorm35 , Independent Ruby on Rails Consultant 👨🏻‍💻 ✨ Cody Norman has years of experience working with early stage startups and building software teams. As a career changer, he also has a passion for mentoring early career devs. Learn more:

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

So awesome seeing the community step up and send @mayralunavarro to ruby conf in a single day 🤯

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

Seeing some snow this morning and it's hard to believe 2 weeks ago I was hanging out in the Caribbean with my wife for a friends wedding. I made a sincere effort to find the goofiest hat and shirts possible.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I'm beyond excited to be able to help out with this with @agencyoflearn

Ruby on Rails

@rails

1 year

The Rails Foundation is delighted to announce a fun partnership with the @agencyoflearn . Under the Agency's close mentorship, a team of junior developers will create an event schedule app for #RailsWorld , gaining hands-on experience for their portfolio.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

😂 it's like some kind of freak leap day occurrence.

Jared Norman

@jardonamron

7 months

I have good news for everyone who likes hearing people with my last name talk about stuff. You're going to love @railsconf this year.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

9 months

What a year. So glad I had a chance to meet my @yarotheslav and @adrianthedev as well as a ton of other great people. Can’t wait to see what 2024 holds!

Yaro Shm 🇺🇦 SupeRails.com

@yarotheslav

9 months

🔴Friendly Show S1E10 finale We talk about our 2023 summary & 2024 plans, and discuss Rails 8 features. 🍻met new Ruby friends 👶Being a young dad ⛵️Sailing ✈️visited 5 Ruby events together 🎙️10x FriendlyShow 🎬68 videos & ✍55 blogposts 🥑All-in on AVO

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

9 years

New Blog Post! Create a simple Twitter bot in #ruby http://t.co/F45jGn7y9A

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Very gracious my hotel provided me with an ice cold shower this morning to get me going

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

8 months

A couple of weeks ago, I created a poll with some topics about future blog posts. Action Mailbox barely edged out Beard Grooming Tips. I've already posted my Beard Grooming Tips article and today I have a double header of Action Mailbox posts.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

Sent out the first update for this morning. It's nice thinking about being outside during the summer especially with having to stat shoveling myself out today.

Rawhide Ruby

rawhideruby.com

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Shout out to @excid3 for capturing a video of this. Getting to see people's reactions in person is absolutely something I won't forget.

Chris Oliver

@excid3

5 months

Learning how to remotely start your truck by sending an email to your Rails app with Action mailbox.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Decided to save myself from endless tinkering and tweaking and submitted my proposal for @rubyconf this morning while watching some EPL action.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

7 months

Me heading to @boulderruby tomorrow (hopefully) to give an early version of my @railsconf talk Attraction Mailbox - Why I Love Action Mailbox

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

The battery life on this M2 Air is nuts. Installed multiple versions of Ruby, cloned and set up some repos, configured and installed my preferred setup and barely made a dent in the battery. Sorcery 🧙‍♂️🪄

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

3 years

It was pretty early in my career, but I remember how excited everyone was with the release of Rails 4. Getting a lot of the same vibes with the release of Rails 7, pretty exciting

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

🙏 thankful for some pretty uneventful travel today. Can’t wait to get back to the mountains

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Anxiously awaiting the point where my credit card company starts flagging my charges as suspicious thinking “How many times can someone go to Juicy Kebab in a week?”

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Whew, knocking the dust off and just wrapped my first lightning talk in about 6 years 😅

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Starting day 2 at this awesome venue and setup for #BlueRidgeRuby

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@cnorm35

5 months

Got this just in time for Friday.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

If you were to tell me when I was in college I'd be speaking at a software conference sponsored by @weedmaps (after some explaining to past me what weedmaps is of course), I think my head would explode.

RailsConf

@railsconf

5 months

Whoo hoo! We're excited to welcome @weedmaps as a #RailsConf sponsor! 🥳🕺 Weedmaps is a leading cannabis technology platform providing integrated solutions for cannabis consumers and businesses. Learn more 👉

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I still remember going to WaWa not long after moving to Philly and my manager asking me to get a jug of green tea, “one of those big jawns”… 🤣 called him from the store asking where the big jawns were at (I thought that was the brand name) and never heard the end of it

Visit Philly

@visitphilly

1 year

The Dictionary jawn is dropping. via @billy_penn #visitphilly #jawn

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Re-reading The Mom Test to get ready for some big customer convos next week and I forgot how this book is packed with so many great lines. Here's a great one from today... "Ideas and feature requests should be understood, but not obeyed"

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I just published a new post on my experience with the regional radness of @BlueRidgeruby and some info on my travel setups for conferences and work. Thanks again for hosting @jeremysmithco and @marklocklear !

Blue Ridge Ruby Recap

Recap of the inaugural Blur Ridge Ruby Conference and an overview of my conference travel and tech setup

www.codynorman.com

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@cnorm35

5 months

Ruby on Rails

@rails

5 months

#RailsWorld is now sold out. We can't wait to welcome you to Toronto! If there are any unclaimed or returned tickets from sponsors, we will release a second, smaller batch later in the year.

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I had such a great time making my first podcast appearance with @BrittJMartin . Thanks for having me!

therubyonrailspodcast

@therubyonrails

1 year

Episode 473 of The Ruby on Rails Podcast is live! Check out “Personal Branding & Strongly Held BBQ Opinions with Cody Norman” at

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

3 years

Really excited to be a guide at @rubyconf this year. I've been working mostly solo the past couple of years and really looking forward to dipping my toes into the mentorship waters again

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

2 years

Had an absolute blast at day 1 of @RailsSaaS . The venue, talks, production and especially the attendees have all been top notch 🤌

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@cnorm35

7 months

Watching the storm roll in over the flatirons before @boulderruby in about an hour. Hoping for easy travel home. St some point tonight, they’re estimating 3 inches of snow per hour 🥶

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

My man @TimCareyCodez killing his first lighting talk at #railsconf

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

My normal conference routine is putting in headphones and wandering around the city and couldn’t think of a better place to do it than Amsterdam

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

5 months

Slides are 'done' and uploaded. Just made it to the airport and chilling in the lounge until my flight for @railsconf

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

6 months

Turns out I like deleting slides as much as I like deleting code ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

I sure had a AAA year for Ruby conferences Atlanta Asheville Amsterdam

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Cody Norman

@cnorm35

1 year

Putting the finishing touches on an article for tips and tricks for the Rails console. One of my favorite tips: If you have to use a Rails console in production, you can start it with the --noautocomplete option to not have autocomplete lagging on the server.

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@cnorm35

1 year

It's great to see people getting really excited for a Rails event like this!

benjaminwood

@benjaminwood

1 year

Welp, Rails World early bird tickets sold out in less than 60 seconds. General admission tickets are available now, and I got one. I'm going to Rails World! ✈️

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