Alan Stebbens

Results 20 issues of Alan Stebbens

The `check_output` function is already implemented. It shouldn't be that difficult to base `check_out` and `check_err` on it.

enhancement

It should be possible to add a string to a list without having the string evaluated. There may be _some_ use cases where the string should be eval'ed, but the...

bug

Why does `ex_aws` have a hard-coded list of region names? That's silly. AWS itself should be the Source of Truth on what region names are acceptable or not. As soon...

The `XmlMarkup` class overrides _any_ method that is not part of its class, including Object and/or Kernel methods. Simple examples: ```ruby [2] DEVELOPMENT(main)> xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new => String ``` I'm...

The connection pool management is not thread-safe. So, when running makara in thread-intensive code, such as sidekiq, subtle errors creep in. The fix is not entirely straightforward: AR 4 and...

We are evaluating makara as a replacement for our use of octopus within our Rails 4 app using Postgres 9.5. One unresolved problem we are having in our evaluation is...

putting '@PerfCheck' into a github PR causes a perf check to be run. However, when the database that perf check uses is being backed up, perf-check reports spurious, random errors....

Some app changes appear only with envar changes, so it should be possible to set envars on the "control" test and set the same envars on the "test" runs. Suggested:...

I've written a little gem that makes concurrent-ruby's thread-local variables easy to use, in the same manner of `attr_reader, attr_writer, attr_accessor`: it is called: `thread_local_var_accessors` See: - https://github.com/aks/thread_local_var_accessors - https://rubygems.org/gems/thread_local_var_accessors...