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Monkey patching if you need to force an error in delayed_job
I wanted to force an error condition in my cucumber tests, but the code ran through a DelayedJob, so I couldn’t redefine the code running under the .delay chain, because the DelayedJob worker will reload the normal code base for its processing. I finally realized that simply patching the delay instance method to return self…
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How long until a randomly chosen string of letters with no results shows up in Google if I include it in a post?
Inquiring minds want to know. So, I’m including a string of letters that looks Slavic – yznvenskya – in the first couple of lines of a post. Update: Looks like it took less than 16 minutes to show up.
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On Mac OSX Lion: “ERROR: Error installing ruby-oci8: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension”
Running Mac OSX Lion, trying to bundle install a project that included the ruby-oci8 gem, I received the following error: Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing ruby-oci8: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. The fix: Fortunately, the 64-bit client for Oracle has now been updated for Lion/Mountain Lion. Download…