An ActiveStorage S3 Direct Uploader: Part 3: Upload Progress
We left off having a functional uploadzone that can handle multiple files and upload them to directly S3. You can drag and drop a file into the zon...
12 min
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Ruby on Rails
An ActiveStorage S3 Direct Uploader: Part 2: Direct Upload to S3
In Part 1 we created a Rails app with ActiveStorage and S3. We also built an uploadzone component that can handle the files and prepare to pass the...
6 min
Ruby on Rails
ActiveStorage S3 Direct Uploader: Part 1: Drag and Drop Interface
You want a fast fancy uploader to be an easy thing to implement. But it gets tricky. I'll do my best to explain how I built the Uploader for Musicb...
9 min
Code
Generating Audio Waveform Images in Ruby
Audio waveforms allow us to visualize the waveform of an audio file - displaying the amplitude of the audio signal over time. They are often used i...
5 min
Personal
Why I Joined Revature
My Revature Story: Knowing Your Why When I think about motivation, I often turn to a boxing match that took place when I was six. The year was 199...
4 min
Personal
Perfect Poetry
At the turn of the 21st century, 2000, I discovered my love for poetry. I was enrolled in Ramaz Upper School, in 10th grade, and turning sixteen. I...
3 min
Personal
Graduating Flatiron School
Monday, June 8th, 2020, was Flatiron School's eighth birthday. Starting Flatiron School with Adam has without a doubt been the most rewarding, chal...
3 min
Code
Why Teach and Learn Ruby?
As the Co-Founder and Dean of Flatiron School I thought it important to write a response to the recent implication that because a school switched t...
13 min
Speeches
Fear Nothing.
Given on 3/9/2018 for the Graduating Class of Flatiron School Good morning everyone. Hi, I'm Avi, I'm one of the co-founders of Flatiron School, D...
11 min
Personal
Why I Started Coding
My mom was an elementary school teacher. Every day after school she’d tutor her students, and I’d have to wait around for her for two hours, playin...
3 min